Editing High Speed 1 (section)

== Services ==
International passenger services on this line are operated by [[Eurostar]], with maximum speed {{convert|300|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=10}}, while domestic passenger services are operated by [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]] as far as [[Ashford International]], with maximum speed {{convert|225|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=10}}.

High Speed 1 was built to allow eight trains per hour through to the Channel Tunnel.<ref>[http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/highspeedone/ High Speed 1, United Kingdom] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611115158/http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/highspeedone/ |date=11 June 2017 }}, Railway Technology</ref> As of May 2014, Eurostar runs two to three trains per hour in each direction between London and the Channel Tunnel.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.eurostar.com/sites/default/files/pdf/timetable/UK_timetable.pdf |title= Timetable Core destinations 15 December 2013 to 24 May 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150910132156/http://www.eurostar.com/sites/default/files/pdf/timetable/UK_timetable.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2015 |publisher= Eurostar}}</ref> Southeastern runs in the high peak eight trains per hour between London and Ebbsfleet, two of these continuing to Ashford.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/kent/kent%20rus.pdf |title=Kent Route Utilisation Strategy |publisher=[[Network Rail]] |page=8 |date=January 2010 |access-date=31 December 2010 |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607015401/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/kent/kent%20rus.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> During the [[2012 Olympic Games]], Southeastern provided the [[Olympic Javelin]] service with up to twelve trains per hour from Stratford into London.<ref>{{cite book
 |url         = http://www.london2012.com/documents/oda-transport/tp-first-edition/tp-consultation-report.pdf
 |title       = Transport Plan for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Consultation report
 |page        = 94
 |publisher   = Olympic Delivery Authority
 |date        = October 2007
 |access-date  = 17 December 2008
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090205045458/http://www.london2012.com/documents/oda-transport/tp-first-edition/tp-consultation-report.pdf
 |archive-date = 5 February 2009
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref>

=== Freight ===
The route was built with freight provision from the beginning. It has spurs leading to and from the freight terminal at Dollands Moor (Folkestone) and the freight depot at Barking (Ripple Lane), north of the River Thames. Long [[passing loop]]s to hold freight trains while passenger trains overtake them were built at Lenham Heath and Singlewell.

[[Freight trains]] operated by [[DB Cargo UK|EWS]] first ran over CTRL Section 1, on the consecutive evenings of 3–4 April 2004. Five freight trains that would have run via the classic lines were diverted to run over the Channel Tunnel Rail Link instead: three southbound intermodal trains on 3 April 2004 and two northbound intermodal trains on 4 April 2004.<ref>{{cite press release|url-status=dead |archive-date=1 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001000132/http://www.ews-railway.co.uk/cmsystem/news_article.asp?guid=%7B1550A404-25E1-4384-962C-4887BF3C7C09%7D |url=http://www.ews-railway.co.uk/cmsystem/news_article.asp?guid={1550A404-25E1-4384-962C-4887BF3C7C09} |title=Channel Tunnel Rail Link opens for freight services |date=2 April 2004 |access-date=18 August 2011 |publisher=[[DB Cargo UK|English, Welsh & Scottish Railway]] |df=dmy }}</ref>