On 29 Jan, 13:08, Paul Terry wrote:

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Mizter T writes

There has been some speculation in the past that Stratford Int'l might
never actually see any Eurostar trains stop there, and passengers would
be herded onto the Southeastern high-speed trains to get to either
Ebbsfleet or St. Pancras. I've pondered this in the past, but am now of
the attitude that they surely will stop there in the future - it's just
a question of when.

It's probably more a question of cost - in particular, the cost of
maintaining customs and security staff for international services.



It would also add time - apparently up to eight minutes - to the
overall journey to and from St. Pancras. This thus gives Eurostar a
less attractive headline journey time, which in turn makes it a bit
less attractive to travellers. The question is this is it worthwhile.
The answer from Eurostar is likely to be no, at least not for most
trains - though the market for travellers to and from Stratford (in
particular Docklands business people) might conceivably make it
worthwhile to stop a few, though Eurostar may just as well send them
on to Ebbsfleet on the SE high-speed service and get them to change
onto Eurostar trains there.