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| 21/12/2009 07:01 |
| The Board of Eurostar has announced that it has commissioned an independent review into the problems it has experienced over recent days. The review will be led by Christopher Garnett, former Chief Executive of GNER and formerly Commercial Director of Eurotunnel, in conjunction with Monsieur Claude Gressier who is Inspecteur Général des Ponts et Chaussées. The review will commence with immediate effect. |
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| 20/12/2009 20:04 |
| 20 December 2009 20:00 GMT |
| Eurostar, at 20:00 (GMT) announced that it will not be operating services on Monday 21 December in light of forecasts of further snowfall in northern France.As a result of the test runs that were conducted today we now understand the cause of the disruption over the weekend and have identified the modifications that are required. As we suspected, the acute weather conditions in northern France have caused the disruption. Every year we carry out a ‘winterisation’ programme of the entire fleet which to date has successfully protected our trains. We now know, however, that we need to further enhance the snow screens and snow shields in the power cars of the trains.
We have already started making the modifications and to ensure that these new protection measures work effectively we are conducting a further series of test runs tomorrow. Our priority is ensuring that when we resume services we provide our customers with a robust and reliable operation. We sincerely regret having to take this decision and we understand how frustrated and disappointed travellers will be, particularly those who have been waiting to travel for the last two days. We strongly advise passengers whose travel is non-essential to change their booking to a later date or claim a refund on their tickets. For customers who have been unable to travel over the last few days, Eurostar will cover the cost of out-of pocket expenses, for example, hotels and taxis. Full details of our compensation policy are on www.eurostar.com http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/transport.htm We will provide a further update on our services by 18.00 (GMT) tomorrow Monday 21 December 2009. For additional information, please go to www.eurostar.com or call on 08432 186186.
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17th December 2009
Chiltern cheer not Ba humbug
Unlike British Airways, we want our passengers to enjoy a fantastic festive season. Chiltern Railways will be making their trains longer on a number of evening services from London Marylebone as well as adding addition services on Christmas Eve.
The new services start from Monday 14 until Wednesday 23 December when a new revised timetable will be put into place including additional services.
Longer trains from Marylebone include:
Princes Risborough 2033
Bicester North 2206/ 2203
Banbury 2240/ 2310/ 2354
Aylesbury via Amersham 2027 / 2103 / 2127 / 2140 / 2223 / 2227 / 2327 /2330 / 2357 / 0010
Aylesbury Vale Parkway via Amersham 1957 / 2057 /2157/ 2257
The following trains will run as additional services on Christmas Eve:
Marylebone to Banbury 1315 / 1415
Marylebone to High Wycombe 1345
Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill 1517
High Wycombe to Marylebone 1814
Bicester North to Marylebone 1455/ 1555
Thomas Ableman, Marketing Director for Chiltern Railways said “We are delighted to be providing extra services for our passengers during the Christmas party season. Our passengers can enjoy some festive drinks with colleagues, friends and family returning home safely using our late evening trains” http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/transport.htm
To view the full timetable, please visit: www.chilternrailways.co.uk
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