Editing High Speed 1 (section)

=== Ebbsfleet International ===
{{Main|Ebbsfleet International railway station}}

[[Ebbsfleet International railway station]] in the borough of [[Dartford]], [[Kent]] is {{convert|10|mi|0|abbr=on}} outside the eastern boundary of [[Greater London]] and opened to the public on 19 November 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7101240.stm |title=Ebbsfleet open to Eurostar trains |work=BBC News |access-date=5 July 2009 |date=19 November 2007 |archive-date=7 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107234851/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7101240.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> It became Eurostar's main station in Kent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.save-eurostar.org/2009/05/10/raileurope/ |title=RailEurope |publisher=save-eurostar.org |access-date=14 May 2009}} {{dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/5337586.stm |title=New station means Eurostar change |work=BBC News |date=12 September 2006 |access-date=14 December 2007 |archive-date=27 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827132939/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/5337586.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.saveashfordinternational.org.uk/ | title=Save Ashford International (retrieved from archive.org)| publisher=saveashfordinternational.org.uk| access-date=18 February 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080412000527/http://www.saveashfordinternational.org.uk/ |archive-date = 12 April 2008}}</ref> Two of the platforms are designed for international passenger trains and four for high-speed domestic services.<ref name="SEpreview">{{cite web|url=http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/download/4859.4/high-speed-timetable-from-11-december/|title=High speed timetable|publisher=Southeastern Railways|access-date=26 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211120612/http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/download/4859.4/high-speed-timetable-from-11-december/|archive-date=11 December 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A high-speed domestic service operated by [[Southeastern (train operating company 2006–2021)|Southeastern]] to London St Pancras began on 29 June 2009. Eurostar has not served the station since the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020, and services will not return until at least 2025.<ref name=":BBC 2023" /><ref name=":FT2023" />