Editing Eurostar (section)

===Frequency===
[[File:Eurostar departure information - Brussels.JPG|thumb|Eurostar departure information – Brussels]]

Eurostar offers up to 15 weekday London – Paris services (19 on Fridays) including nine non-stop (13 on Fridays). There are also nine (ten on Friday) London–Brussels services, of which two run non-stop (continuing to Amsterdam) and a further two call at Lille only. Four services daily operate to Amsterdam via Brussels and Rotterdam, some calling at Lille.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurostar service from 16 December 2019 to 16 May 2020 |url=https://content-static.eurostar.com/documents/Timetables%20Core%20Destinations_Issue_84_EN_0.pdf |access-date=15 December 2019 |publisher=Eurostar |archive-date=30 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130013959/https://content-static.eurostar.com/documents/Timetables%20Core%20Destinations_Issue_84_EN_0.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Destinations |url=http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/destinations.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090627013836/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/destinations.jsp |archive-date=27 June 2009 |access-date=15 May 2009 |publisher=Eurostar}}</ref> <!--In addition, there was a return trip from London to [[Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy station|Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy]] for [[Disneyland Resort Paris|Disneyland Paris]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disneyland by Eurostar |work= Travel Empire |url= http://www.travelempire.co.uk/disneyresort_byeurostar.phtml |access-date=16 October 2012}}</ref> which ran four times a week with increased frequency during school holidays, however this ceased from 6 June 2023 and its future is unknown.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eurostar confirms end of Disneyland service |url= https://www.railwaygazette.com/high-speed/eurostar-confirms-end-of-disneyland-service/62445.article |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=Railway Gazette International |location= London}}</ref>--> There were also seasonal services: <!--an up-to-4-times-a-week service to Marseille via Lyon and Avignon in the summer; and, -->in the winter, "Snow trains",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurostar Snow Train |url= http://www.eurostar.com/static/micro_site/eurostar_snow_train.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121210031016/http://www.eurostar.com/static/micro_site/eurostar_snow_train.htm |archive-date=10 December 2012 |access-date=16 October 2012 |publisher=Eurostar}}</ref> aimed at skiers, to [[Bourg-Saint-Maurice]], [[La Plagne|Aime-la-Plagne]] and [[Moûtiers]] in the [[Alps]]; these ran weekly, arriving in the alps in the evening and leaving the same evening to arrive in London the following morning.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurostar winter ski tickets |url= http://www.thisfrenchlife.com/thisfrenchlife/2008/07/eurostar-winter.html |access-date=11 May 2009 |website=thisfrenchlife.com |archive-date=2 May 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100502090256/http://www.thisfrenchlife.com/thisfrenchlife/2008/07/eurostar-winter.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> <!--Intermediate stations are Ebbsfleet International in northwest Kent, Ashford International in southeast Kent, and [[Gare de Calais-Fréthun|Calais-Fréthun]] and Lille-Europe in Nord-Pas-de-Calais.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurostar's other UK stations |url= http://www.eurostar.com/UK/be/leisure/about_eurostar/on_the_move/other_uk_stations.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090925173312/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/be/leisure/about_eurostar/on_the_move/other_uk_stations.jsp |archive-date=25 September 2009 |access-date=11 May 2009 |publisher=Eurostar}}</ref>--> This service was suspended at the time of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurostar Ski Train 2024/25 {{!}} Times, fares, tickets |url=https://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes/eurostar-ski-train.htm |access-date=9 January 2025 |website=www.seat61.com |language=en}}</ref> It resumed for the 2023/24 ski season, but with no through train. Instead, passengers change train at [[Lille-Europe station|Lille-Europe]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 September 2024 |title=What we know about Eurostar's re-launched ski train services to French Alps |url=https://www.thelocal.fr/20240904/what-we-know-about-eurostars-re-launched-ski-train-services-to-french-alps |access-date=9 January 2025 |website=The Local France |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2018, Eurostar announced the start of its long-planned service from London to Amsterdam, with an initial two trains per day from April of that year running between London St Pancras International and [[Amsterdam Centraal station|Amsterdam Centraal]]. This launched as a one-way service, with return trains carrying passengers to Rotterdam and Brussels Midi/Zuid, making a 28-minute stop (which was not deemed long enough to process UK-bound passengers) and then carrying different passengers from Brussels to London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Direct Eurostar from London to Amsterdam - Starts 4 April 2018 - Timetable, fares, tickets |url=https://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes/direct-eurostar-london-to-amsterdam.htm |website=seat61.com |access-date=18 May 2018 |archive-date=5 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005203740/https://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes/direct-eurostar-london-to-amsterdam.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Initially passengers travelling back took a [[Thalys]] service to Brussels Midi/Zuid where they could join the Eurostar. This was due to the lack of facilities for [[juxtaposed controls]] by the [[UK Border Force]] at Amsterdam Centraal and Rotterdam Centraal. On 4 February 2020, the Dutch [[Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management|Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management]], [[Cora van Nieuwenhuizen]], and the UK [[Secretary of State for Transport|Transport Secretary]], [[Grant Shapps]], announced that juxtaposed controls would be established at Amsterdam Centraal and Rotterdam Centraal. The direct train from Amsterdam was originally due to launch on 30 April 2020, and from Rotterdam on 18 May 2020,<ref>{{Cite press release |date=4 February 2020 |title=Transport Secretary hails new horizons for rail travel across Europe |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/transport-secretary-hails-new-horizons-for-rail-travel-across-europe |access-date=28 March 2020 |website=Gov.uk |publisher=Department for Transport |archive-date=28 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328083413/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/transport-secretary-hails-new-horizons-for-rail-travel-across-europe |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |date=4 February 2020 |title=Eurostar transforms link between London and Amsterdam with services now direct both to and from the Netherlands |url= https://mediacentre.eurostar.com/mc_view?language=uk-en&article_Id=ka33z0000008fVpAAI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328084201/https://mediacentre.eurostar.com/mc_view?language=uk-en&article_Id=ka33z0000008fVpAAI |archive-date=28 March 2020 |access-date=28 March 2020 |publisher=Eurostar}}</ref> although it was later postponed to 26 October 2020 for both cities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hampson |first=Laura |date=30 April 2020 |title=Amsterdam to London Eurostar launch delayed due to coronavirus pandemic |work=[[Evening Standard]] |location=London |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/travel-news/amsterdam-to-london-eurostar-launch-delayed-a4428056.html |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=3 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503022917/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/travel-news/amsterdam-to-london-eurostar-launch-delayed-a4428056.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=24 August 2020 |title=Eurostar to launch £40 Amsterdam to London trains |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-53890139 |access-date=29 August 2020 |archive-date=16 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016220402/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-53890139 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Since 14 November 2007, all Eurostar trains have been routed via High Speed{{nbsp}}1 to or from the redeveloped London terminus at London St Pancras International, which at a cost of £800{{nbsp}}million was extensively rebuilt and extended to cope with {{convert|394|m|yd|adj=on|abbr=in}} long Eurostar trains.<ref name="transpancras">{{Cite news |last=Higham |first=Nick |date=6 November 2007 |title=The transformation of St Pancras |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7079915.stm |access-date=14 December 2007 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110000828/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7079915.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Millward |first=David |date=3 November 2007 |title=Eurostar will cross London — in 15 hours |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/eurostar/738722/Eurostar-will-cross-London---in-15-hours.html |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120911192834/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/eurostar/738722/Eurostar-will-cross-London---in-15-hours.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2012 |access-date=16 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dyckhoff |first=Tom |date=24 July 2007 |title=St Pancras regains the Gothic glamour |work=The Times |location=London |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/architecture_and_design/article2125027.ece |access-date=29 April 2009 |archive-date=6 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706015310/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/architecture_and_design/article2125027.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref>
It had been intended to retain some Eurostar services at [[Waterloo International railway station|Waterloo International]], but this was ruled out on cost grounds.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Webster |first=Ben |date=14 November 2007 |title=Five Waterloo platforms left in limbo by Eurostar pullout |work=The Times |location=London |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2865114.ece |access-date=2 May 2009 |archive-date=5 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805105319/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2865114.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Completion of High Speed{{nbsp}}1 increased the potential number of trains serving London. Separation of Eurostar from British domestic services through Kent meant that timetabling was no longer affected by peak-hour restrictions.