Eurostar has experienced a huge increase in the number of passengers boarding its services from regions north of London during its first year of operations at London’s St Pancras station.
The rail operator has revealed that passenger numbers from the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the north-east are up by 100 per cent or more since the company made the move to its new London base.
The company said the growth was partly due to its introduction of through fares from more than 130 towns and cities around the UK .
Eurostar chief executive Richard Brown commented: "Travellers are switching to Eurostar for a variety of reasons – good value through fares, high frequencies of service to the continent and the much lower environmental impact of rail travel ."
"We're delighted to see this growth, which is strong evidence that high-speed rail can provide a new alternative for short-haul journeys within the UK and for travel to mainland Europe," he added.
Some 7 million people boarded Eurostar services for their travels between January and September this year, representing an increase of 13.9 per cent on the same nine-month period in 2007.
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