| Eurostar trains operate on a high speed line | | | | always as easy to find an airport close to home |
| between London and mainland Europe, stopping at | | | | that is flying to the destination of your choice. |
| destination in France and Belgium. Figures for the | | | | Booking is fast and easy with Eurostar who |
| beginning of the year indicate that more and | | | | initiated Railteam, which is a joint venture |
| more travellers are becoming attracted to this | | | | between Europe's top high-speed train operators, |
| mode of transport with figures up twenty five | | | | and Railteam network is fast expanding which can |
| percent. | | | | only lead further improvements. |
| A major advantage of travelling with Eurostar is | | | | Today, many people have concerns for the |
| that they run on time, with punctuality figure | | | | well-being of the environment and many are |
| reaching almost ninety-four percent. A report in | | | | starting to base their travel choices based on |
| the Telegraph newspaper earlier this month | | | | environmental concern. Additionally the new green |
| demonstrates that this is nowhere near the case | | | | rules, which demand planes to burn less fuel, are |
| with British airways, who ranked 22nd out of 29 | | | | being viewed suspiciously because they might |
| as one of Europe's poorest performers for | | | | cause planes to crash. |
| punctual arrivals and even worse at 23rd for | | | | All in all, Eurostar has a number of clear |
| departures. This is not the story of every airline | | | | advantages over travel by low cost airlines, |
| and Flybe has outperformed many of it rivals with | | | | especially having partnered with Friends of the |
| a punctuality record on its London to Belfast | | | | Earth to work together on the development of |
| route, but the figure of eight seven percent is still | | | | the Friends of the Earths, The Big Ask campaign |
| a long way short of Eurostar's record. | | | | and Eurostar's, Tread Lightly scheme. |
| London St Pancras International is a very | | | | Eurostar have made good progress in their |
| convenient station to arrive at with no less than | | | | initiative to reduce its environmental impact and |
| six underground links and seven mainline links | | | | ticket sales increased twenty five percent in the |
| connecting directly to it. Ebbsfleet International is | | | | first three month period. An independent survey |
| situated just off junction two of the M25 and | | | | by "YouGov" shows that our views about |
| therefore convenient for those living in South East | | | | travelling are changing, that we are starting to |
| England, and there is also a free to this station | | | | take action and expect others to do so as well. |
| and Ashford International on connecting Fasttrack | | | | Copyright (c) 2009 directline-holidays.co. |
| buses and South Eastern trains. However it is not | | | | |