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Jon Worth Apr 4, 2025

Welcome to today's thread - #CrossChannelRail Day 19 - 4 April - Paris - Charles de Gaulle - Marne la Vallée-Chessy - Lyon - Ravières

On the agenda today:
Stations
Charles de Gaulle
Marne-la-Vallée Chessy

Trains
Hitachi ETR 1000

Today's routes on the routes map: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crosschannelrail-2025_1148540#7/47.277/4.543

#CrossChannelRail 2025

Draft route for Jon Worth's #CrossChannelRail project in spring 2025. Dates for each leg of the trip are shown on each layer. Route colours alternate each day - yellows one day, purples the next, each train with a slightly different shade. Pins in the map show the locations to be visited.

uMap

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Jon Worth Apr 4, 2025

This morning‘s #CrossChannelRail news: HS1 is to offer financial incentives to new operator (also to Eurostar for new routes) in an effort to boost traffic https://www.ft.com/content/b0cb1698-d017-48dc-808d-c2d5ebf4bc8f

Cross-Channel rail owner to offer incentives for new operators

London St Pancras Highspeed, the former HS1, aims to attract more train companies and encourage extra Eurostar services

Financial Times

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Jon Worth Apr 4, 2025

And if you want a less clear but not paywalled version of the HS1 charges news, here’s The Guardian #CrossChannelRail https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/04/cross-channel-train-services-to-be-cheaper-to-run-as-operator-cuts-charges

Cross-Channel train services to be cheaper to run as operator cuts charges

LSPH chief executive announces ‘groundbreaking proposal’ intended to grow international rail travel from the UK

The Guardian

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abeorch

@jon Here's #HS1's accouncement - stpancras-highspeed.com/news/l…

London St. Pancras Highspeed announces new incentive scheme to grow international rail services

Read the article about 'London St. Pancras Highspeed announces new incentive scheme to grow international rail services ' from London St. Pancras Highspeed.

London St. Pancras Highspeed