In message , at 21:49:15 on
Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Peter Masson remarked:
They could probably cope if they stabled the trains somewhere else. I
don't know if they have the paths or the capacity at Stratford depot.
But with up to five Eurostars inside St Pancras at times (but
probably only three scheduled to depart in the next hour), there
isn't room for much more!

E*s proliferate to fill the platform space available at St Pancras.
There are six international platforms, so there should be no difficulty
in handling six arrivals and departures per hour, and eight should not
be impossible.

But you would need to fins somewhere to stable the E* units that
currently lurk there for what must be hours on end (just because they
can).

Currently the Channel Tunnel can provide 20 paths per hour.

It was paths to/from/into a depot - presumably Stratford. Unlike
Brussels and Paris there aren't any sidings close to the terminal
station.
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Roland Perry