Transport & Travel
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‘Champagne sir?’ the
waitress said, startling the passengers seated around the table in business class as the
Eurostar dashed through the Kent countryside for the Channel Tunnel Conversations of current
events on most railway journeys with fellow passengers are often desultory and seldom profound.
Such was not the case on my recent journey by Eurostar to Brussels where a wide range of
differing opinions were expressed by cosmopolitan fellow travellers and enlivened by a first
class menu and lubricated by an excellent vintage. http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/A-Eurostar-tale.html
On June 10th Europe will see the latest addition to its high- speed rail
network, when the first phase of TGV Est. opens to passenger service. This new service will
dramatically cut journey times between Paris, Eastern France, Luxembourg, Switzerland and
Germany.
http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/TGV-EST-European.html
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