Eurostar has signed a deal with German train operator Deutsche Bahn to sell trips to cities in Germany using a single ticket.
Tickets are now available to be purchased from Eurostar for the entire journey from the UK to Aachen, Cologne, Bonn, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich through the company’s website.
Eurostar runs up to nine services per day to Brussels where passengers can change platforms to board a Deutsche Bahn high-speed ICE train to the German destinations.
A further six German cities - Hamburg, Berlin, Hannover, Essen, Bremen and Duisburg – will also be available exclusively through Eurostar’s call centre.
The train operator said that there would be no seat reservations on the DB part of the journey and passengers would have the “flexibility to take a later train if they would like to spend time in Brussels”.
Eurostar’s commercial director Nick Mercer said: “With over six million passengers currently travelling by air between London and Germany each year, we see huge potential to encourage more travellers to make the switch from air to high-speed rail.
“In partnership with Deutsche Bahn our fast, frequent and comfortable service to Germany will strengthen the links between the two countries and help transform the way people travel between these important financial and tourist hubs.”
eurostar.com