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Rapid transport from and to
the center of both cities, the London to Paris train is so much more convenient
than air travel.
Eurostar
has become the number one choice for trips on the England to France and London
Brussels routes.
Our new Channel Tunnel Rail Link allows our trains to run at speeds of 186mph.
The Eurostar train directly links London, Ashford, Paris, Brussels, Lille, Avignon,
Calais, Disneyland Resort Paris and the French Alps.
You can also reach over 100 more destinations across France, Belgium, the Netherlands
and Germany with Eurostar Connections.
It is possible to pre book car rental and hotel reservations online at the same
time as you book your train journey.
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The dream of a Channel Tunnel allowing a direct London to Paris train preceded
the reality by at least two hundred years.
A period of particularly frenzied interest in the scheme was the 1870s and 80s,
in which the scheme of Sir Edward Watkin to drive a railway tunnel beneath the
English Channel actually resulted in works beginning beneath the cliffs of the
Kent coast.
This scheme ran into fierce opposition from the military authorities, who considered
that it would lay Great Britain open to invasion.
Work eventually started on a tunnel to carry a railroad service linking London
to Paris in 1987, and the fixed link was opened in 1994 - nearly 2 years late,
and way over budget.
In 1993 a high-speed rail link opened from the French-side Tunnel portal to Lille,
and from there to Paris and Brussels.
Ten years later the section of line from London to the tunnel was upgraded to
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