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Paul Terry · March 18th 07, 04:44 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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Had it been travel solely in the UK yes but I would but never had
thought the same thinking could be applied to Eurostar services

Eurostar's main traffic is in short-stay visits to Paris and Brussels.
People from London tend to want to leave on the early morning services
and return on the late evening ones in order to maximise their time
abroad, whether for work or for pleasure. These tend to be heavily
loaded, as do the outbound Thursday/Friday pm services for those taking
a weekend break. Inbound services on a Friday afternoon are also heavily
loaded with those who work in Brussels or Paris and who are returning
for the weekend. Hence a problem on a Friday afternoon was always going
to be the worst possible time.

One of Eurostar's difficulties is that it has failed to attract anything
like the same number of French and Belgians wanting to come to London -
so passenger loads on morning inbound and evening outbound services tend
to be much lower.
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Paul Terry