Editing High Speed 1 (section)

=== Section 2 ===
''Section 2'' of the project opened on 14 November 2007, and is a {{convert|39.4|km|mi|adj=on|abbr=off}} stretch of track from the newly built [[Ebbsfleet International railway station|Ebbsfleet]] station in Kent to London St Pancras. Completion of the section cut journey times by a further 20{{nbsp}}minutes (London–Paris in 2{{nbsp}}hours 15{{nbsp}}minutes; London–Brussels in 1{{nbsp}}hour 51{{nbsp}}minutes). The route starts with a {{convert|3.1|km|mi|adj=on|abbr=off}} tunnel which dives under the [[River Thames|Thames]] on the edge of [[Swanscombe]],<ref name=":3" /> then runs alongside the [[London, Tilbury and Southend line]] as far as [[Dagenham]], where it enters two long tunnels to reach St Pancras. The two tunnels (much of which is directly under the [[North London Line]]) are {{convert|10.1|km|mi|adj=on|abbr=off}} and the {{convert|7.5|km|mi|adj=on|abbr=off}} in length, split by a {{convert|1|km|mi|adj=on|abbr=off}} stretch that runs close to the surface to serve Stratford International and the [[Temple Mills Depot]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> The new depot, to the north of Stratford, replaced the [[North Pole depot]] in the west of London.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2007 |title=Depot mark 2 promises faster maintenance of faster trains |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//depot-mark-2-promises-faster-maintenance-of-faster-trains.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124140139/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/depot-mark-2-promises-faster-maintenance-of-faster-trains.html |archive-date=24 January 2016 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref> In testing, the first Eurostar train ran into St Pancras on 6 March 2007.<ref>{{cite web |date=9 March 2007 |title=Railway Herald on-line magazine, Issue 75 |url=http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue75.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727202806/http://www.railwayherald.org/magazine/pdf/RHUK/Issue75.pdf |archive-date=27 July 2011 |access-date=9 February 2010 |page=3 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> All CTRL connections are fully [[grade separation|grade-separated]].