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Eurostar is a high speed train service operating between London and mainland Europe. Figures for the beginning of the year indicate that more and more travellers are becoming attracted to this mode of transport with figures up twenty five percent.
A major advantage of travelling with Eurostar is that they run on time, with punctuality figure reaching almost ninety-four percent. A report in the Telegraph newspaper earlier this month demonstrates that this is nowhere near the case with British airways, who ranked 22nd out of 29 as one of Europe's poorest performers for punctual arrivals and even worse at 23rd for departures. This is not the story of every airline and Flybe has outperformed many of it rivals with a punctuality record on its London to Belfast route, but the figure of eight seven percent is still a long way short of Eurostar's record.
Many passengers find the London stations extremely convenient, especially since St Pancras International connects with six London Underground lines, as well as seven mainline rail service. Ebbsfleet International is situated just off junction two of the M25 and therefore convenient for those living in South East England, and there is also a free to this station and Ashford International on connecting Fasttrack buses and South Eastern trains. However it is not always as easy to find an airport close to home that is flying to the destination of your choice.
Booking is fast and easy with Eurostar who initiated Railteam, which is a joint venture between Europe's top high-speed train operators, and Railteam network is fast expanding which can only lead further improvements.
These days we are all concerned about the environment impact and perhaps you remember reading an article in the Mail last March about how green taxation, one of the key themes of the budget was a con because the most frequent flyers are the rich, and evidence pointed to the fact that increasing taxation on air travel doesn't change our behaviour. Additionally the new green rules, which demand planes to burn less fuel, are being viewed suspiciously because they might cause planes to crash.
When you consider all this it is plain to see that Eurostar has many advantages over low cost airlines, especially as they have partnered with Friends of the Earth to work together on the development of the Friends of the Earths, The Big Ask campaign and Eurostar's, Tread Lightly scheme.
Eurostar have made good progress in their initiative to reduce its environmental impact and ticket sales increased twenty five percent in the first three month period.
An independent survey by "YouGov" shows that our views about travelling are changing, that we are starting to take action and expect others to do so as well.
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