Eurostar Sees Record Passenger Number
Posted on: Tuesday, 17 January 2006, 09:01 CST
Eurostar sees record passenger number
BRUSSELS, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Channel tunnel rail service Eurostar reported on Monday a 2.4 percent increase in passenger number last year, carrying a record a 7.5 million people between Belgium, France and Britain.
Eurostar said the increase was boosted by a 14 percent rise in business class traffic thanks to decreasing business-class cabins on airlines.
Overall, the firm said it took 71 percent of the London-Paris market and 64 percent of the London-Brussels market.
Sales in 2005 were 676 million euros (about 811 million U.S. dollars ), up 7 percent over previous year.
To meet growing demand, a 10th daily weekday London-Brussels service will be introduced on Feb. 13, Eurostar said.
Eurostar's punctuality in 2005 was 86.3 percent, much better than airline competitors operating on the London / Paris / Brussels routes, the rail service said.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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