{"id":137528,"date":"2025-05-28T02:52:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T02:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/137528\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T02:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T02:52:17","slug":"uber-reveals-plans-to-launch-eurostar-competitor-from-stratford-in-east-london-to-paris-and-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/137528\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber Reveals Plans To Launch Eurostar Competitor From Stratford in East London To Paris and Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a long time, the Eurostar<\/a> has been the only passenger train ferrying Brits from London, under the Channel and onto the Continent. But not for long.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In recent years\u00a0cross-Channel ambitions have been revealed by the likes of Deutsche Bahn<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Evolyn<\/a>, while\u00a0Virgin has announced a new service<\/a>\u00a0that will be a direct competitor with the OG London-Paris line, due to launch in 2029.<\/p>\n

Now there\u2019s been an update for yet another Eurostar competitor. It involves Gemini Trains, which is led by Labour peer Tony Berkeley and was\u00a0launched back in March<\/a>. Gemini will be teaming up with Uber to launch a\u00a0new international train line, that could take Londoners en train to Paris and Brussels from Stratford in the heart of east London.<\/p>\n

\u2018Stratford is a bit of a blank canvas,\u2019 said Adrian Quine, chief executive of Gemini Trains. \u2018It\u2019s a bit like London City airport as opposed to Heathrow or Gatwick: it\u2019s very quick and easy to get through. It\u2019s going to be far less crowded, so we think it\u2019s a bit of a jewel in the crown.\u2019<\/p>\n

When the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (AKA High Speed 1, HS1) was built back in 2007 Stratford International station was fitted out to handle passengers heading across the Channel from London, but it was never used for this purpose. The HS1 Stratford station has only been used by domestic Southeastern trains using the high-speed track to stations in Kent.<\/p>\n

Quine said a Stratty to Paris train could be \u2018as quick, if not quicker\u2019 than the service from St Pancras. He said that Londoners could be hopping on in east London and hopping off at\u00a0Paris Nord\u00a0or Brussels Midi by 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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