Eurostar expands to Amsterdam
Eurostar, the high-speed rail service of the United Kingdom, will launch London-to-Amsterdam service April 4.
Passengers will be able to travel from St. Pancras station in London direct to the Netherlands in three hours.
Tickets go on sale Feb. 20 for $47 one way. The service will be launched with two trains a day departing at 8:31 a.m. and 5:31 p.m.
“With direct services from the U.K. to the Netherlands, France and Belgium, we are transforming the links between the U.K. and three of Europe’s top trading nations,” said Nicolas Petrovic, CEO of Eurostar.
Initially, passengers will travel direct from London to Amsterdam and Rotterdam. On the return journey, they will connect through Brussels, where passport controls and security screening will take place.
The connecting journey is a temporary measure while the U.K. and the Netherlands work out an agreement to enable passport checks when passengers depart Amsterdam. That is expected to happen by the end of 2019.