Eurostar opened its new ВЈ100m Ebbsfleet International station in Kent today, making high-speed rail travel available to an additional ten million people in southern England.
Chief executive of Eurostar Richard Brown says the station offers a real challenge to airlines.
"Leisure travellers can avoid congested airports, long check-in queues and baggage reclaim delays," he says.
Ebbsfleet is Eurostar's second station to use High Speed 1, the UK's first high-speed line.
Eurostar will travel to Paris from the UK seven times a day in just over two hours.
By Ahsanul Islam
