Editing High Speed 1 (section)

=== Eurostar ===
[[File:StroodCTRL2.JPG|thumb|right| A [[Eurostar]] train in the original livery passing [[Strood]], on approach to the Medway bridge]]
{{Main|Eurostar}}

The Eurostar service uses about 40% of the capacity of High Speed 1,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aXLVB53toMOE|work=Bloomberg News|date=29 June 2009|title=Overdue U.K. 'Bullet Train' Enters Service Amid Cuts|location=New York|access-date=5 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009122448/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101|archive-date=9 October 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> which in November 2007 became the company's route for all its services prior to the merger with [[Thalys]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/europe/article2744141.ece |title=Eurostar to Brussels |last=Rudd |first=Matt |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=28 October 2007 |access-date=10 May 2009 |location=London |archive-date=30 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130014001/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Eurostar trains are for international traffic only, passing along the high-speed line from London [[St Pancras railway station]] to the Channel Tunnel, with the majority<ref>{{cite web|title=Eurostar Destinations|url=http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/destinations.jsp|publisher=Eurostar|access-date=8 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627013836/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/destinations.jsp|archive-date=27 June 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> terminating at either Paris [[Gare du Nord]] in France or [[Brussels-South railway station]] in Belgium.<ref name="EuroTun His">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcTunnelInfrastructure/ukcDevelopment/ukpHistory |title=Our history |publisher=Eurotunnel |access-date=10 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123153410/http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcTunnelInfrastructure/ukcDevelopment/ukpHistory |archive-date=23 November 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="waterloovid">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Whnt8cYaNng Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150525051525/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whnt8cYaNng&feature=channel Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whnt8cYaNng&feature=channel|title=Waterloo Sunset|date=20 December 2007|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> A Eurostar train was used to set a new British [[Land speed record for railed vehicles|rail speed record]] of {{convert|334.7|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} on 30 July 2003.<ref>{{Cite press release  |url= http://www.eurostar.com/UK/be/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2003/30_07_03.jsp  |date= 30 July 2003  |title= Eurostar breaks UK high speed record  |publisher= Eurostar  |access-date= 6 July 2009  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110607014728/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/be/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2003/30_07_03.jsp  |archive-date= 7 June 2011  |url-status= dead  |df= dmy-all  }}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/YoYIwXkmaqc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150904095706/https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=YoYIwXkmaqc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoYIwXkmaqc |title= Official Eurostar video of Record-breaking High Speed 1 run from Paris to London | publisher= Eurostar |access-date=7 July 2009 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Prior to the formation of [[Eurostar International Limited]], the British component of the Eurostar grouping was owned by [[London & Continental Railways]], which had also previously owned the High Speed 1 infrastructure.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/press/speechesstatements/statements/londoncontrailwayslimited |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090805233915/http://www.dft.gov.uk/press/speechesstatements/statements/londoncontrailwayslimited |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2009 |title=London and Continental Railways Limited |date=8 June 2009 |publisher=[[Department for Transport]] }}</ref>

The fastest regular-service Eurostar journeys on record are 2 hours, 3 minutes and 39 seconds from Paris [[Gare du Nord]] to [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras]], set on 4 September 2007;<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6977211.stm | work=BBC News | date=4 September 2007 | title=Eurostar set Paris-London record | access-date=4 September 2007 | archive-date=17 November 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117113849/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6977211.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> and 1 hour 43 minutes from [[Brussels]] [[Brussels-South railway station|South]] to [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras]], set on 19 September 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/20/neuro120.xml| work=The Daily Telegraph| date=20 September 2007 | title=Eurostar sets new record from Brussels |access-date=20 September 2007 | location=London | first1=Bonnie | last1=Malkin}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Class
! rowspan="2" | Image
! rowspan="2" | Type
! colspan="2" | Top speed
! rowspan="2" | Num&shy;ber
! rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Routes operated&nbsp;
! rowspan="2" |&nbsp;Built&nbsp;
|-
! mph
! km/h
|-
|[[British Rail Class 373|Class 373 <br> ''Eurostar e300'']]
|[[Image:3015 at Calais Frethun.jpg|170px]]
|[[Electric Multiple Unit|EMU]]
|186
|300
|28
|{{plainlist|
*[[St Pancras railway station|London]]–[[Gare du Nord|Paris]]
*London–[[Brussels-South railway station|Brussels]]
*London–[[Marne la Vallée-Chessy railway station|Marne-la-Vallée&nbsp;– Chessy]]
*London–[[Bourg Saint Maurice]]
*London–[[Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles|Marseille Saint-Charles]]}}
| 1992–1996
|-
|[[British Rail Class 374|Class 374 <br> ''Eurostar e320'']]
|[[File:Eurostar Class 374 on HS1.jpg|170px]]
|[[Electric Multiple Unit|EMU]]
|200
|320
|17
|{{plainlist|
*[[St Pancras railway station|London]]–[[Gare du Nord|Paris]]
*London–[[Marne la Vallée-Chessy railway station|Marne-la-Vallée&nbsp;– Chessy]]
*[[St Pancras railway station|London–]]{{stn|Amsterdam Centraal}}}}
| 2011–2018
|}