Eurostar

Eurostar

Top: Eurostar PBKA used for services within continental Europe. Bottom: Eurostar e320 used for cross-channel services.
Overview
Main stations(s)	Amsterdam Brussels Cologne Lille London Paris Rotterdam
Fleet size	9 Alstom PBA 17 Alstom PBKA 11 Alstom e300 17 Siemens e320
Stations called at	28^[source?]
Parent company	SNCF (55.8%) CDPQ (19.3%) NMBS/SNCB (18.5%) Federated Hermes (6.4%)
Reporting mark	ES
Other
Website	www.eurostar.com

Eurostar is a high-speed train service in Western Europe connecting London and Kent in the United Kingdom with Paris and Lille in France, and Brussels in Belgium. All Eurostar trains cross the English Channel through the Channel Tunnel.

The service is operated by 18-carriage Class 373 trains at up to 300 km/h (186 mph) on a network of high-speed lines. Since Eurostar began in 1994, new lines have been built in Belgium (HSL 1) and Southern England (High Speed 1) to the same standard as the LGV Nord line originally used in France, reducing journey times. The two-stage Channel Tunnel Rail Link project was completed on 14 November 2007, when the London terminus of Eurostar transferred from Waterloo International to St Pancras International station.

Fleet

Fleet details

Class	Image	Top speed		Number in use	Unit numbers	Routes operated	Built
		km/h	mph
International
Eurostar e300		300	186	11	373001–373022 373101–373108 373201–373202 373205–373224 373229–373232	London – Paris London – Brussels London – Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy	1992–1996
Eurostar e320		320	200	17	374001–374034	London – Paris London – Brussels London – Amsterdam London – Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy	2011–2018
Europe
PBA		320	200	9	4532–4540	Paris – Brussels – Amsterdam	1996
PBKA		320	200	17	4301-4307 4331-4332 4341-4346	Paris – Brussels – Amsterdam Paris – Brussels – Cologne – Dortmund	1997

Past fleet

Class	Image	Type	Top speed		Number operated	Notes
			mph	km/h
Class 37		Diesel locomotive	90	145	12	They're used to be used on sleeper services in Britain. Eurostar has three locomotives for the rescue of failed trains, route learning and driver training, In November 2007 they were sold to Direct Rail Services[1]
Class 73		Electro-diesel locomotive	90	145	2	Were used to rescue failed trains..[2][3]
Class 92		Electric locomotive	87	140	7	They were meant to operate the Nightstar sleeper services but Eurostar never used them and sold them in 2007.[4]
Class 373 Eurostar e300		EMU	186	300	38	11 in operation, 10 in storage, 17 scrapped, 4 power cars preserved.

Past fleet

Class	Image	Type	Top speed		Number operated	Notes
			mph	km/h
Class 37		Diesel locomotive	90	145	12	Intended to operate sleeper services over non-electrified parts of the railway network in Britain. Eurostar retained three locomotives for the rescue of failed trains, route learning and driver training, but sold them to Direct Rail Services when the new Temple Mills Depot opened in November 2007.[5]
Class 73		Electro-diesel locomotive	90	145	2	Were used primarily to rescue failed trains. Eurostar operated two of these from its North Pole depot until 2007, when they were loaned to a pair of educational initiatives having become redundant following the move to Temple Mills.[6][7]
Class 92		Electric locomotive	87	140	7	Intended to operate the Nightstar sleeper services. Eurostar owned seven units of this class, which never saw service until they were sold in 2007 to Europorte 2.[8]
Class 373 Eurostar e300		EMU	186	300	38	11 in operation, 10 in storage, 17 scrapped, 4 power cars preserved.

References

1. "Eurostar Depot for Stratford". railwaypeople.com. 10 December 2004. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
2. "Eurostar loans a class 73 locomotive for South Wales regeneration initiative" (Press release). Eurostar. 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
3. "Eurostar teams up with Railschool in East London to create training opportunities for young people" (Press release). Eurostar. 26 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
4. "Development for Europorte 2: Eurotunnel buys five Class 92 locomotives" (Press release). Eurotunnel. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
5. "Eurostar Depot for Stratford". railwaypeople.com. 10 December 2004. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
6. "Eurostar loans a class 73 locomotive for South Wales regeneration initiative" (Press release). Eurostar. 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
7. "Eurostar teams up with Railschool in East London to create training opportunities for young people" (Press release). Eurostar. 26 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
8. "Development for Europorte 2: Eurotunnel buys five Class 92 locomotives" (Press release). Eurotunnel. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2009.