A fourth potential competitor seeking to challenge Eurostar’s monopoly on cross-Channel rail services has emerged after the UK’s Office for Road and Rail (ORR) last month confirmed there was capacity for additional operators on routes between the UK and Europe.
Eurostar will launch services to Frankfurt and Geneva from London in the coming years (Credit: iStock / Alena Kravchenko)
Italy’s state rail holding company FS Italiane Group (FS Group), which co-owns Avanti West Coast, has teamed up with Spanish start-up Evolyn – one of several competitors vying to operate cross-Channel services – to launch high-speed services between London and Paris by 2029.
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