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===Past fleet=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" ! rowspan="2" | Class ! rowspan="2" | Image ! rowspan="2" | Type ! colspan="2" | Top speed ! rowspan="2" | Number<br>operated ! rowspan="2" | Notes |- style="background:#f9f9f9;" ! mph ! km/h |- | [[British Rail Class 37|Class 37]] | [[File:37603 and 37604 At Clapham Junction.jpg|100px]] | [[Diesel locomotive]] | 90 | 145 | 12 | Intended to operate sleeper services over non-electrified parts of the railway network in Britain. Eurostar retained three locomotives for the rescue of failed trains, route learning and driver training, but sold them to [[Direct Rail Services]] when the new [[Temple Mills TMD|Temple Mills Depot]] opened in November 2007.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 December 2004 |url=http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/eurostar-depot-for-stratford-217.html |title=Eurostar Depot for Stratford |publisher=railwaypeople.com |access-date=28 April 2009 |archive-date=15 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715152718/http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/eurostar-depot-for-stratford-217.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | [[British Rail Class 73|Class 73]] | [[File:Class 73s at Dereham in 2008.jpg|100px]] | [[Electro-diesel locomotive]] | 90 | 145 | 2 | Were used primarily to rescue failed trains. Eurostar operated two of these from its [[North Pole depot]] until 2007, when they were loaned to a pair of educational initiatives having become redundant following the move to Temple Mills.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2007/Eurostar_loans_a_class_73_locomotive.jsp |date=20 June 2007 |title=Eurostar loans a class 73 locomotive for South Wales regeneration initiative |publisher=Eurostar |access-date=21 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529053908/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2007/Eurostar_loans_a_class_73_locomotive.jsp |archive-date=29 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2007/2007_06_26_railschool.jsp |date=26 June 2007 |title=Eurostar teams up with Railschool in East London to create training opportunities for young people |publisher=Eurostar |access-date=21 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529060334/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2007/2007_06_26_railschool.jsp |archive-date=29 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | [[British Rail Class 92|Class 92]] | [[File:92027 George Eliot at Stafford.jpg|100px]] | [[Electric locomotive]] | 87 | 140 | 7 | Intended to operate the [[Nightstar (train)|Nightstar]] sleeper services. Eurostar owned seven units of this class, which never saw service until they were sold in 2007 to [[Europorte 2]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcMediaCentre/ukcNewsReleases/ukcNews2007/ukcFebruary2007/ukpPr0702DevelopmentForEuroporte2.htm |title=Development for Europorte 2: Eurotunnel buys five Class 92 locomotives |publisher=Eurotunnel |access-date=21 April 2009 |date=15 February 2007 |archive-date=13 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113124311/http://eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcCorporate/ukcMediaCentre/ukcNewsReleases/ukcNews2007/ukcFebruary2007/ukpPr0702DevelopmentForEuroporte2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | [[British Rail Class 373|Class 373 ''Eurostar e300'']] | [[File:Eurostar sets 3206 3205 at Ashford international 14961954169.jpg|100px]] | [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] | 186 | 300 | 38 | 11 in operation, 10 in storage, 17 scrapped, 4 power cars preserved. |}
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