Editing Eurostar (section)

===Launch of service===
[[File:Eurostar.svg|thumb|upright=0.5|The original Eurostar logo used from 1994 until 2011]]

On 14 November 1994, Eurostar services began running from [[Waterloo International railway station|Waterloo International]] station in London, to [[Gare du Nord|Paris Nord]], as well as [[Brussels-South railway station]].<ref name="EuroTun His" /><ref name="waterloovid">{{Cite web |date=20 December 2007 |title=Official Waterloo 'Goodbye' video, useful statistics and numbers shown |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whnt8cYaNng&feature=channel | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Whnt8cYaNng| archive-date=11 December 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=27 April 2010 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Watlooguardi">{{Cite news |date=13 November 2007 |title=Waterloo International: 1994–2007 |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2007/nov/13/railtravel?picture=331254132 |access-date=18 November 2007 |archive-date=31 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731152302/https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2007/nov/13/railtravel?picture=331254132 |url-status=live }}</ref> The train service started with a limited ''Discovery'' service; the full daily service started from 28 May 1995.<ref name="Rail Chronology: Eurostar services">{{Cite web |title=Rail Chronology: Eurostar services |url=http://www.railchronology.free-online.co.uk/Eurostar.htm |website=railchronology.free-online.co.uk |access-date=5 December 2017 |archive-date=22 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140307/http://www.railchronology.free-online.co.uk/Eurostar.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1995, Eurostar was achieving an average end-to-end speed of {{convert|171.5|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} from London to Paris.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Takagi |first=Ryo |date=March 2005 |title=High-speed Railways:The last ten years |url=http://www.jrtr.net/jrtr40/pdf/f04_tak.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Japan Railway & Transport Review |issue=40 |pages=4–7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620081824/http://www.jrtr.net/jrtr40/pdf/f04_tak.pdf |archive-date=20 June 2009 |access-date=1 May 2009}}</ref>
On 8 January 1996, Eurostar launched services from a second railway station in the UK when [[Ashford International railway station|Ashford International]] was opened.<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2006/09_01_06_Eurostar_celebrates_10_years.jsp |title= Eurostar celebrates 10 years at Ashford International |publisher= Eurostar |date= 9 January 2006 |access-date= 25 April 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120522090109/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2006/09_01_06_Eurostar_celebrates_10_years.jsp |archive-date= 22 May 2012 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

Also in 1996, Eurostar commenced its year-round service from London to Disneyland with the first train running on 29 June. The following year saw the introduction of services to the French Alps during the winter.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=14 November 2014 |title=Eurostar at 20: how has the service grown? |url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/nov/14/eurostar-at-20-how-has-the-service-grown |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527004730/https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/nov/14/eurostar-at-20-how-has-the-service-grown |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 20 July 2002 a summer seasonal service from London to [[Avignon-Centre station|Avignon-Centre]] was launched. The service ran until 2014 after which it was replaced on 1 May 2015 by an expanded service calling at [[Avignon TGV station|Avignon TGV]] and also serving [[Lyon]] and [[Marseille]].<ref name=":0" />

On 23 September 2003, passenger services began running on the first completed section of [[High Speed 1]].<ref name="Eurost His" /> Following a high-profile glamorous opening ceremony<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Carmichael |first1=Sri |last2=Low, Valentine |date=7 November 2007 |title=The royal pride of reborn St Pancras |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/the-royal-pride-of-reborn-st-pancras-6680267.html |access-date=24 May 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524121247/https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/the-royal-pride-of-reborn-st-pancras-6680267.html |archive-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> and a large advertising campaign,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=14 July 2007 |title=Eurostar launches St Pancras ads |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/14/advertising1 |access-date=24 May 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527133050/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/14/advertising1 |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref> on 14 November 2007, Eurostar services in London transferred from Waterloo to the extended and extensively refurbished [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras International]].<ref name="transpancras" />

Direct services from London to Amsterdam (returning to Brussels only) were launched on 4 April 2018. This service was made a return service on 26 October 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/24/coronavirus-eurostar-says-london-to-amsterdam-direct-is-back-on-track|title=Eurostar to launch direct Amsterdam to London route in October|newspaper=The Guardian|date=24 August 2020|accessdate=1 July 2023|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117190905/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/24/coronavirus-eurostar-says-london-to-amsterdam-direct-is-back-on-track|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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