On Jul 24, 10:58 am, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
Reminder - bookings for Eurostar from St Pancras are now available via their
website

www.eurostar.com

Paul

The first train from London to Paris on 14 Nov is the 12:30 - I
always suspected that a truly 'overnight' move from Waterloo would be
a little ambitious to say the least.

"EE507" wrote in message
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On Jul 24, 10:58 am, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
Reminder - bookings for Eurostar from St Pancras are now available via
their
website

www.eurostar.com

Paul

The first train from London to Paris on 14 Nov is the 12:30 - I
always suspected that a truly 'overnight' move from Waterloo would be
a little ambitious to say the least.

Is that definite? If so I have a £59 day return on the first public service
out of St Pancras International - bargain. I was assuming the earlier
trains might have been fully booked.

UKR meet anyone?

Paul

On Jul 24, 12:25 pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

The first train from London to Paris on 14 Nov is the 12:30 - I
always suspected that a truly 'overnight' move from Waterloo would be
a little ambitious to say the least.

Is that definite? If so I have a £59 day return on the first public service
out of St Pancras International - bargain. I was assuming the earlier
trains might have been fully booked.

Deduced from online booking engine. The 12:30 is showing fully booked
for some categories of business/first class, consistent with VIP
getting the best seats...

"EE507" wrote in message
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On Jul 24, 12:25 pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

The first train from London to Paris on 14 Nov is the 12:30 - I
always suspected that a truly 'overnight' move from Waterloo would be
a little ambitious to say the least.

Is that definite? If so I have a £59 day return on the first public
service
out of St Pancras International - bargain. I was assuming the earlier
trains might have been fully booked.

Deduced from online booking engine. The 12:30 is showing fully booked
for some categories of business/first class, consistent with VIP
getting the best seats...

I managed to get 2 Leisure Select 1st singles on the 12:30 departure at (I
think) at £79.50 each. Only downside is we can't use the Eurostar Lounge at
Kings Cross (if it will even be open on that day) but it's a great deal
considering we're on the first St Pancras-Paris service. Plenty of Leisure
Select availability the next day coming back.

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:25:18 +0100, Paul Scott wrote:

"EE507" wrote in message
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On Jul 24, 10:58 am, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
Reminder - bookings for Eurostar from St Pancras are now available via
their
website

www.eurostar.com

Paul

The first train from London to Paris on 14 Nov is the 12:30 - I
always suspected that a truly 'overnight' move from Waterloo would be
a little ambitious to say the least.

Is that definite? If so I have a £59 day return on the first public service
out of St Pancras International

I'm afraid there appears to be an 11:06 to Brussels so you aren't
on the first public service.

David

"David Walters" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:25:18 +0100, Paul Scott wrote:

"EE507" wrote in message
ps.com...
On Jul 24, 10:58 am, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
Reminder - bookings for Eurostar from St Pancras are now available via
their
website

www.eurostar.com

Paul

The first train from London to Paris on 14 Nov is the 12:30 - I
always suspected that a truly 'overnight' move from Waterloo would be
a little ambitious to say the least.

Is that definite? If so I have a £59 day return on the first public
service
out of St Pancras International

I'm afraid there appears to be an 11:06 to Brussels so you aren't
on the first public service.


That's ok, I always think of it as a London to Paris route with a siding
anyway...

Paul

"Paul Scott" wrote in message
...


I'm afraid there appears to be an 11:06 to Brussels so you aren't
on the first public service.


That's ok, I always think of it as a London to Paris route with a siding
anyway...


Strange that. I think of it as a route linking UK with Brussels en route to
heart of Europe, plus a branch serving somewhere of very limited interest.

David (Who has yet to do Waterloo - Paris, despite several trips each year
to Brussels.)

David Thornhill wrote:

David (Who has yet to do Waterloo - Paris, despite several trips each year
to Brussels.)

What is the exit from Brussels like now?
The only time I went, the queue seemed to go along half of the train,
and took around 40 minutes to get through the barrier, I only had a 1
hour connection, and needed to buy an onward ticket as well so was a bit
worried about getting it.
Then I saw the long queue for tickets - luckily there was 1 window for
'International' tickets with no queue, to which I went, and was berated
for asking to go to Rotterdam, when I should have queued in the
'domestic' queue. I was served though, and just made it.
Alan.
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In message , at 07:38:59 on
Wed, 25 Jul 2007, A.Lee remarked:
What is the exit from Brussels like now?

Now that the "immigration" check for Belgium is done at Waterloo,
there's no queue to get off the platform, but often a queue for the
lifts down to the concourse. If you carry on past the lifts there's an
escalator (or maybe travelator, I forget which) down, which isn't
crowded, but dumps you quite a long way from anywhere you need to be,
necessitating a u-turn and walk back (a bit like MML at St Pancras at
the moment, but worse).

The only time I went, the queue seemed to go along half of the train,
and took around 40 minutes to get through the barrier, I only had a 1
hour connection, and needed to buy an onward ticket as well so was a bit
worried about getting it.

Was that when they were checking passports at Brussels?
--
Roland Perry

"A.Lee" wrote in message
...
David Thornhill wrote:

David (Who has yet to do Waterloo - Paris, despite several trips each
year
to Brussels.)

What is the exit from Brussels like now?
The only time I went, the queue seemed to go along half of the train,
and took around 40 minutes to get through the barrier, I only had a 1
hour connection, and needed to buy an onward ticket as well so was a bit
worried about getting it.
Then I saw the long queue for tickets - luckily there was 1 window for
'International' tickets with no queue, to which I went, and was berated
for asking to go to Rotterdam, when I should have queued in the
'domestic' queue. I was served though, and just made it.

It can be congested due to the somewhat narrow exit, but I have made five
minute connections. I'm usually going forward using my Eurostar ticket, so
no need to buy a local ticket. Try to get seat in high numbered coach, say
17, then you are next to exit at Brussels. One other tip is that masses
often queue at one exit gate, so jump the queue and go to other gate that
will open as you approach it, although on recent visits there was work to
relocate the exit gates away from platform end to just around corner that
should allow a better flow.

David