Eurostar, the high speed train service between UK and Europe had announced a special offer for the travelers £69 return to the South of France. A number of tickets will be available at this price; travelers can book from Eurostar’s contact centre. This is a tie up with French Railways – SNCF.
Travelers can choose 4 destinations Lyon, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence or Marseille from London St Pancras International. Connecting in Lille, customers will be able to swap more seamlessly from Eurostar trains to French high-speed TGVs which have carriages specially designated for Eurostar travellers. Through this ‘code-share’ agreement with SNCF, passengers can travel by using special connecting trains from Lille to Lyon, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence or Marseille, while the normal prices for return ticket is £109 to Lyon and £119 to Avignon, Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. The fastest journey time from London to Lyon is 5 hours 4 minutes; Avignon in 6 hours 13 minutes; Aix-en-Provence in 6 hours 36 minutes and Marseille in 6 hours 50 minutes by using this service. Travelers can book cheap eurostar tickets from contact centre on 08432186186 over phone.
Eurostar, the high speed channel tunnel train which connects to UK with France and Belgium recently announced a important change in its service class range. To the changing needs of customers, Eurostar introducing Standard Premier class. This is a mid-class service designed to appeal to, not only the most cost-conscious business travelers, but also leisure travelers who want that little bit extra space and service for their money.
The Standard Premier Eurostar tickets will be available from Wednesday 5th May for the travel starting September 1st. This new class will replace Eurostar’s existing Leisure Select Class, which has been on offer since 2005. The change comes as a result of market research and customer feedbacks.
Commercial Director of Eurostar’s Nick Mercer said:
“Following extensive research and feedback from our corporate clients and business travel agents, it became very clear that there was a strong appetite for a mid-range product pitched between our fully-flexible Business Premier and Standard classes.”
“We have taken this on board and have now introduced a new class which not only meets the needs of our more cost-conscious business customers but also appeals to the leisure traveler looking for a bit of extra comfort and service on board.”
“With the introduction of Standard Premier, we now have a range of products that meets the differing needs of all our customers.”
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Disruption to air travel in Europe due to Volcano clouds sends thousands of extra passengers swamped Eurostar, the Channel Tunnel train between London to Paris on Friday. Ash clouds of an Icelandic Volcano hit to flight services in across the Europe. Thousands of passengers are stuck on airports after that incident and trying to take alternative transport to get back to home.
The Eurostar Channel Tunnel rail service laid 3 extra trains between Paris and London but seats rapidly filled up. The company said ten thousand (10000) more people tried to book Eurostar seats on Friday. “We’ve never seen so many passengers on such a day, when normally we’d transport between 26,000 and 28,000 people,” said a Eurostar spokeswoman. Eurostar already mentioned on the website that “We would ask that you only come to our stations if you hold a confirmed reservation for travel.” The Eurostar also mentioned the information of 3 extra London Paris Train on the website with train no. and time table.
According to a spokesperson of P & O Ferries Company, they had carried 11,000 passengers across the Channel on Friday and Saturday while normally they carry only few hundred, most of the passengers were returning to the UK.
Eurostar offers different range of train fares to Paris, Brussels and other European destinations which suit the pocket size of all kind of people. Online booking of the tickets does not include any extra cost but booking the tickets on phone may cost a bit more than the usual price. For the best Eurostar fares you must book your tickets as early as possible.
Eurostar has three different classes i.e. Standard Class, Leisure Select and Business Premier. Eurostar prices are different for different classes, the most expensive one being for Business Premier and the cheapest one for Standard Class. The Eurostar prices for Paris or Brussels starts at £59 for return trip for Standard Class whereas Eurostar Fares for Leisure Select start from £175 for London to Paris and Brussels.
Group booking is also a good option of getting cheap Eurostar tickets prices. If you book for your entire group together, you get tickets at discounted prices. But before you finally book the tickets check out Eurostar websites for the latest deals and promotions.
Eurostar even has special classes for which the prices are different. There are three different classes and it will be quite beneficial for you if at all you fall into any of these, so you must check this carefully before booking your ticket.
• Child (Aged 4 – 11)
Tickets under this category can be exchanged before travel, but are non-refundable.
•Senior (Aged above 60)
Tickets under this category are exchangeable before travel, but are non-refundable. This benefit is only available for standard class.
•Youth (Aged 12 – 25)
Tickets under this category are exchangeable before travel, but are non-refundable. This benefit is also applicable only for standard class only.
•Pass Holder
Discounts on Eurostar fares are given to those who have any of the rail passes such as Britrail, Interail and Eurail passes, purchased through RailEurope in North America.
