|
|
Article: Analysis: Tunnel firms fear waters will close over them A decade after the Channel Tunnel opened to passengers, the rail companies are struggling to stay afloat, reports Clayton Hirst
- Article from:
- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 14, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2004 The Independent on Sunday. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
A Eurostar will arrive in the centre of London at 8.45am tomorrow.
Nothing unusual in that, but the train won't be pulling into Waterloo
station. Instead, it will be perched on the back of a giant barge
floating along the Thames to London Bridge, where it will be moored
for a couple of days.
The stunt is to mark the 10th anniversary of passenger train
services through the Channel Tunnel, supposedly demonstrating that
Eurostar goes "to the heart of the city". But it will also act as a
fitting metaphor for the fortunes of Eurostar and the other two
companies involved in Channel Tunnel rail services, Eurotunnel and
English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS). For they are struggling to
keep their ...