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==== Getlink ==== In August 2018, ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]'' reported that Getlink is interested in setting up an [[Ouigo]]-style low cost high speed rail service between London and Paris, travelling between the railway stations of [[Stratford International station|Stratford International]] and [[Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV|Charles-de-Gaulle]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-17/the-discount-airline-model-is-coming-for-europe-s-railways|title=The Discount Airline Model Is Coming for Europe's Railways|date=2018-08-17|website=Bloomberg Businessweek|access-date=18 February 2021|archive-date=2 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202103315/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-17/the-discount-airline-model-is-coming-for-europe-s-railways|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2023, it announced it would to double the market for direct high speed trains from the UK over the next 10 years. It aimed to reduce the time to market from 10 to 5 years, with services considered including from London to Cologne, Frankfurt, Geneva and Zurich. This would be done through market research, standardising tunnel regulations, introducing tunnel specific criteria into standard rolling stock designs, and working with network operators and stations.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 December 2023 |title=Getlink to enable the doubling of direct high speed rail services from the UK over the next 10 years via the Channel Tunnel. |url=https://press.getlinkgroup.com/news/getlink-to-enable-the-doubling-of-direct-high-speed-rail-services-from-the-uk-over-the-next-10-years-via-the-channel-tunnel-8ee5-0791e.html |work=[[Getlink]]}}</ref>
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