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Photograph: Gareth Fuller</p> </div> <p></p><p>When Eurostar's high-speed link from St Pancras opened in 2007, many gave it a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ethicallivingblog/2007/nov/14/eurostargetsthegreenthumbs" title="green thumbs up">green thumbs鈥搖p</a>: Greenpeace even <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046/http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/yes-to-rail-no-to-a-3rd-runway-20071114" title="unfurled a massive banner at the station emblazoned 'yes'">unfurled a 3m-high banner at the station reading "yes"</a> as a show of their support.</p><p></p><p>This week, the train firm that claims to "<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/environment/tread_lightly.jsp" title="Tread Lightly">tread lightly</a>" joins us to answer your questions on its environmental track record.</p><p></p><p>Wondering how far it has travelled towards its goal to cut emissions per traveller by 35% by 2012? 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tickets up to a year in advance? </p><p>Isn't that the major problem - your green credentials might sound well and good, but organising a train journey across Europe is really expensive and complicated compared to buying a flight?</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:8180f47b-d4c7-4cdb-8e7c-e7af944681db"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:8180f47b-d4c7-4cdb-8e7c-e7af944681db" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:8180f47b-d4c7-4cdb-8e7c-e7af944681db')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:8180f47b-d4c7-4cdb-8e7c-e7af944681db" class="high-recommended">(12)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" 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Eurostar costs more - especially if you go at a reasonable hour of the day - and takes longer. How can we expect people to ditch air travel in favour of rail travel, if the latter costs so much? People can't plead principle when they have financial obligations to meet.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:34da3296-cbe7-43df-9d48-8a65104d393c"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:34da3296-cbe7-43df-9d48-8a65104d393c" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:34da3296-cbe7-43df-9d48-8a65104d393c')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:34da3296-cbe7-43df-9d48-8a65104d393c" class="high-recommended">(3)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=34da3296-cbe7-43df-9d48-8a65104d393c&commenterUserName=Bourbons3&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:34da3296-cbe7-43df-9d48-8a65104d393c" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-3"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/cannaman" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/6/4e04d090-c42e-4bac-b6b1-8b725ad708ff.Small.jpg" height="60" width="60" alt="cannaman"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/cannaman"> cannaman </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 11:27AM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Please post a link to a site where I can see your proposals to the EU requiring the leveling of taxation, incentives and cross border cooperation that could lead to a more favourable cost comparison between flying and rail. </p><p>Many people would choose the least polluting method of travel (despite surface journey time differences) if you would just reduce the barriers to the use of common sense.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:adca7fc9-b458-478b-8e38-715c469bd5c1"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:adca7fc9-b458-478b-8e38-715c469bd5c1" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:adca7fc9-b458-478b-8e38-715c469bd5c1')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:adca7fc9-b458-478b-8e38-715c469bd5c1" class="normal-recommended">(1)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=adca7fc9-b458-478b-8e38-715c469bd5c1&commenterUserName=cannaman&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:adca7fc9-b458-478b-8e38-715c469bd5c1" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-4"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Alexb588" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/4/677bacbe-4902-433c-b405-5ca870834e54.Small.png" height="60" width="60" alt="Alexb588"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Alexb588"> Alexb588 </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 11:27AM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Are there any plans to add more regional eurostars i.e. London-Cologne? With the temporary withdrawal of the SNCF snow train, will there be more skiing destinations considered for direct trains?</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:30bd1b10-baa3-4dba-9642-40dd9ec6d074"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:30bd1b10-baa3-4dba-9642-40dd9ec6d074" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:30bd1b10-baa3-4dba-9642-40dd9ec6d074')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:30bd1b10-baa3-4dba-9642-40dd9ec6d074" class="normal-recommended">(1)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=30bd1b10-baa3-4dba-9642-40dd9ec6d074&commenterUserName=Alexb588&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:30bd1b10-baa3-4dba-9642-40dd9ec6d074" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-5"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Bluecloud" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/store/13/10/ad56c073-f255-41a5-8a36-76a0899faa9d.Small.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="Bluecloud"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Bluecloud"> Bluecloud </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 11:28AM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>I think your claim to be carbon neutral is misleading considering Eurostar uses French nuclear power, which cannot strictly be considered carbon neutral. </p><p>Looks like greenwash to me. How can you justify this claim? Are you claiming that nuclear power is CO2 free? I think you will find it is not. </p><p>Saying that, I do use Eurostar's services for my travels from Cologne to London, buying my ticket in advance at Cologne railway station, rather than the much more expensive online prices. </p><p>One final note: Why can I not take my bike on the train?</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:4eb0d723-a6b0-4eca-8c68-083e66ecb1e6"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:4eb0d723-a6b0-4eca-8c68-083e66ecb1e6" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:4eb0d723-a6b0-4eca-8c68-083e66ecb1e6')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:4eb0d723-a6b0-4eca-8c68-083e66ecb1e6" class="high-recommended">(3)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=4eb0d723-a6b0-4eca-8c68-083e66ecb1e6&commenterUserName=Bluecloud&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:4eb0d723-a6b0-4eca-8c68-083e66ecb1e6" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-6"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/riko27" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="riko27"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/riko27"> riko27 </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 11:50AM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>to Bourbons3 <br/>Of course the cost of air travel is cheaper, so long as the government subsidise it to the extent that they currently do. <br/>Want to build an airport - just write to the government and they will remove all obstacles (financial and physical).</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:ead322ab-75ec-434b-b8fb-6671fe3a8e52"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:ead322ab-75ec-434b-b8fb-6671fe3a8e52" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:ead322ab-75ec-434b-b8fb-6671fe3a8e52')" class="recommend"> Recommend? 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We don't all live in London or the South East. </p><p>Oh, I forgot. Apart from the CTRL we don't have any high speed railways in the UK.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:a4e1d96c-b2d9-4f1f-b3b5-19cf40b9a463"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:a4e1d96c-b2d9-4f1f-b3b5-19cf40b9a463" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:a4e1d96c-b2d9-4f1f-b3b5-19cf40b9a463')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:a4e1d96c-b2d9-4f1f-b3b5-19cf40b9a463" class="high-recommended">(3)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=a4e1d96c-b2d9-4f1f-b3b5-19cf40b9a463&commenterUserName=zootie&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:a4e1d96c-b2d9-4f1f-b3b5-19cf40b9a463" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-9"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/SaintLan" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="SaintLan"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/SaintLan"> SaintLan </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 12:06PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>I work in Climate Change Adaptation - what are Eurostar doing around adapting to climate change as a major rail operator?</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:a13bfa83-786d-4a62-95ab-39c799e36aed"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:a13bfa83-786d-4a62-95ab-39c799e36aed" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:a13bfa83-786d-4a62-95ab-39c799e36aed')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:a13bfa83-786d-4a62-95ab-39c799e36aed" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=a13bfa83-786d-4a62-95ab-39c799e36aed&commenterUserName=SaintLan&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:a13bfa83-786d-4a62-95ab-39c799e36aed" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-10"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 12:59PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Hi, I'm Luke and I'm Environment Manager for Eurostar. </p><p>@Iamtheurbanspaceman <br/>Our booking horizon is now 4 months and has been for a number of years. Airlines do have the luxury of being able to offer bookings up to a year in advance. The reason why Eurostar has a 4 months booking horizon is so that planned engineering works on the infrastructure can be facilitated without last minute changes for our travellers. The SNCF booking horizon is 3 months.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:08ffd13c-8e07-4f22-8b22-f00007845423"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:08ffd13c-8e07-4f22-8b22-f00007845423" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:08ffd13c-8e07-4f22-8b22-f00007845423')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:08ffd13c-8e07-4f22-8b22-f00007845423" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=08ffd13c-8e07-4f22-8b22-f00007845423&commenterUserName=EurostarTreadLightly&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:08ffd13c-8e07-4f22-8b22-f00007845423" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-11"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 1:02PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>@Bourbons3 <br/>90% of the time on London-Paris or London-Brussels routes Eurostar tickets are cheaper than our competitors. The price of our ticket is inclusive, with no extra payments for luggage, seat bookings or any additional chargers. Since our journeys go city-centre to city-centre most of our travellers also benefit from reduced transfer costs compared to out-of-town airports. </p><p>It is also a much more environmentally friendly way to travel in most cases.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:1312282e-37b6-4584-8cb0-e02fe150dee9"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:1312282e-37b6-4584-8cb0-e02fe150dee9" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:1312282e-37b6-4584-8cb0-e02fe150dee9')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:1312282e-37b6-4584-8cb0-e02fe150dee9" class="high-recommended">(7)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=1312282e-37b6-4584-8cb0-e02fe150dee9&commenterUserName=EurostarTreadLightly&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:1312282e-37b6-4584-8cb0-e02fe150dee9" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-12"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 1:07PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>@Alexb588 <br/>Eurostar has no immediate plans for any new direct destinations, however we have over 200 towns and cities in the UK with connecting through fares to key destinations in France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Our current focus is on improving the connections we offer using our Railteam partners. </p><p>http://www.railteam.com/</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:10769c32-4d2a-456f-864f-7caa32cf89b4"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:10769c32-4d2a-456f-864f-7caa32cf89b4" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:10769c32-4d2a-456f-864f-7caa32cf89b4')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:10769c32-4d2a-456f-864f-7caa32cf89b4" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=10769c32-4d2a-456f-864f-7caa32cf89b4&commenterUserName=EurostarTreadLightly&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:10769c32-4d2a-456f-864f-7caa32cf89b4" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-13"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 1:35PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>@ Bluecloud </p><p>Firstly, let me address your point about Eurostar?s carbon neutral claim. </p><p>Eurostar does not claim carbon neutrality by proxy of the electricity generation methods that powers the various sections of the network on which Eurostar runs. We have consulted widely with environmental experts on how we measure our emissions and then we offset the remained of the emissions from our traveller journeys by purchasing carnon credits. </p><p>Our number one objective is to reduce emissions, and our other environmental impacts, first and foremost. We voluntarily choose to offset the remainder of the CO2 emissions from our traveller journeys but do not use this as a method of reduction. </p><p>For our trains, the way in which we do this is to: <br/>Reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with traction electricity through introducing energy efficiency measures and techniques for drivers, retrofitting more efficient train components, making efficient use of our capacity and trying to influence network infrastructure owners to source lower carbon sources of electricity. <br/>In April 2007 we set ourselves a target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 25% per passenger journey by 2012 against a 2007 baseline. At the beginning of 2009 we reported that we had already achieved a 31% reduction which was verified by an independent third party and as such we set a new target of a 35% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions per traveller journey by 2012 against the same baseline year. </p><p>The remaining emissions which we are unable to avoid have been offset by purchasing carbon credits from quality offsetting projects around the world. <br/>Furthermore we don?t ask our customers to pay for this. </p><p>Lastly, I am not sure why you think you cannot take your bike on-board. You can actually book your bike on board the same Eurostar service you are travelling on (subject to availability). Full details of your options are shown here: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/travel_information/at_the_station/bicycles.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/travel_information/at_the_station/bicycles.jsp</a></p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:8748d33d-2207-4616-81b6-3dc6a7803c4a"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:8748d33d-2207-4616-81b6-3dc6a7803c4a" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:8748d33d-2207-4616-81b6-3dc6a7803c4a')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:8748d33d-2207-4616-81b6-3dc6a7803c4a" class="high-recommended">(3)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=8748d33d-2207-4616-81b6-3dc6a7803c4a&commenterUserName=EurostarTreadLightly&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:8748d33d-2207-4616-81b6-3dc6a7803c4a" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-14"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Iamtheurbanspaceman" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/store/3/3/138bab7b-65c5-4987-936c-9aa08cea9446.Small.jpg" height="60" width="60" alt="Iamtheurbanspaceman"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Iamtheurbanspaceman"> Iamtheurbanspaceman </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 1:36PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>The other week we heard about the freight company Stobart arranging for freight trains through from Spain to the UK. So when are you going to have through trains to Southern Europe and seriously compete with the airlines? </p><p>By the way, as far as I can see the cheapest way by train to get to Southern Spain would be more than £200 return. Can you explain how this is not considerably more expensive than by plane? </p><p>European train travel takes longer and is considerably more expensive than by plane. Not to mention travelling across capital cities for connections etc. </p><p>Until you sort these factors out, you're always going to be a minority sport.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:fc7268cd-84b9-441d-ab4a-a45110ae019c"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:fc7268cd-84b9-441d-ab4a-a45110ae019c" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:fc7268cd-84b9-441d-ab4a-a45110ae019c')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:fc7268cd-84b9-441d-ab4a-a45110ae019c" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=fc7268cd-84b9-441d-ab4a-a45110ae019c&commenterUserName=Iamtheurbanspaceman&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:fc7268cd-84b9-441d-ab4a-a45110ae019c" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-15"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ragged" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/store/4/1/54d6587c-20b5-4af9-a11b-c130ee900ffc.Small.jpg" height="60" width="60" alt="Ragged"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ragged"> Ragged </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 1:41PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Hi Eurostartreadlightly. </p><p>I have recently been looking at prices for a trip back to the UK just after Christmas. I live in Vienna. </p><p>Even the cheapest Eurostar ticket for the last part of the journey from Brussels is more than an Aer Lingus ticket for the whole journey. </p><p>What is it that means that the airlines can offer such absurdly low fares compared to the train?</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:3e53fa93-d765-4089-a3c2-6787306ac839"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:3e53fa93-d765-4089-a3c2-6787306ac839" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:3e53fa93-d765-4089-a3c2-6787306ac839')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:3e53fa93-d765-4089-a3c2-6787306ac839" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=3e53fa93-d765-4089-a3c2-6787306ac839&commenterUserName=Ragged&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:3e53fa93-d765-4089-a3c2-6787306ac839" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-16"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 2:07PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>@zootie </p><p>It is not commercially viable without a high speed line beyond London for us to operate a Eurostar to other parts of the UK. However, we have tied in with the UK domestic network to offer frequent connections to make Eurostar more accessible to other parts of Britain.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:8925b7b5-4db1-4aad-858e-5c56a5bb7772"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:8925b7b5-4db1-4aad-858e-5c56a5bb7772" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:8925b7b5-4db1-4aad-858e-5c56a5bb7772')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:8925b7b5-4db1-4aad-858e-5c56a5bb7772" class="normal-recommended">(1)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=8925b7b5-4db1-4aad-858e-5c56a5bb7772&commenterUserName=EurostarTreadLightly&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:8925b7b5-4db1-4aad-858e-5c56a5bb7772" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-17"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 2:15PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Hi and thank you for all the comments so far. I'm Louisa and I'm Head of Environment & Energy for Eurostar. </p><p>@SaintLan </p><p>Your question about adaptation is an interesting one. It isn't something we can work on in isolation so we have started working with other industry to look at this issue. 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Why doesn't Eurostar participate in DEFRA's Pet Passport programme? You could actually tap into a market. I fly as a result to the continent and many of my friends drive when we would much prefer the ease of train travel. </p><p>Since the majority of trains in Europe allow dogs, it would also help people coming to the UK from abroad and allow for more tourism. The Pet Passport scheme is EU wide. </p><p>Yes, you would have to hire extra staff, but I for one would not mind paying an extra fare for my dog to come with me. Maybe only allow a certain amount each journey and set aside a travelling with pets carriage? </p><p>Some of the ferry companies and the Eurotunnel participate... </p><p>Many thanks for your consideration. </p><p>Christy, Bristol</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:5f4ee6b4-4dad-4f7a-8a0f-d0b2a6b31e73"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:5f4ee6b4-4dad-4f7a-8a0f-d0b2a6b31e73" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:5f4ee6b4-4dad-4f7a-8a0f-d0b2a6b31e73')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:5f4ee6b4-4dad-4f7a-8a0f-d0b2a6b31e73" class="high-recommended">(4)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=5f4ee6b4-4dad-4f7a-8a0f-d0b2a6b31e73&commenterUserName=xianachanna&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:5f4ee6b4-4dad-4f7a-8a0f-d0b2a6b31e73" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-20"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="Ausername"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername"> Ausername </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 2:47PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>"<i>I have recently been looking at prices for a trip back to the UK just after Christmas.</i>" </p><p>You have answered your own question. At a peak period you want a cheap ticket. </p><p>I don't suppose there are many cheap tickets left between Brussels and London by aeroplane either. If there are it shows how badly airlines are doing. </p><p>Tickets by train on this route used to be hamstrung by a lack of reasonable single fares, it was usually cheaper to buy a return and not use the return part, but that has largely been sorted out now.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:0e7c6d99-3487-4be3-b24d-f3c772a5da58"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:0e7c6d99-3487-4be3-b24d-f3c772a5da58" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:0e7c6d99-3487-4be3-b24d-f3c772a5da58')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:0e7c6d99-3487-4be3-b24d-f3c772a5da58" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=0e7c6d99-3487-4be3-b24d-f3c772a5da58&commenterUserName=Ausername&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:0e7c6d99-3487-4be3-b24d-f3c772a5da58" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-21"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Plataea" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="Plataea"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Plataea"> Plataea </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 2:52PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Going to the UK on Wednesday from Bruxelles. Cost of Eurostar Euro220, cost to go by car (Eurotunnel & train to London from Ashford - about Euro120 - = no contest - even though I waste 4 hours driving. Hint to Eurostar - take a look at your ticket prices.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:f4e5610f-a1e9-49e9-b525-d323a29fb16a"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:f4e5610f-a1e9-49e9-b525-d323a29fb16a" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:f4e5610f-a1e9-49e9-b525-d323a29fb16a')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:f4e5610f-a1e9-49e9-b525-d323a29fb16a" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=f4e5610f-a1e9-49e9-b525-d323a29fb16a&commenterUserName=Plataea&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:f4e5610f-a1e9-49e9-b525-d323a29fb16a" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-22"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="Ausername"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername"> Ausername </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 2:55PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>"<i> I fly as a result to the continent and many of my friends drive when we would much prefer the ease of train travel.</i>" </p><p>You are not the only one. I have friends who use ferries and car shuttles because dogs can't be taken on the train. </p><p>"<i>Since the majority of trains in Europe allow dogs, it would also help people coming to the UK from abroad and allow for more tourism.</i>" </p><p>Given the way many people in France, particularly in Paris, seem to be permanently attached to a dog the railways must be deliberately refusing a fair amount of business. No need for separate coaches, dogs can be placed into any available space, just as they are on other trains. </p><p>I wonder how many people turn up with a dog and are prevented getting on the train by this foolishness? </p><p>It is not the only foolish thing though, I read of a couple who travelled across Europe by train with some kitchen knives they had bought and were then prevented from taking them on the train from Brussels to London. Stupid.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:606f60ce-7c21-4add-bd7b-552ce83ed16b"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:606f60ce-7c21-4add-bd7b-552ce83ed16b" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:606f60ce-7c21-4add-bd7b-552ce83ed16b')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:606f60ce-7c21-4add-bd7b-552ce83ed16b" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=606f60ce-7c21-4add-bd7b-552ce83ed16b&commenterUserName=Ausername&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:606f60ce-7c21-4add-bd7b-552ce83ed16b" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-23"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ragged" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/store/4/1/54d6587c-20b5-4af9-a11b-c130ee900ffc.Small.jpg" height="60" width="60" alt="Ragged"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ragged"> Ragged </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 3:18PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>@Ausername, credit me with the wit to have done my own research. </p><p>If it is a high-demand day, then the corresponding flights should be expensive to, no? But I can fly all the way from Vienna to London on Boxing day for 80? all in, while Eurostar are asking 178? to go from Brussels to London on the same day. </p><p>I don't mind prices fluctuating due to demand. I just don't understand how plane prices are always cheaper than trains. </p><p>BTW the cheapest way I could find to get from Vienna to London without flying over the same period cost me 400?, and involved an overnight boat from Rotterdam.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:1cdadab8-e7d5-44df-a680-32e8f06103bf"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:1cdadab8-e7d5-44df-a680-32e8f06103bf" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:1cdadab8-e7d5-44df-a680-32e8f06103bf')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:1cdadab8-e7d5-44df-a680-32e8f06103bf" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=1cdadab8-e7d5-44df-a680-32e8f06103bf&commenterUserName=Ragged&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:1cdadab8-e7d5-44df-a680-32e8f06103bf" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-24"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ragged" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/store/4/1/54d6587c-20b5-4af9-a11b-c130ee900ffc.Small.jpg" height="60" width="60" alt="Ragged"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ragged"> Ragged </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 3:19PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>*sigh* the Grauniad, like the rest of the UK, doesn't seem ready for the Euro yet. The question marks were meant to be Euro symbols.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:b7d95fb7-13e2-4bc0-806a-57ec7596014d"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:b7d95fb7-13e2-4bc0-806a-57ec7596014d" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:b7d95fb7-13e2-4bc0-806a-57ec7596014d')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:b7d95fb7-13e2-4bc0-806a-57ec7596014d" class="normal-recommended">(1)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=b7d95fb7-13e2-4bc0-806a-57ec7596014d&commenterUserName=Ragged&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:b7d95fb7-13e2-4bc0-806a-57ec7596014d" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-25"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/GordontheMoron" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="GordontheMoron"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/GordontheMoron"> GordontheMoron </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 3:35PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>I can buy a through ticket using ICE & Eurostar from Munich (and many other german cities) to London via Brussels starting at ?49 2nd class & ?99 1st class one way, by using the Deutsche Bahn website </p><p>These fares are not available on the Eurostar website, why?</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:585365eb-7065-4a80-87c0-e4749f503fd7"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:585365eb-7065-4a80-87c0-e4749f503fd7" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:585365eb-7065-4a80-87c0-e4749f503fd7')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:585365eb-7065-4a80-87c0-e4749f503fd7" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=585365eb-7065-4a80-87c0-e4749f503fd7&commenterUserName=GordontheMoron&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:585365eb-7065-4a80-87c0-e4749f503fd7" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-26"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/lc1981" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="lc1981"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/lc1981"> lc1981 </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 4:20PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Can I ask what the rationale is for the £20 one-way charge for carrying bikes is? Is the service over-subscribed at this price, or would it be if it were cheaper? £40 to take my bike to the continent and back is pretty steep and has always put me off doing so, and yet I can't imagine that you make much money out of bikes. Other than that, thanks for the great service.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:37ae9823-b967-4fbb-897e-bf2030276b88"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:37ae9823-b967-4fbb-897e-bf2030276b88" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:37ae9823-b967-4fbb-897e-bf2030276b88')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:37ae9823-b967-4fbb-897e-bf2030276b88" class="high-recommended">(2)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=37ae9823-b967-4fbb-897e-bf2030276b88&commenterUserName=lc1981&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:37ae9823-b967-4fbb-897e-bf2030276b88" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-27"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 4:37PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>@cannaman </p><p>We are doing everything we can to make our service the most attractive option for customers and the most environmental option. We stay in close contact with governments and the EU to try to ensure a level playing field. </p><p>If you are keen for more detail , we have recently responded to a consultation on a European Commission ?Green? Paper ? A sustainable future for transport, and I think that is going to be published on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046/http://ec.europa.eu/transport/strategies/2009_future_of_transport_en.htm" rel="nofollow">http://ec.europa.eu/transport/strategies/2009_future_of_transport_en.htm</a> although it doesn?t appear to be there yet.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:89fa59e7-bbbd-498a-85a9-fce4843bccb2"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:89fa59e7-bbbd-498a-85a9-fce4843bccb2" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:89fa59e7-bbbd-498a-85a9-fce4843bccb2')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:89fa59e7-bbbd-498a-85a9-fce4843bccb2" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=89fa59e7-bbbd-498a-85a9-fce4843bccb2&commenterUserName=EurostarTreadLightly&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:89fa59e7-bbbd-498a-85a9-fce4843bccb2" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-28"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 4:41PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>There have been a number of specific pricing questions about different routes and I?m not going to be able to answer each separately I'm afraid. However, I'll try to give you the overview. </p><p>Eurostar is cheaper than its competitors on its core routes in the vast majority of cases when comparing like-for-like. When connecting with other rail networks we do have additional infrastructure charges in a way which air doesn?t which can make it more difficult over longer distances. As the rail market in Europe continues to develop it will become easier for us to overcome these.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:e57de23e-80f4-473c-95ef-9dbf200003c5"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:e57de23e-80f4-473c-95ef-9dbf200003c5" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:e57de23e-80f4-473c-95ef-9dbf200003c5')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:e57de23e-80f4-473c-95ef-9dbf200003c5" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=e57de23e-80f4-473c-95ef-9dbf200003c5&commenterUserName=EurostarTreadLightly&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:e57de23e-80f4-473c-95ef-9dbf200003c5" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-29"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 4:44PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Hi Ragged, </p><p>I seem to be having the same problem as you with ? appearing instead of other symbols! </p><p>In general they are meant to be apostrophes</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:1941a2e6-d384-409a-92f6-5f15d36d1e9e"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:1941a2e6-d384-409a-92f6-5f15d36d1e9e" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:1941a2e6-d384-409a-92f6-5f15d36d1e9e')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:1941a2e6-d384-409a-92f6-5f15d36d1e9e" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=1941a2e6-d384-409a-92f6-5f15d36d1e9e&commenterUserName=EurostarTreadLightly&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:1941a2e6-d384-409a-92f6-5f15d36d1e9e" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-30"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/boroughboy" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="boroughboy"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/boroughboy"> boroughboy </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 5:00PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Two quick points: </p><p>1. I believe Eurostar could now compete with air on the London-Amsterdam and London-Cologne (Duesseldorf) routes as both would be under 4 hours from this December with the new high speed lines. Dutch people, English people and particularly Germans are unlikely to be keen on changing trains in Brussels and your market share at the moment must be marginal. </p><p>2. Ticketing ahead: I can't see a reason why you cannot sell tickets a year ahead. Your trains have numbers as they do on the continent. If there are engineering works, you could then contact the buyer of the ticket and offer a refund or tell them that the train will arrive later. That is what you did when you had the fire in the tunnel anyway. If you automated this, selling a year ahead and offering this through the websites selling plane tickets would be possible. There will be a very few passengers who will turn up for the 9.30 train and find out it then leaves at 9.45 and arrives an hour late in Paris. If they have booked connecting trains they should be able to change to an earlier one or get a refund if they wish without a penalty. Please look into it.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:c9251ec0-0b5f-43fb-8445-9ecf66154f62"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:c9251ec0-0b5f-43fb-8445-9ecf66154f62" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:c9251ec0-0b5f-43fb-8445-9ecf66154f62')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:c9251ec0-0b5f-43fb-8445-9ecf66154f62" class="normal-recommended">(1)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=c9251ec0-0b5f-43fb-8445-9ecf66154f62&commenterUserName=boroughboy&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:c9251ec0-0b5f-43fb-8445-9ecf66154f62" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-31"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 5:06PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>@ Ic1981, </p><p>Thank you for your question about the pricing for taking bikes on board. </p><p>Since we first started operating in 1994 the pricing structure for booking bikes on board has not changed and whilst prior to April 2008 we could only guarantee that the service which your bike was booked on would arrive within 24 hours of your own arrival, as part of our 10 point plan we made a commitment to help our travellers access our stations via sustainable modes of transport and have since implemented many initiatives to help our travellers to achieve this. </p><p>One of the positive changes we decided to make was to allow passengers to take their bikes on the same train on which they are travelling (subject to availability). Unfortunately, space is at a premium with all our passengers and luggage on board and we only have enough space to take 8 bikes on each train. Since we have introduced these changes the service has been extremely popular, especially in the summer months, and we also need to ensure that there is sufficient staff to handle such baggage. </p><p>The good news is that if you can fold or dismantle your bike and place it in a bike bag with the wheels, handle bars and saddle removed so that it does not take up any more space than a normal size suitcase, you can carry them on as part of your normal luggage allowance free of charge.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:a2a53474-13b9-4ab4-a8ea-1d4b3d0c22dd"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:a2a53474-13b9-4ab4-a8ea-1d4b3d0c22dd" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:a2a53474-13b9-4ab4-a8ea-1d4b3d0c22dd')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:a2a53474-13b9-4ab4-a8ea-1d4b3d0c22dd" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=a2a53474-13b9-4ab4-a8ea-1d4b3d0c22dd&commenterUserName=EurostarTreadLightly&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:a2a53474-13b9-4ab4-a8ea-1d4b3d0c22dd" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-32"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 5:14PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>xianachanna and ausername... hi there, it's Paula from the Environment and Energy team here, on the subject of travelling with dogs. It's a subject which elicits strong feelings on both sides of the debate! We do accept assistance dogs for travel (subject to appropriate documentation), however no other pets are allowed on board. It's something that we've looked into in the past, but we found that the carriage of pets would present significant legal, operational and contractual issues. Additionally whilst there are a lot of travellers who would welcome - or at least not mind - travelling with pets on board, we found that over half of our travellers would prefer that we don't change our current policy.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:f7ebfa0e-5227-41d6-a2ae-1bc5fd5eb3a0"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:f7ebfa0e-5227-41d6-a2ae-1bc5fd5eb3a0" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:f7ebfa0e-5227-41d6-a2ae-1bc5fd5eb3a0')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:f7ebfa0e-5227-41d6-a2ae-1bc5fd5eb3a0" class="normal-recommended">(1)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=f7ebfa0e-5227-41d6-a2ae-1bc5fd5eb3a0&commenterUserName=EurostarTreadLightly&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:f7ebfa0e-5227-41d6-a2ae-1bc5fd5eb3a0" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-33"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/FeanorLobelia" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="FeanorLobelia"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/FeanorLobelia"> FeanorLobelia </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 5:16PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Hello. Does Eurostar have any plans at all for using the Dutch HSL-Zuid high speed line from Brussels to Amsterdam once it opens? Surely a direct London-Amsterdam service would be popular?</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:a9996c76-5888-4d83-9326-c801d022b8f7"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:a9996c76-5888-4d83-9326-c801d022b8f7" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:a9996c76-5888-4d83-9326-c801d022b8f7')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:a9996c76-5888-4d83-9326-c801d022b8f7" class="high-recommended">(3)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=a9996c76-5888-4d83-9326-c801d022b8f7&commenterUserName=FeanorLobelia&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:a9996c76-5888-4d83-9326-c801d022b8f7" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-34"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="Ausername"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername"> Ausername </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 5:30PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>"<i>If it is a high-demand day, then the corresponding flights should be expensive to,</i>" </p><p>That depends how well the airline is doing. If they are not doing well they are likely to have a number of cheap seats left. Have you not heard the constant whining from airlines and noticed the ones going bankrupt? They may also be releasing the cheap seats in batches. </p><p>Eurostar have a fairly useless web site, but the cheapest single from Brussels to London I could find was £41.00 on 29/12. I found many £59.50 and £69.50 fares, though there are fewer of them earlier in the week. </p><p>If I was going from Vienna to London I would look at <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046/http://www.seat61.com/Austria.htm" rel="nofollow">Seat61</a>. It is ridiculous that someone has to provide this information as a hobby, but such is the world at the moment. I would also look to see if any Europa-Spezial tickets are available from DB, there were the last time I looked and they are good value. I have used two of these for journeys through Germany, via a suitably chosen station. </p><p>"<i>I don't mind prices fluctuating due to demand. I just don't understand how plane prices are always cheaper than trains.</i>" </p><p>I have on several occasions provided comparisons on this web site which demonstrated that this claim is false, even before adding on all the "extras" for things like daring to have luggage, or wishing to speak to a member of staff which airlines to to turn a £20 "bargain" into a £150 fare. </p><p>To imitate someone else here regarding trains, "You have luggage which weighs over 20kg. Welcome onboard, please put your luggage in the racks we have provided. Pay extra for your luggage! No."</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:aabb9dd3-7fc5-407d-b5e5-8f5a4e4dab98"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:aabb9dd3-7fc5-407d-b5e5-8f5a4e4dab98" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:aabb9dd3-7fc5-407d-b5e5-8f5a4e4dab98')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:aabb9dd3-7fc5-407d-b5e5-8f5a4e4dab98" class="high-recommended">(2)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=aabb9dd3-7fc5-407d-b5e5-8f5a4e4dab98&commenterUserName=Ausername&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:aabb9dd3-7fc5-407d-b5e5-8f5a4e4dab98" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-35"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="Ausername"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername"> Ausername </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 5:44PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>"<i>One of the positive changes we decided to make was to allow passengers to take their bikes on the same train on which they are travelling (subject to availability). Unfortunately, space is at a premium with all our passengers and luggage on board and we only have enough space to take 8 bikes on each train.</i>p>You make allowing people to take their bikes with them sound like a great concession. It is not, it is only as it should have been from the start. </p><p>On such long trains carrying 8 bikes is not impressive. Some two coach trains around here have space for 8 bikes. </p><p>Before anyone speaks of the bike bans on some high speed trains on the continent, allegedly due to short station times, on a train where, for no good reason, people have to turn up 30 minutes before the train leaves it is not a sensible point.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:af11f447-0f01-4060-b714-60a747219fdb"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:af11f447-0f01-4060-b714-60a747219fdb" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:af11f447-0f01-4060-b714-60a747219fdb')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:af11f447-0f01-4060-b714-60a747219fdb" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=af11f447-0f01-4060-b714-60a747219fdb&commenterUserName=Ausername&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:af11f447-0f01-4060-b714-60a747219fdb" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-36"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="Ausername"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername"> Ausername </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 5:52PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>"<i>It's something that we've looked into in the past, but we found that the carriage of pets would present significant legal, operational and contractual issues.</i>" </p><p>Where on your web site can someone look at these alleged issues and decide whether your claim is correct? </p><p>There are no particular legal, operational or contractual issues taking pets on other trains, why should these trains be any different? Other trains operate over similar or longer distances. Other trains run on high speed lines. Other trains pass through long tunnels. Other trains pass from one country to another. There is nothing special about your trains. </p><p>"<i>Additionally whilst there are a lot of travellers who would welcome - or at least not mind - travelling with pets on board, we found that over half of our travellers would prefer that we don't change our current policy.</i>" </p><p>Where on your web site can people judge this work? What information was provided, what questions were asked and what possible answers were available to select from.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:7e2f906d-d91b-4791-9cdb-637a6b920c7a"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:7e2f906d-d91b-4791-9cdb-637a6b920c7a" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:7e2f906d-d91b-4791-9cdb-637a6b920c7a')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:7e2f906d-d91b-4791-9cdb-637a6b920c7a" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=7e2f906d-d91b-4791-9cdb-637a6b920c7a&commenterUserName=Ausername&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:7e2f906d-d91b-4791-9cdb-637a6b920c7a" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-37"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Riley2" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="Riley2"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Riley2"> Riley2 </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 6:12PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Last year, at Waterloo Station, I had a French folding pocket-knife (the same as carried by a large part of the French population) removed from my luggage where it joined hundreds of the same brand in a rubbish bin by the x-ray control. As there was no way of recuperating the pocket-knife in Paris, I consider this as theft. <br/>What form of perverted thought imagines that a 66 year-old is capable of high-jacking a TGV ?</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:404b8cc5-b959-46ca-9c80-5a9b6fe5b369"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:404b8cc5-b959-46ca-9c80-5a9b6fe5b369" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:404b8cc5-b959-46ca-9c80-5a9b6fe5b369')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:404b8cc5-b959-46ca-9c80-5a9b6fe5b369" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=404b8cc5-b959-46ca-9c80-5a9b6fe5b369&commenterUserName=Riley2&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:404b8cc5-b959-46ca-9c80-5a9b6fe5b369" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-38"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/mememememe" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/store/12/13/ec20d378-2015-4e61-9de6-f26294164b3b.Small.png" height="60" width="60" alt="mememememe"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/mememememe"> mememememe </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 6:49PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>I understand you cannot go into pricing on specific routes, so I won't ask specifically, but can you explain: </p><p>- why journeys may be cheaper on other websites <br/>- why it is so hard to book and plan journeys across Europe through your website <br/>- why it is so much more expensive than other methods of travel to the point of making it not worth travelling by train </p><p>I'd love to be a bit greener and go by train to places across Europe, but at the moment it's not worth it for the hassle, length of journey (even in countries that have high speed rail), or cost. If you don't answer the above questions, could you at least address that point - how are you going to make it worthwhile travelling by Eurostar when it is too complicated, expensive and long on anything other than your core route? </p><p>thanks</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:2cc240ae-cefb-453a-a8cf-7dd97b313787"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:2cc240ae-cefb-453a-a8cf-7dd97b313787" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:2cc240ae-cefb-453a-a8cf-7dd97b313787')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:2cc240ae-cefb-453a-a8cf-7dd97b313787" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=2cc240ae-cefb-453a-a8cf-7dd97b313787&commenterUserName=mememememe&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:2cc240ae-cefb-453a-a8cf-7dd97b313787" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-39"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/boroughboy" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="boroughboy"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/boroughboy"> boroughboy </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 6:52PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>@Riley2 </p><p>This sounds like a jobsworth. </p><p>1. The train can only go where the signallers let it go. <br/>2. The cab is locked. </p><p>I could see that someone may possibly think of a large bomb on board that would blow the entire thing up in the tunnel and I can follow that they x-ray us for that, but a pocket knife?</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:b38d9a3a-24d6-4564-bf12-e96b479c417c"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:b38d9a3a-24d6-4564-bf12-e96b479c417c" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:b38d9a3a-24d6-4564-bf12-e96b479c417c')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:b38d9a3a-24d6-4564-bf12-e96b479c417c" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=b38d9a3a-24d6-4564-bf12-e96b479c417c&commenterUserName=boroughboy&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:b38d9a3a-24d6-4564-bf12-e96b479c417c" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-40"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/boroughboy" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="boroughboy"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/boroughboy"> boroughboy </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 6:58PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>@mememememe </p><p>The Eurostar booking system is the SNCF system, which can't cope with Belgian or German ticketing. So for example any connection to Germany will therefore be on a Thalys train between Brussels and Cologne, while if you look at <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046/http://www.bahn.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Deutsche Bahn</a>, you will get bargainst for London-Cologne with the Brussels-Cologne part via ICE. </p><p>I understand that Railteam has got together and commissioned an integrated timetable and booking system based on the Germann and Swiss system. Maybe Eurostar can tell us about where they are with this now. </p><p>Interestingly although the purpose of this is to test Eurostar's green credentials, most post do not doubt them, but would desperately like Eurostar to be easier to book and use (through ticketing/advance ticketing/bikes), have better service (bikes/dogs), go further (Amsterdam, Cologne, North of London).</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:892afe1c-ed1f-411a-aec9-b11484d725cb"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:892afe1c-ed1f-411a-aec9-b11484d725cb" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:892afe1c-ed1f-411a-aec9-b11484d725cb')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:892afe1c-ed1f-411a-aec9-b11484d725cb" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=892afe1c-ed1f-411a-aec9-b11484d725cb&commenterUserName=boroughboy&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:892afe1c-ed1f-411a-aec9-b11484d725cb" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-41"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/andylee1983" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="andylee1983"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/andylee1983"> andylee1983 </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 7:16PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>I love Eurostar and try to travel on it every time I go to France, I find the fares are reasonable (especially in Leisure Select) and the journey times (to the South of France) are very favourable. </p><p>However, the one factor which is currently prohibiting me from using the Eurostar are the frankly extortionate fares charged by Virgin Trains traveling from the North West of England to London. These can quickly double the price of a journey to Nimes and result in myself and many others choosing other modes of transport. </p><p>Are there any plans afoot to offer reasonably priced connecting services to the Eurostar terminals in the UK? Or are we forever to be at the mercy of the discount ticket lottery run by franchised UK train operators?!?</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:0e3fa962-d920-48df-bae5-251f0898282f"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:0e3fa962-d920-48df-bae5-251f0898282f" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:0e3fa962-d920-48df-bae5-251f0898282f')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:0e3fa962-d920-48df-bae5-251f0898282f" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=0e3fa962-d920-48df-bae5-251f0898282f&commenterUserName=andylee1983&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:0e3fa962-d920-48df-bae5-251f0898282f" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-42"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/commieandproud" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="commieandproud"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/commieandproud"> commieandproud </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 8:02PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p></p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:6fa3c51c-beb0-4910-a4de-1dc49ec2a2a5"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:6fa3c51c-beb0-4910-a4de-1dc49ec2a2a5" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:6fa3c51c-beb0-4910-a4de-1dc49ec2a2a5')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:6fa3c51c-beb0-4910-a4de-1dc49ec2a2a5" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=6fa3c51c-beb0-4910-a4de-1dc49ec2a2a5&commenterUserName=commieandproud&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:6fa3c51c-beb0-4910-a4de-1dc49ec2a2a5" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-43"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/commieandproud" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="commieandproud"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/commieandproud"> commieandproud </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">9 Nov 2009, 8:11PM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Ticket prices from London to Paris or Brussells are comparable to flying, so I would alwaya use Eurostar when travelling to those places. An added bonus is that Eurostar tickets are valid to and from any station in Belgium, so that is one country I would always travel to by Eurostar. I imagine that tickets onwards into Holland, North West Germany or northern France are not too much more expensive. The trouble is, having done a quick search to various destinations further afield, such as Nice and Zurich, the cost seems to be at least three times as much as flying. The difference when looking at places like Italy is even more. I realise that Eurostar alone cannot do this, but do you know if the European Union and its governments are addressing this problem, or even thinking about this? And what are you doing to encourage them? If train prices were the same as flying or cheaper then I am sure that I and many other people would go by train, even if it does take a bit longer. It would have the addedd bonus of bringing Michael O'Leary and that Stelios bloke down a peg or two.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:4665e1e3-e26d-49ad-8006-0243f4818970"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:4665e1e3-e26d-49ad-8006-0243f4818970" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:4665e1e3-e26d-49ad-8006-0243f4818970')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:4665e1e3-e26d-49ad-8006-0243f4818970" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=4665e1e3-e26d-49ad-8006-0243f4818970&commenterUserName=commieandproud&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:4665e1e3-e26d-49ad-8006-0243f4818970" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-44"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/hmp1" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="hmp1"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/hmp1"> hmp1 </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">10 Nov 2009, 12:04AM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p></p><blockquote><p>Alexb588 asked if there are plans to add more regional eurostars i.e. London-Cologne?</p></blockquote><p>I don't know about Eurostar, but the Thalys HS train network linking Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam is opening a new HS link between Brussels and Cologne in (planned) December 09. Should cut journey time between Brussels and Cologne down to around 2 and a bit hours.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:1b274de5-b815-4b24-a31f-bb3f47d220ad"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:1b274de5-b815-4b24-a31f-bb3f47d220ad" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:1b274de5-b815-4b24-a31f-bb3f47d220ad')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:1b274de5-b815-4b24-a31f-bb3f47d220ad" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=1b274de5-b815-4b24-a31f-bb3f47d220ad&commenterUserName=hmp1&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:1b274de5-b815-4b24-a31f-bb3f47d220ad" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-45"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/ReprievedSoul" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="ReprievedSoul"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/ReprievedSoul"> ReprievedSoul </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">10 Nov 2009, 10:58AM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>You are being evasive about 'travel to/from north of London", and factually incorrect in referring questioners to the railteam website for assistance there. <br/>If we northerners are to lightren our carbon load by using rail to cross the water, we need your help and it is conspicuously absent, <br/>I understand the problem with Eusrostar operating through services is that the trains are not equipped to do so - they are incompatible with signalling and with platform elevations.... true? <br/>For rail to compete, we need convenient connections - changing time and connection reliability are more important than sector journey time. <br/>When are you going to work with your immediate adjacent TOCs (Midland Main and the successor to NXEC) to get through tkting, and cross-platform connectivity - preferably somewhere like York...? <br/>You don't operate night services, so interchange passengers have to account for the cost of being nightstopped in London. Why don't you connect, or at least market with, with Scotrail Caledonian Sleeper??</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:ef9062dc-f963-465a-ac47-a7e87e96cb09"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:ef9062dc-f963-465a-ac47-a7e87e96cb09" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:ef9062dc-f963-465a-ac47-a7e87e96cb09')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:ef9062dc-f963-465a-ac47-a7e87e96cb09" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=ef9062dc-f963-465a-ac47-a7e87e96cb09&commenterUserName=ReprievedSoul&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:ef9062dc-f963-465a-ac47-a7e87e96cb09" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-46"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="EurostarTreadLightly"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/EurostarTreadLightly"> EurostarTreadLightly </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">10 Nov 2009, 11:09AM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Staff"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/microapps/server-side-pluck/images/icons_contributor_28.gif" width="28" height="28" title="Contributor" alt="Contributor"/> <span>Contributor</span> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>Good morning all, it's Paula from the Environment and Energy team here. </p><p>We've received a lot of varied and really interesting questions about different aspects of Eurostar's services and policies; however, as the Environment and Energy team we would love to hear more questions about our Tread Lightly initiative! So, if you have general questions or comments about Eurostar, or about other aspects of our product and service, our Traveller Care team will be happy to answer questions on these subjects. 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In a few days time it will be the second anniversary of the start of public services from St Pancras.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:9e86e701-5e4c-4fba-aec7-2462f7252885"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:9e86e701-5e4c-4fba-aec7-2462f7252885" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:9e86e701-5e4c-4fba-aec7-2462f7252885')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:9e86e701-5e4c-4fba-aec7-2462f7252885" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=9e86e701-5e4c-4fba-aec7-2462f7252885&commenterUserName=Ausername&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:9e86e701-5e4c-4fba-aec7-2462f7252885" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-48"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="Ausername"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername"> Ausername </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">10 Nov 2009, 11:27AM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>"<i>I could see that someone may possibly think of a large bomb on board that would blow the entire thing up in the tunnel</i>" </p><p>But there is nothing special about these trains. Plenty of other trains go through long tunnels, some of them under water. If you go across Denmark and on to Sweden then the trains go through two underwater tunnels. 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However, leaving that aside there are <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/travel_information/interlining/where_can_I_travel_from.jsp" rel="nofollow">special fares</a> for those going to the continent which bypass the "extortionate fares". There are also special fares to <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046/http://www.seat61.com/UKconnections.htm#London%20International%20CIV" rel="nofollow">London International</a>.</p> </div> </li> <li class="pluck-comment-tools"> <ul id="CommentKey:4a76cc7e-a503-42ad-ad76-ccf2230d2c6b"> <li class="recomended"> <a id="pluck-single-comment-CommentKey:4a76cc7e-a503-42ad-ad76-ccf2230d2c6b" href="javascript:void(0)" title="Recommend this comment." onclick="return onClickRecommendation('CommentKey:4a76cc7e-a503-42ad-ad76-ccf2230d2c6b')" class="recommend"> Recommend? </a> <span id="pluck-single-comment-no-CommentKey:4a76cc7e-a503-42ad-ad76-ccf2230d2c6b" class="normal-recommended">(0)</span> </li> <li class="abuse-report"> <a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Report abuse" class="report-abuse">Report abuse </a> </li> <li class="clip"><a class="anchor-based-login-required" href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add?commentId=4a76cc7e-a503-42ad-ad76-ccf2230d2c6b&commenterUserName=Ausername&r2ContentIdForSSP=355346644" name="" title="Clip this comment.">Clip</a> | </li> <li class="link"><a href="?showAllComments=true#CommentKey:4a76cc7e-a503-42ad-ad76-ccf2230d2c6b" name="" title="Link this comment.">Link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="pluck-content" id="comment-50"> <li class="pluck-comment">  <div class="pluck-comment-author"> <h3> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername" class="author-profile-picture"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091112104046im_/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" height="60" width="60" alt="Ausername"> </a> <a href="/web/20091112104046/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/Ausername"> Ausername </a> </h3> <p class="posted-time">10 Nov 2009, 11:46AM</p> </div> <span class="author-tier"> <a class="rollover" title="Featured"> </a> </span> <div class="pluck-comment-body"> <p>"<i>as the Environment and Energy team we would love to hear more questions about our Tread Lightly initiative! So, if you have general questions or comments about Eurostar, or about other aspects of our product and service, our Traveller Care team will be happy to answer questions on these subjects. You can reach them at traveller.care@eurostar.co.uk</i>" </p><p>That would be in private. People would rather see answers to the difficult questions which have been asked in public. </p><p>As boroughboy said most don't doubt the green credentials of these trains. 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