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January 12, 2021 | Technology

HS1 to introduce digital twin condition monitoring

BRITAIN’s HS1 Ltd, which owns and operates the HS1 high-speed line between London St Pancras and the Channel Tunnel, will introduce a ‘digital twin’ condition-monitoring system on its network this year.

November 26, 2020 | High-speed

Eurostar pleads for government support as Covid-19 threatens its future

EUROSTAR is calling on the British government to extend a financial support scheme for airports to the international high-speed operator, which has suffered from a 95% drop in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

October 23, 2020 | High-speed

HS1 Ltd unveils new environmental strategy

HS1 Ltd, which manages and operates Britain’s only high-speed line - between London and the Channel Tunnel, has published a new environmental strategy which outlines plans to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030, and become Britain’s first carbon neutral railway.

March 6, 2020 | High-speed

SNCF wants London - Bordeaux by 2022

LONDON St Pancras International and Bordeaux St Jean stations have been formally “twinned” in a ceremony held at St Pancras on March 5 2020 as French National Railways (SNCF) targets the introduction of a service between the two cities by 2022.

January 7, 2020 | Financial

ORR reduces increase in British high-speed access charges

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has cut the proposed increase in track access charges requested by HS1 by 32% or £12.3m per year.

September 30, 2019 | High-speed

ORR proposes annual HS1 track access charges of £26m

BRITISH rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has proposed setting track access charges for the High Speed 1 (HS1) line at £26m per year, £9m less than requested by HS1 concessionaire HS1 Ltd.

June 11, 2019 | High-speed

Operators resist plans for sharp increase in HS1 access charges

OPERATORS using the High-Speed 1 (HS1) link between London and the Channel Tunnel have reacted with frustration to plans for a significant increase in track access charges on the route.

April 30, 2019 | High-speed

HS1 presents proposal for London - Bordeaux high-speed service

THE chair of HS1, Mr Keith Ludeman, presented a proposal to politicians in Bordeaux on April 30 to introduce a high-speed service between the French city and London St Pancras.

October 23, 2018 | High-speed

Eurostar to step up Amsterdam services in 2019

EUROSTAR confirmed on October 23 that it will introduce a third daily service between London, Rotterdam and Amsterdam next summer with plans for further expansion in the longer-term.

October 16, 2018 | High-speed

Study to look at adapting Bordeaux station for London services

PROPOSALS to develop direct services between London and Bordeaux took a step forward on October 10, when the four infrastructure managers on the route signed an agreement to launch a joint feasibility study into adapting Bordeaux St Jean station for international operations.

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