Eurostar issues message to UK tourists travelling 'from December 2024 onwards'

Eurostar has issued an update to UK holidaymakers and tourists who are travelling out of Britain this year. The Eurostar will be launching new train services for British holidaymakers and tourists heading to France and the European Union from December 2024.

Eurostar has revealed a holiday route is returning later this year. The train operator will ferry passionate skiers from London to the Alps this winter - just in time for Christmas - as part of its Alpine Journey ski season boost for those wanting a winter break.

The number of weekend departures offered by Eurostar during the ski season will increase to 11 from eight in the forthcoming season. The service, which costs £139 for a single journey, will launch on December 21 and run until the end of the 2025 ski season.

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According to the Financial Times, Eurostar Chief Executive Gwendoline Cazenave revealed that the train company was considering new route options from London to Europe. She said: "With a new fleet we will study new routes, new European routes . . . I think by the end of the year or early 2025 we will be able to say more."

Ms Cazenave added: "It’s a race. The sooner the better. The market is pushing so hard, that we really need to see which manufacturer is going to be able to be ready as quick as possible." She added: "At the stage of the new fleet, we will have bigger stations."

Passengers will be able to hop on the train at St Pancras and arrive at the Alps just in time for après-ski. After travelling from London to Lille, passengers will have to make a short connection to the next train which will take them all the way to the alps.

It will wind its way through the French mountains, stopping at resorts Chambery, Albertville, Moutier, Aime La Plagne, Landry and Bourg St Maurice.