2hr 3min: Eurostar sets new Paris-London record
The 18-coach train left Gare du Nord at 9.44am and arrived at the newly refurbished St Pancras station in central London two hours, three minutes and 39 seconds later.
The train was the first to travel on the new £5.8 billion (€8.5bn) dedicated high-speed route which runs for 110km from the Channel Tunnel near Folkestone in Kent to central London.
