In message , at 04:56:44 on Sun,
11 May 2008, Stephen O'Connell remarked:
All the bally-hoo about the half hour chopped off the London-Paris
time is somewhat moot for those of us who'd travel into Waterloo.
That half hour saved is spent making the unpleasant trip from
Waterloo to St Pancras.

I personally thought they should have kept a Eurostar Waterloo service,
even if only a limited service. But for people going that way it would
certainly save the trek across London. Plus the infrastructure was
already there!

Apparently much of the [station] infrastructure was moved to Ebbsfleet.
And the station was in a poor state requiring refurbishment. It's just
not economic to keep all that stuff, and the staff to operate it,
hanging around for a few trains a day.
--
Roland Perry