What is Eurostar?
{{update|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox rail | name = Eurostar | bgcolor = | logo=Eurostar logo (2023).svg | logo_size=200px | image_filename = [[File:TGV PBKA N°4303.jpg|350x350px]] [[File:Velaro e320 sur LN3 par Cramos.jpg|350x350px]] | image_caption = Top: Eurostar [[SNCF TGV Thalys PBKA|PBKA]] used for services within continental Europe. Bottom: Eurostar [[British Rail Class 374|''e320'']] used for cross-channel services. | nameforarea = stations | abbr = ES | regions = {{plainlist| * [[Amsterdam Centraal station|Amsterdam]] * [[Brussels-South railway station|Brussels]] * [[Köln Hauptbahnhof|Cologne]] * [[Lille-Europe station|Lille]] * [[St Pancras railway station|London]] * [[Gare du Nord|Paris]] * [[Rotterdam Centraal station|Rotterdam]] }} | fleet = {{plainlist| * 9 [[SNCF TGV Réseau|Alstom PBA]] * 17 [[SNCF TGV Thalys PBKA|Alstom PBKA]] * 11 [[British Rail Class 373|Alstom e300]] * 17 [[British Rail Class 374|Siemens e320]] }} | stations = 28{{citation needed|date=July 2023|reason=Map shows more stations}} | parent_company = {{Unbulleted list | [[SNCF]] (55.8%) | [[Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec|CDPQ]] (19.3%) | [[NMBS/SNCB]] (18.5%) | [[Federated Hermes]] (6.4%) }} | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''Eurostar''' is a [[high-speed rail|high-speed train]] service in [[Western Europe]] connecting [[London]] and [[Kent]] in the [[United Kingdom]] with [[Paris]] and [[Lille]] in [[France]], and [[Brussels]] in [[Belgium]]. All Eurostar trains cross the [[English Channel]] through the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The service is operated by 18-carriage [[British Rail Class 373|Class 373 trains]] at up to 300&nbsp;km/h (186 [[miles per hour|mph]]) on a network of [[High-speed rail|high-speed]] lines. Since Eurostar began in 1994, new lines have been built in [[Belgium]] ([[HSL 1]]) and Southern [[England]] ([[High Speed 1]]) to the same standard as the [[LGV Nord]] line originally used in France, reducing journey times. The two-stage Channel Tunnel Rail Link<!--CTRL was the name of t