Source: Treinreiziger (Traintraveller)De Eurostar Amsterdam – Londen gaat rijden. Vanaf het voorjaar van 2018 moet de trein 2x per dag gaan rijden.
I have sent out a request for information about traveltimes of the Eurostar. Do of course whether i get a reply, but often .......
I found this article a while back
http://m.railjournal.com/index.php/high-speed/eurostar-amsterdam-timetable-emerges.html
The Article said:Services will depart from London St Pancras International at 08.04 and 17.04 Monday - Friday, 08.04 and 16.01 on Saturday, and 11.04 and 17.04 on Sunday. Departures from Amsterdam Central will be at 07.48 and 16.48 Monday - Friday, 07.48 and 14.18 on Saturday, and 09.25 and 17.21 on Sunday.
From that article...
So for a 4:10 journey, the 08:04 from St Pancras would arrive in Amsterdam at 13:14 (don't forget they're an hour ahead), and not return until 16:48. (The same cannot be said for the service in the other direction, as different sets could be used.) It seems to me to be a waste, having a set sat idle for 3.5 hours. I know that there will be cleaning/servicing time, but not that much.
From that article...
So for a 4:10 journey, the 08:04 from St Pancras would arrive in Amsterdam at 13:14 (don't forget they're an hour ahead), and not return until 16:48. (The same cannot be said for the service in the other direction, as different sets could be used.) It seems to me to be a waste, having a set sat idle for 3.5 hours. I know that there will be cleaning/servicing time, but not that much.
If this article is true than it does know more than NS International!
NS Internationaal knows of course a lot more then they say they know. As long as it's not finalized, there won't be any public announcements.If this article is true than it does know more than NS International!
From December, Eurostar wants to start with one train a day, with the second service added in the spring, but I'm not sure if passengers are allowed on the Eurostar until the launch of the spring service.
Today, there should be a first full test run from London to Amsterdam. Last Wednesday, the run in the opposite direction was cancelled because of the storm.
Eurostar tend to have generous rather than minimum turnrounds. I don't think an earlier return time would allow better stock utilisation, and it would be less useful to business travellers to London.
I suspect the Amsterdam based set will operate in marginal time, with the 09.00-ish from Brussels being cancelled in its favour.
The 7:48 from Amsterdam wouldn't make it to Brusseld in time to replace this. It would be departing Brussels roughly 10:10 by my estimate. Either it would slot in between the (current) 08:52 and 10:56 departures, or it would replace them both. (Option 3 is a complete recast, I suppose.)
Whilst it's fine and dandy to see the Eurostar service to Amsterdam. What ever happened to the extension to the Scottish Capital Edinburgh. After all the various Northern/Scottish regions contributed to the Eurostar/Channel Tunnel project. Their contribution being to extra trains to operate a servise from Edinburgh via Newcastle, York and Doncaster to London. Whilst I believe there was some gauging/training runs, nothing came of the servise. The furthest North I've seen a Eurostar was York on a day out from Tyneside. When some were lease to GNER, who used them to there and Leeds.
Does the Dutch line use a different signalling system from the French and Belgian ones (TVM430, KVB etc); and are 373s cleared/going to be cleared to Amsterdam?
The Eurostar will not stop at Antwerp. The security area at Amsterdam is currently under construction at platform 15, the one at Rotterdam will be constructed in the near future at platform 1 (which will be platform 2 in the future to accommodate the Eurostar).Also are stations like Antwerp and Rotterdam all set up with check in areas for Euro star?
The Eurostar will not stop at Antwerp. The security area at Amsterdam is currently under construction at platform 15, the one at Rotterdam will be constructed in the near future at platform 1 (which will be platform 2 in the future to accommodate the Eurostar).
Just wondering if signs at St Pancras will be updated to have Dutch signs and announcements?
They looked into it, but Antwerp didn't have the capacity to have a track dedicated to the Eurostar and the security checks. For the same reason, the stop at Schiphol Airport has also been omitted.