Editing Eurostar (section)

===Records achieved===
The Channel Tunnel used by Eurostar services holds the record for having the longest underwater section of any tunnel in the world,<ref name="Daily Post 2006">{{Cite news |last=Gilbert |first=Jane |date=1 December 2006 |title='Chunnel' workers link France and Britain |work=The Daily Post |publisher=APN New Zealand |location=Rotorua, New Zealand}}</ref> and it is the third-longest railway tunnel (behind the [[Seikan Tunnel]] and the [[Gotthard Base Tunnel]]) in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Minus |first=Jodie |date=26 January 2007 |title=Eurostar an underground force |work=The Australian |location=Sydney |url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,21153042-5013280,00.html |access-date=27 May 2009 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110000807/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 30 July 2003, a Eurostar train set a new British [[List of vehicle speed records|speed record]] of {{convert|334.7|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} on the first section of the "High Speed 1" railway between the Channel Tunnel,<ref name="Eurost His" /><ref name="waterloovid" /> and Fawkham Junction in north Kent, two months before official public services began running.

On 16 May 2006, Eurostar set a new record for the longest non-stop high-speed journey, a distance of {{convert|1421|km|mi|abbr=in}} from London to [[Cannes]] taking 7{{nbsp}}hours 25{{nbsp}}minutes.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Eurostar sets new Guinness World Record with cast and filmmakers of Columbia Pictures' The Da Vinci Code |date=17 June 2006 |publisher=Eurostar |url=https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/about-eurostar/press-office/press-releases/2006/eurostar-sets-new-guinness-world-record-with-cast |access-date=27 May 2009 |archive-date=22 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822174445/https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/about-eurostar/press-office/press-releases/2006/eurostar-sets-new-guinness-world-record-with-cast |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 4 September 2007, a record-breaking train left Paris Nord at 10:44 (09:44{{nbsp}}[[British Summer Time|BST]]) and reached London St Pancras International in 2{{nbsp}}hours 3{{nbsp}}minutes 39{{nbsp}}seconds,<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.eriksrailnews.com/archive/eurostar_ctrl_pr.html |access-date=12 April 2007 |title=Eurostar breaks UK high speed record |publisher=Eurostar |date=30 July 2003 |archive-date=13 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013043541/http://eriksrailnews.com/archive/eurostar_ctrl_pr.html |url-status=live }}</ref> carrying journalists and railway workers. This record trip was also the first passenger-carrying arrival at the new London St Pancras International station.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 September 2007 |title=Eurostar sets Paris-London record |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6977211.stm |access-date=14 December 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> On 20 September 2007, Eurostar broke another record when it completed the journey from Brussels to London in 1{{nbsp}}hour 43{{nbsp}}minutes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Michael |date=21 September 2007 |title=Eurostar puts Brussels within the 'two-hour club' after record rail journey |work=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/eurostar-puts-brussels-within-the-twohour-club-after-record-rail-journey-403044.html |access-date=27 August 2017 |archive-date=19 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619022350/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/eurostar-puts-brussels-within-the-twohour-club-after-record-rail-journey-403044.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>