A better Eurostar service? Bah! Por Daniel Hannan.
Whom exactly does the new Eurostar route help?
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The shift of terminal from Waterloo to St Pancras is supposed to benefit travellers from the North, who can now zoom through to Paris with one easy change. And, indeed, one such, a Mr David Pearson from Yorkshire, wrote to today’s Telegraph to cheer the change. Now I like the sound of Mr Pearson: he’s plainly very environmentally friendly, which is why he’s prepared to spend four times as much for a journey that’s four times as tedious as a direct flight. But how many other Yorkshiremen will be so eco-conscious? It might be fun to do the trip once; but it’s never going to compete with airlines on either cost or convenience – especially now that Gordon Brown seems determined to inflict the same security misery on rail- as on air-travellers.
No, the shift in terminals has all the hallmarks of a state-run grand projet. Very impressive, but of precious little use to anyone. “France”, say the promotional videos, “is coming closer”. Yes. In more ways than one.
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