- published: 19 Aug 2015
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Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting London with Avignon, Brussels, Lille, Lyon, Marseille and Paris. All its trains traverse the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France, owned and operated separately by Eurotunnel.
The London terminus is St Pancras International, with the other British calling points being Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International in Kent. Calling points in France are Calais-Fréthun and Lille-Europe, with trains to Paris terminating at Gare du Nord. Trains to Belgium terminate at Midi/Zuid station in Brussels. In addition, there are limited services from London to Disneyland Paris at Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy, services to southern France as of 1 May 2015 and seasonal services to the Alps in winter.
The service is operated by 27 eighteen-coach Class 373/1 trains which run at up to 300 kilometres per hour (186 mph) on a network of high-speed lines. The LGV Nord line in France opened before Eurostar services began in 1994, and newer lines enabling faster journeys were added later—HSL 1 in Belgium and High Speed 1 in southern England. The French and Belgian parts of the network are shared with Paris–Brussels Thalys services and also with TGV trains. In the United Kingdom the two-stage Channel Tunnel Rail Link project was completed on 14 November 2007 and renamed High Speed 1, when the London terminus of Eurostar transferred from Waterloo International to St Pancras International.
It¡¯s only been a week or two
And me I have done nothing
Though there¡¯s so much to do
Just lie here, don¡¯t go to town
It doesn¡¯t really matter
Nothing ever gets me down
You¡¯ve been away too long
It¡¯s lonely when you are gone
You¡¯ve been away too long
At times I feel so alone
It¡¯s easy to let it go
I¡¯ve lost so many hours
Doing what I do not know
This blue room, a time machine
It doesn¡¯t really matter
I¡¯ve got everything I need
You¡¯ve been away too long
At times I feel so alone
You¡¯ve been away too long
It¡¯s so lonely when you are gone
I¡¯ve been away too long