As the UK gears up for its first really busy travel weekend of the year, Eurostar has announced extra services to cope with the rush
Airports, ferries and trains are all expected to be extremely busy during the four-day break and the Anglo-French operator says it will add a further five full trains, or 3,750 seats that will cater for the 155,000 passengers between London Waterloo, Brussels Midi and Paris Gare du Nord.
Updated service details:
Maundy Thursday, 5 April:
London-Paris ” extra trains at 16:42 and 20:10 arriving 20:23 and 23:47
Easter Monday:
Paris-London ” extra train at 12:19 arriving 13:56
London-Paris ” extra train at 14:41 arriving 18:20
Brussels-London ” extra train at 14:59 arriving 16:23
”More and more people are switching from airlines and choosing Eurostar to travel to Paris, Brussels, Lille and Disneyland Resort Paris as they realise how easy it is,” said Eurostar director of communications, Simon Montague.