Eurostar rail services will not resume stops at stations in Kent until 2025 blaming Brexit and the aftermath of the Covid pandemic for the decision. Cross-Channel passenger rail services have not called at Ashford or Ebbsfleet since March 2020 when trains were halted at the start of the pandemic.
It was announced that trains would not call at Ashford International of Ebbsfleet until 2023 at the earliest but this has been extended for a further two years.
A spokesperson for Eurostar said: “We can confirm that Eurostar services will not stop at Ebbsfleet or Ashford International stations in 2023, and that we cannot make any commitment for another two to three years. Our recovery is progressing well, but we have considerable financial commitments following the pandemic which we will continue to face for a number of years.
