Eurostar is the high-speed passenger rail service linking London with Paris and Brussels through the Channel Tunnel. Launched in November 1994, it was the first regularly scheduled train service to cross beneath the English Channel, fundamentally changing travel between Britain and continental Europe. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Established Year SignificanceThe first scheduled passenger service to use the Channel Tunnel, opened in November 1994; cut London-Paris rail travel to roughly two and a quarter hours and ended the monopoly of air and ferry crossings on that corridor. 1 Route TypeHigh-speed international passenger rail service 1 TerminiLondon, England to Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium, via the Channel Tunnel 1 Operational Status Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Eurostar e320
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1. Wikipedia: Eurostar
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Eurostar has transported over 400 million passengers since services began in 1994
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The British Rail Class 374, also referred to as the Eurostar e320, is a type of electric multiple unit passenger train used on Eurostar services through the Channel Tunnel to serve destinations beyond the core routes to Paris and Brussels.
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