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Eurostar
Eurostar is the high-speed train service linking London, Ashford, Paris, Brussels, Lille, Avignon, Calais, Disneyland Resort Paris and the French Alps. Reach Paris from the London Waterloo terminal in 2 hours and 35 minutes from an amazing £59 return.
You can also book your hotel stay with Eurostar or book independently with Hotels.com. They offer a low price guarantee on over 12000 hotels across Europe. If you are thinking of a more relaxed stay or don't like hotels, why not rent an apartment through Apartments Abroad. They offer top value accommodation with some great late deals at over 16000 properties worldwide, all bookable on line.
Eurostar lets you explore Europe by train. Getaway to Paris for a romantic getaway or weekend with your loved one or take the kids with you and explore the magnificent Disneyland Resort. You can reach Disneyland from London in less than 3 hours!
Lille offers much for the discerning visitor. Visit Brussels and build up your mussels! Or try hundreds of other destinations from Eurostar connections. Reach over 100 destinations across France, Belgium, the netherlands and Germany with a change of trains onto the efficient European rail network. If you want to travel further afield to Italy, Switzerland or Spain, then we recommend you book your train tickets through Rail Europe.
If you are travelling to London by train, you can find Train Timetables here and you can also book online at The TrainLine. The TrainLine lets you buy tickets to all UK National rail stations and also gives you times for your journey. The TrainLine is the easiset and quickest way to buy train tickets in the UK.
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Paris
Ahh Paris... the romance, the river, the fine wine and fantastic cuisine. This historic city lives up to its reputation as one of the most beautiful, seductive, artistic, gastronomic and culturally vibrant on the planet.
Enjoy the Paris sales with Eurostar
Eurostar can whisk you directly to the boulevards of Paris in time for the sales. Eurostar travel plus 2 nights at the 4* Warwick Champs Elysées Hotel from £190pp
Prices based on 2 adults travelling Jan-Feb 05
Brussels
Buzzing with atmosphere, Brussels is a eclectic city: cutting-edge, kooky and cool but also traditional - think gothic grandeur, beer, moules frites and chocolates. Whatever you're looking for, this eclectic city has it all
Lille
Just 1 hour 40 minutes from London, Lille was once the capital of Flanders, today it's the capital of fashion and the ideal place to spend a day-trip shopping
Disneyland Resort
Five different fantasy lands plus the fantastic new Walt Disney Studios theme park mean boredom isn't an option. Whether you're taking the kids or just having a scream with friends, Disneyland Resort Paris is the ultimate in escapist fun. Eurostar takes you straight there.
There's never been a better time to book your Eurostar trip to Disneyland® Resort Paris, if you travel before the 24th March, the kids stay at the hotel for free! This offer is valid in all Disney® Hotels.
Ski
With Eurostar, the Alps are nearer than you'd think. The ski train whisks you overnight direct to the Alps on Fridays or during the day on Saturdays, allowing you to choose between an action-packed weekend of skiing or a full eight days on the slopes.
Travel with Eurostar direct to the heart of the Alps and hit the slopes with one of great value Ski packages. You could rub shoulders with the jetset on a week long break in Courchevel.
Prices based on 2 adults travelling Jan-Feb 05.
Avignon
Fields of lavender, sunflowers and some of the most famous vineyards in the world: let Eurostar take you directly to Avignon.
Eurostar’s special summer express, the Avignon direct service, will operate from Saturday 9 July until Saturday 10 September 2005. Sales are open now, so shake off those winter blues and book the perfect summer holiday in Provence.
Eurostar Connections
Eurostar offers you over the choice of 100 destinations. Click Here to find out more about where Eurostar go
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The TrainLine
What do we do? Through our call centres and web site we help you to look, plan and buy your train tickets to anywhere in the UK. Innovation is at the heart of thetrainline’s business and over the past three years the company has grown and expanded its customer base by developing retail channels in order to meet the changing needs of both business and leisure customers.
Created in 1997 by Virgin Rail Group to meet the growth in customer demand for rail services via telephone, the Internet, and other interactive channels. thetrainline was the first impartial rail retailer to sell train tickets online with its Internet service launched in early 1999. Key Facts • Trainline.com Ltd, Trainline Rail Enquiry Service Ltd, Trainline Short Breaks Ltd and Qjump Ltd are wholly owned subsidiaries of Trainline Holdings Ltd, which is owned by travel groups, Virgin Group (86%) and National Express Group plc (14%).
The Trainline is a fully impartial service, giving users instant access to the full range of over 293 million journey and fare combinations within the whole of the UK and through all TOCs. • thetrainline’s unique journey planning software ensures that only fares that are available (for the required journey) avoiding customer disappointment.
Thetrainline has over 7.4 million registered users and handles over 27 million journey enquiries a year. Customers are supported by the biggest call centre operation in the UK travel sector split over 2 call centres and employing over 900 staff. thetrainline call centres answer one call every 3 seconds, spending more than 2.5 million minutes on the phone to customers every month. Thetrainline accounts for 14% of all Intercity ticket sales. • The website was recently recommended as a Top 100 web site (Source: Practical Internet, Issue 74) and regularly features in Hitwise Top 10 travel sites (Source: Hitwise).
You probably wouldn’t think of coming to thetrainline when planning your holiday. However, as well as offering great value rail breaks within the UK and Europe, they can also offer a range of travel extras to get your holiday off to a great start.
Rail Europe
For more than 60 years, Rail Europe has been showing North Americans what Europeans have known all along: the best way to travel in europe is on the trains! Point to point tickets and high speed trains like the TGV and Eurostar (the channel tunnel train)! We also sell country and regional passes, sleeper cars, scenic trains, the list goes on and on...
Rail Europe allows you to book all types of European travel products such as rail passes, tickets as well as flights, hotels and car rentals. Eurail passes, Euro passes , Single country passes, Point to Point Tickets, Rail 'n Drive passes, Night trains, Special trains, High Speed trains, TGV, Eurostar, Thalys, and more are all bookable online here. We also feature online train schedules.
For many years, Inter-railers have enjoyed the freedom that this great pass offers! And contrary to popular opinion, you don't have to be under 26 to benefit. Whatever your age, you can enjoy the freedom of extensive travel across up to 28 countries in Europe and North Africa for one all-in price that offers incredible value for money
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Any 3, 4 or 5 bordering countries out of 22 European countries (new incl. Slovenia/Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria) that are connected by train or ship. | ||
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Unlimited travel on the national rail networks of Germany and Denmark within a 2-month period | ||
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Visit Greece and Italy with unlimited rail travel within a 2-month period. | ||
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Visit all three, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia with one great rail pass. | ||
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Offers a choice of 5, 6, 8, or 10 days of unlimited train travel through Romania and Hungary within 2 months. | ||
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Visit Spain and Portugal with unlimited rail travel within 2 months. | ||
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Timetables
United Kingdom train timetables can be found here at http://www.nationalrail.co.uk under "Planning your Journey". There's loads more information here too like changes to schedules, rail works, ticket types, rail cards and more. You can also find out train information by telephoning National Railway enquiries on 08457 484950 (24 hours a day; local rate phone charges apply).
European rail timetables are also available on the website of Deutsche Bahn at http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en. Timetables for some popular routes are shown at: http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/fares_schedules.
