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Eurostar move leads to customer rise
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Derby Evening Telegraph
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July 16, 2008
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The number of people using the Eurostar since it moved to St
Pancras has increased - with some of the biggest growth coming from
Derby.
Eurostar has said that, apart from Dartford, for the first six
months of this year, the number of people using its high-speed rail
services to mainland Europe has increased the most in Derby.
According to figures released this morning, the number of Derby
people using Eurostar to Paris and Brussels has gone up by 190%.
In Nottingham, it went up 131%, Sheffield 128% and Leicester
113%.
Eurostar has said it will not be releasing the exact breakdown of
the number of passengers from each city.
The rise in passengers from the city has been attributed ...