Faster journeys boost Eurostar ticket sales
The introduction of faster London-Paris and London-Brussels journey times helped Channel Tunnel train company Eurostar to a record year in 2007, it was announced today.
The company carried 8.26 million passengers last year - 5.1% more than in 2006. Ticket sales brought in £599m (€801.7m), a 15.5% rise on the 2006 total.