Eurostar is increasing its services between London and Paris following the French government’s decision to lift the ban on British residents visiting the country.
France relaxed its restrictions on UK travellers on 14 January after they were effectively banned in December due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
From Monday (24 January), Eurostar is adding one extra service from London St Pancras to Paris Gare Du Nord on Mondays to Thursdays, as well as two extra trains on Fridays and Sundays.
This will take Eurostar’s services from London to Paris up to 24 per week with three trains on Monday-Thursday and Saturday, five on Friday and four on Sunday.
“We welcome the safe reduction of travel restrictions which will allow our customers to travel more freely between the UK and France,” said a Eurostar spokesperson.
"We are ready to welcome more passengers on board and will continue to increase the frequency of our services in the coming weeks to offer passengers more flexibility and choice.”
Under France’s current rules, fully vaccinated UK passengers no longer need an essential reason to travel or need to self-isolate on arrival. They also do not have to fill in an online passenger details (eOS) form.
But they still have to present a negative Covid test result (PCR or lateral flow) taken 24 hours before departure, provide proof of full vaccination and complete a statement of “honour”.