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Rail tour specialist hit by France and Netherlands ban

Europe
Gary Noakes
19 August 2020

Great Rail Journeys has cancelled all of its Eurostar itineraries until at least September only a week after restarting them.

The site was once the main trunk route for the York and North Midlands Railway and trains to London via Derby and Birmingham

The operator had relaunched its first escorted tours of the summer from London, but has now had to cancel all holidays via Eurostar “until at least the first week of September”.

“Unfortunately, following the latest government announcement that banned all non-essential travel to France and the Netherlands, customers due to travel will be left disappointed,” it said.

The operator has however resumed a reduced UK and Europe 2020 programme. Chief executive Peter Liney said: “It is frustrating that under the latest guidelines it is not currently possible to travel via rail into Europe.