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Eurostar smashes speed record on Brussels trip
Eurostar has set a new speed record with its inaugural St Pancras-Brussels service reaching the Belgian city in well under two hours.
The train took just one hour and 43 minutes to cover the 232-mile distance, reaching a top speed of 186 miles per hour.
It was the first to run the full length of the new high-speed track between the Channel Tunnel and London.
The service is due to open on November 14, passing through the new Ebbsfleet International Station.
Eurostar chief executive Richard Brown said: "Today's journey puts London and Brussels firmly within the `two-hour club'.
"Eurostar is quite simply the fastest, most convenient way to travel - avoiding wasted time and money in getting to out-of-town airports, lengthy check-in times, and baggage reclaim delays.
"The connections between domestic rail services and St Pancras International mean that travellers from across Britain will be able to reach Brussels, and cities throughout Belgium and France, in journey times that are competitive with flying, using trains that are more productive for business travellers, more relaxing for leisure travellers, and greener for all."
It is the second speed record Eurostar has broken this month, having completed a journey from Paris to London in little over two hours on September 4.
The train took just one hour and 43 minutes to cover the 232-mile distance, reaching a top speed of 186 miles per hour.
It was the first to run the full length of the new high-speed track between the Channel Tunnel and London.
The service is due to open on November 14, passing through the new Ebbsfleet International Station.
Eurostar chief executive Richard Brown said: "Today's journey puts London and Brussels firmly within the `two-hour club'.
"Eurostar is quite simply the fastest, most convenient way to travel - avoiding wasted time and money in getting to out-of-town airports, lengthy check-in times, and baggage reclaim delays.
"The connections between domestic rail services and St Pancras International mean that travellers from across Britain will be able to reach Brussels, and cities throughout Belgium and France, in journey times that are competitive with flying, using trains that are more productive for business travellers, more relaxing for leisure travellers, and greener for all."
It is the second speed record Eurostar has broken this month, having completed a journey from Paris to London in little over two hours on September 4.
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