Eurostar is eyeing an ambitious expansion of its network out of London, by adding up to 10 destinations in four European countries over the next five years.
According to the Financial Times, Eurostar is looking at running services from its base at St Pancras, London, into The Netherlands, Germany, southern France and Switzerland in a direct challenge to airlines that dominate those markets.
Nicolas Petrovic, chief executive of Eurostar, is planning to use the creeping liberalisation of European rail markets to launch services across western Europe to destinations including Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Cologne, Lyon, Marseille and Geneva by 2016 and 2017. Meanwhile Eurostar is set to lose its monopoly on high-speed services through the Channel tunnel, with Deutsche Bahn planning to enter the market by the end of 2015.
Eurostar eyes expansion
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