The president of Gellink, operator of the Channel Tunnel, revealed that the Eurostar railway company would consider creating new links, our colleagues from Europe 1 reported on Thursday.
The objective is to further strengthen France's attractiveness to the British.
"We work for a London-Bordeaux, confided Jacques Gounon, the president of Getlink during his appearance on the show
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There is a futures market, which is London-Côte d'Azur because it remains a center of attraction for the British.
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A possible opening within 5 years
Jacques Gounon mentioned a five-year horizon for the opening of these new links.
"In the field of railways and Franco-British diplomatic relations, the slightest progress is a bit of technique, a lot of convictions, and months, months...", he declared.
On the other hand, Eurostar announced at the end of August the end of the link between London and Disneyland-Paris in the summer of 2023 following the global pandemic and Brexit.
“We will review our options for 2024 over the next year,” the rail company said.
The IT system must be able to manage entries and exits from the Schengen area due to Brexit.
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