DB to start Eurotunnel services in 2013

RailCornwall

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DB to start Eurotunnel services in 2013

« on: September 22, 2011, 22:34:28 »

Deutsche Bahn to start London services in 2013

Deutsche Bahn (DB^» ) is to start rail services from London St Pancras International in December 2013.

The initial plans of the German national rail network is to run three services a day to Brussels.

From there the train will divide with one section going on to Brussels and Amsterdam via Rotterdam and the other to Cologne and Frankfurt.

The plan was unveiled to executives in the British rail industry at a briefing at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel earlier this month.

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JayMac

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Re: DB to start Eurotunnel services in 2013

« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2011, 22:37:14 »

...and the Fact Compiler's slightly jingoistic take on this story over at the Railway Eye blog:

http://railwayeye.blogspot.com/2011/09/operation-sea-lion-delayed.html

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paul7575

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Re: DB to start Eurotunnel services in 2013

« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2011, 23:37:41 »

Quote from: RailCornwall on September 22, 2011, 22:34:28

The initial plans of the German national rail network is to run three services a day to Brussels.

From there the train will divide with one section going on to Brussels and Amsterdam via Rotterdam and the other to Cologne and Frankfurt.

Something lost in the translation there - do they mean splitting before Brussels, or not? Maybe they're going for slip coaches... Grin


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RailCornwall

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Re: DB to start Eurotunnel services in 2013

« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2011, 21:52:11 »

Twin units split at Bruxelles Midi - One half on to Amsterdam Centraal and the other to Frankfurt-am-Main via Koln.


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