So, who was right about Eurostar ridership?
Roland Perry wrote:
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.
They do it at Ashford Int don't they?!
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