Back in May this year I was in a EuroStar train from Paris to London which
appeared to get lost.

At any rate we eventually went in to Kensington Olympia. The carriage doors
remained locked and a tannoy voice said that nobody could get out there
because we had to go thru to Waterloo for Customs and Immigration.

That was bull**** because of course we had done both French and British
Customs at the Gare du Nord in Paris.

After about half an hour of hanging around Olympia we eventually went to
Waterloo. The train did not have to reverse en route.

Once at Waterloo there were no further immigration or Customs checks.
"Matthew" wrote in message
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Is there a direct link from Eurostar to Olympia, without reversing at
Waterloo?


Marc.

When the rail link opens, it'll be via the North London Line.

"Colin Wilson" wrote in message
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After about half an hour of hanging around Olympia we eventually went to
Waterloo. The train did not have to reverse en route.

You would have definitely reversed at Kensington Olympia. There is no other
way back to Waterloo.

The route that would have been taken from Brixton would have involved
diverging left across Factory Junction, at Wandsworth Road, rather than
continuing over Stewarts Lane flyover, then dropping under the Victoria and
Waterloo lines to gain the northbound West London line at Latchmere
Junctions, then continuing to Olympia. From Olympia the train would have
reversed to Latchmere No. 3 Junction before taking the curve to join the
South Western main line to Waterloo at West London Junction, rejoining the
normal route just after the Stewarts Lane flyover trails in.

In article ,
(Jack Taylor) wrote:

From Olympia the train would have
reversed to Latchmere No. 3 Junction before taking the curve to join the
South Western main line to Waterloo at West London Junction, rejoining
the normal route just after the Stewarts Lane flyover trails in.

Fine except that it's the South Western Windsor Lines. There is no
connection to the Main line on this route.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Jack Taylor) wrote:

From Olympia the train would have
reversed to Latchmere No. 3 Junction before taking the curve to join the
South Western main line to Waterloo at West London Junction, rejoining
the normal route just after the Stewarts Lane flyover trails in.

Fine except that it's the South Western Windsor Lines. There is no
connection to the Main line on this route.

Yes, fair point, although with the OP's lack of knowledge of the alternative
routing I wouldn't have expected them to know the difference between the
Wimbledon lines and the Windsor lines.

Colin Wilson wrote:

Back in May this year I was in a EuroStar train from Paris to London which
appeared to get lost.

At any rate we eventually went in to Kensington Olympia. The carriage doors
remained locked and a tannoy voice said that nobody could get out there
because we had to go thru to Waterloo for Customs and Immigration.

That was bull**** because of course we had done both French and British
Customs at the Gare du Nord in Paris.

You went through British Immigration at the Gare du Nord but not British
Customs.

--
John Ray, London UK.