You can only buy UK add-ons as part of a booking with Eurostar.
Presumably you can still buy London International (CIV) tickets from TOCs, though?
You can but the prices can be very different.
For example travelling from Oxford, an ESTAR CIV standard single was £9 compared with £32.50 for London International CIV. Although admittedly you can get a return for £33.60.
Basingstoke was around £8 for a single Estar CIV, that was an advanced/off peak ticket. That Fare has gone from BRfares now.
I only had the opportunity to talk to him once but I also remember that it was excellent. And he clearly knew his stuff.
After a recent review of Eurostar tickets, it has been noted that a large number of tickets to London Estar CIV have been sold to Eurostar customers.
What is the logic behind this move? Was ES subsidising these fares?
All UK Domestic fares to which we have access are obtained via commercial agreement with the different UK domestic operators and can vary based on how much availability is provided, the cost and which times offered combine best with our trains.
This does mean that sometimes trains to which we might previously have had access can sometimes no longer be available for certain periods.
Added to this timetables for the winter are different from the summer which means that some trains that might previously have been combinable no longer are.
EUROPE: Cross-Channel high speed train operator Eurostar is to reduce the number of services it operates by 8% and intends to cut 80 jobs.
This is a challenging environment for all travel companies and we need to manage our costs very carefully, Eurostar told Railway Gazette. Thats why we are looking at the size and shape of our business. We are committed to minimising the impact of these changes on our colleagues and our current focus is on managing any reductions through voluntary redundancies and sabbaticals as much as possible.
The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association trade union said the cuts followed a severe reduction in passenger numbers and revenue in 2016, which had led to the Eurostar significantly reducing costs in other areas before announcing the job losses.
Eurostar had reported in August that passenger numbers in Q2 2016 were down 3% on Q2 2015 to 2·7 million, with sales revenues 10% lower at £208m. CEO Nicolas Petrovic attributed this to terrorism, uncertainly arising from the UK vote to leave the European Union, and a slowdown in traffic from world markets.
Eurostar told Railway Gazette that another factor in the cuts was the delivery of the Siemens Velaro e320 trainsets, which have more seats than the original fleet meeting the same capacity can be provided with fewer services. So far 11 of the 17 Siemens trains have been delivered. A programme to refurbish the original Class 373 trainsets continues, with the third refurbished e300 expected to return to service shortly, but Eurostar is still deciding how many trainsets would be refurbished in total.
The job losses are to affect onboard and station staff, the Times House headquarters in London, Temple Mills maintenance depot and the Eurostar Contact Centre. TSSA has agreed to a period when staff can express interest in voluntary severance, except at Times House where specific individual roles will be identified.
"...same capacity can be provided with fewer services..."
Is there any way to add the Eurostar CIV ticket on now?
That seems to be the exact position I find myself in! Its a jokeNot even Eurostar could add that when they admitted it was their website's fault I couldn't buy it.
I tried over several days and they were never offered even though the window should have been open. Annoyingly there was never a useful error message.I was recently told you can get them on the Eurostar website. If that's not the case then something is very wrong, as I don't believe stations can sell them at the current time.
I was recently told you can get them on the Eurostar website. If that's not the case then something is very wrong, as I don't believe stations can sell them at the current time.