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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Cross-Channel train services to be cheaper to run as operator cuts charges

Passengers walk on a platform as they arrive from London at the Eurostar terminal of Brussels-Midi train station in Brussels
Eurostar is the sole existing operator for trains between the UK and the rest of Europe. Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images

Cross-Channel train services serving new destinations will be cheaper to run under a scheme to grow international rail travel from the UK.

London St Pancras Highspeed (LSPH), which owns and operates the railway and stations from the capital to the Channel tunnel, said it would slash charges for operators planning new routes.

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