2008-2-04 9:20pm
At that pace, the Eurostar from London to Paris would take 1h 42mins instead of the 2h 15mins the new high-speed service takes.
A spokesman for London and Continental Railways, which made the HighSpeed 1 line between London St Pancras and the British end of the Channel tunnel, said the faster trains were an exciting prospect for European rail travel - particularly after EU railways are liberalised in 2010.
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