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Article: Eurostar to receive its 10 millionth passenger before Christmas
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 4, 2008
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Eurostar to receive its 10 millionth passenger before Christmas
LONDON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Eurostar, the high-speed passenger
train service that links the UK with the European Continent, said on
Thursday that it would receive its 10 millionth passenger before
Christmas.
The special passenger is expected to travel on High Speed 1 on
Dec. 19, the day that marks the beginning of the Christmas and New
Year rush to the Continent, Eurostar said.
The opening of Britain's first high-speed line has been a success
for Eurostar, with huge growth in travelers from the Midlands and
North of England taking advantage of the ease of connections at