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I'd dithered over whether this belongs in the 'talk about British railways' thread, but I suppose this is more international.
>https://www.railwaygazette.com/high-speed/evolyn-to-launch-paris-london-trains-in-competition-with-eurostar/65100.article
>High speed rail start-up Evolyn has announced plans to launch passenger services to compete with Eurostar on the ‘strategic and high demand’ route between Paris and London.
>On October 11 the company said it had reached an agreement to acquire 12 Avelia high speed trains from Alstom, with options for four more.
>It aims to launch its first services in 2025, with its full fleet in use in 2026. It would offer a ‘modern, innovative and sustainable’ option providing ‘the best quality offer at competitive prices’ to ‘become the trusted choice of users’.
So the track access negotiations will be ongoing, meaning where it'll come from and where it'll go is up for debate, along with pretty much everything else about the business - and of course there'll be gigantic barriers to cross with regards to border control, thanks to the ongoing Brexit disaster - but, someone clearly has faith in the idea of a Eurostar competitor, even in the face of the recent merger between Eurostar and Thalys.
Any thoughts?
>https://www.railwaygazette.com/high-speed/evolyn-to-launch-paris-london-trains-in-competition-with-eurostar/65100.article
>High speed rail start-up Evolyn has announced plans to launch passenger services to compete with Eurostar on the ‘strategic and high demand’ route between Paris and London.
>On October 11 the company said it had reached an agreement to acquire 12 Avelia high speed trains from Alstom, with options for four more.
>It aims to launch its first services in 2025, with its full fleet in use in 2026. It would offer a ‘modern, innovative and sustainable’ option providing ‘the best quality offer at competitive prices’ to ‘become the trusted choice of users’.
So the track access negotiations will be ongoing, meaning where it'll come from and where it'll go is up for debate, along with pretty much everything else about the business - and of course there'll be gigantic barriers to cross with regards to border control, thanks to the ongoing Brexit disaster - but, someone clearly has faith in the idea of a Eurostar competitor, even in the face of the recent merger between Eurostar and Thalys.
Any thoughts?
