This benefit does not yet appear to have materialised. The two operators would potentially have been in direct competition on the Dutch route. Eurostar has also faced difficulty with border control arrangements at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with passengers currently having to change at Brussels for checks on the return journey because Amsterdam station lacks the right facilities.
These physical changes to stations are not always possible and require significant investment that limits the ability to trial new routes. The new e trains purchased by Eurostar are, unlike its old ones, capable of running on the overhead wires system used in Germany — though the company has not announced plans for any services there.
Earlier this year a number of infrastructure companies announced they were interested in a rail operator coming forward to operate a London-Bordeaux service, but none has yet done so. As track speeds increase in Europe, longer-distance high-speed services are being introduced — with operators successfully competing against airlines by offering comfortable and convenient services between city centres rather than outlying airports with onerous check-in procedures.
Industry wisdom generally holds that train journeys of up to four hours are usually able to capture significant market share from flying, but some are even longer — with services between Paris and Barcelona taking around six and a half hours.
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Availability is limited for travel on Fridays and weekends. Tickets are non-refundable. Where tickets are exchanged for a higher priced ticket, customers will need to pay the difference. Where tickets are exchanged for a lower price ticket, the difference in price will not be refunded. Journey times on these routes average at 2h19 and 2h04 respectively. Comparison between Eurostar and aviation is made based on the kg of greenhouse gas emissions [CO2 e ] per passenger on the same one-way journey.
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