EUROSTAR”S high speed link to Paris and the continental rail network came a little closer last week with the completion of engineering works between Fawkham Junction, on the existing London ” Chatham line, and the mouth of the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone. When trains start using the track later on in the year it will bring mainline Europe 20 minutes closer by enabling Eurostar trains to run at their full speed of 300 km/h (186 mph) for the first time in the UK. For a little over ten minutes passengers can travel at 2.5 times the legal road speed limit.
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