GOING DUTCH

Eurostar is pressing ahead with plans for direct rail services between London and Amsterdam amid a drop in passenger numbers on existing routes.

The cross-Channel rail operator said services between the cities are due to begin at the end of next year.

The London-Amsterdam route attracts more than 3m airline passengers each year. Eurostar believes that its direct four-hour train journeys will ‘greatly enhance’ transport links between the cities, with one-way fares from £29.