| r is a Hi Speed Rail Service, which connects London | | | | possible stations) and within UK itself (from London to |
| (UK) to France and Belgium via the Channel Tunnel | | | | Birmingham, Nottingham, Liverpool etc). |
| connecting hundreds of other European countries and | | | | Hi Speed connecting trains in Europe are generally |
| cities. It starts from London (St Pancras International | | | | categorized in four kinds namely - Overnight Trains |
| Station) and passes through Ebbsfleet International | | | | (such as Corail Lunea, Elipsos Train and City Night |
| Station (UK), Ashford International Station (UK), | | | | Line), Hi Speed Trains (such as TGV, ICE, Thalys, AVE |
| crosses the channel tunnel, stops at Calais and then | | | | Trains), Local Trains and Car Carriers Trains such as |
| Lille. From Lille, it has two services, one to Brussels and | | | | AutoTrain. In UK, Eurostar has a tie - up with around 10 |
| other to Paris and Disneyland Paris Resort. | | | | UK train companies including Virgain Trains, East |
| I have been traveling to UK for over a decade now | | | | Angelia, East Midland Trains, National Express and First |
| every time wondered to visit France / Paris and other | | | | Capital Connect. |
| beautiful cities of Europe in Eurostar but it was only | | | | For all those, who want to have a quick look at France |
| around a couple of years ago that I actually got the | | | | connections, here is the list - Angers, Agde, Agen, |
| chance to travel in Eurostar. It is a great fun to travel in | | | | Aime la Plagne, Aix en Provence, Angoulême, |
| train which actually goes under water and with such a | | | | Annecy, Antibes, Avignon, Belfort, Besançon, Biarritz, |
| high speed. It is important for every traveler to do | | | | Bordeaux, Bourg St. Maurice, Brest, Caen, Cannes, |
| good research about choosing Eurostar to travel and | | | | Chalon sur Saône, Chalons en Champagne, |
| knowing which all destinations he/she can travel to | | | | Chambéry, Champagne Ardenne, Clermont Ferrand, |
| without changing the rail service. | | | | Dijon, Grenoble, La Rochelle, Laval, Le Creusot, Le |
| Eurostar Direct Services are those places where | | | | Mans, Les Aubrais/Orléans, Libourne, Limoges, |
| Eurostar goes directly and has a stop and Eurostar | | | | Lorient, Lourdes, Lyon, Marseille, Metz, Montpellier, |
| Connections are connecting trains to other European | | | | Moutiers, Mulhouse, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Nîmes, |
| or UK destinations from Eurostar destinations. I was | | | | Perpignan, Poitiers, Quimper Reims, Rennes, Rouen, St |
| always confused about these keywords and always | | | | Pierre des Corps, St-Raphaël, Strasbourg, Toulon, |
| asked staff or other travelers to know what it exactly | | | | Toulouse, Tours, Troyes, Valence, Vannes. You are |
| meant and hence, I thought it better to put in here for | | | | recommended to take a good map of the places you |
| common people to know that they should know about | | | | are planning to visit which will be ready reference to |
| it and do good research before they book and travel | | | | your journey. |
| in Eurostar. | | | | The beauty of all this vast network is that you can |
| Eurostar Destinations are London, Paris, Brussels, Lille, | | | | book all your tickets just from Eurostar website. The |
| Avignon, Disneyland Paris Resort and Ski (Alps). From | | | | only point you should keep in mind is that you must |
| these destinations, Eurostar connects to hundreds of | | | | plan your entire itinerary well in advance and you |
| other European destinations and these connections | | | | should keep minimum chances of any changes. Once |
| are to Netherlands (from Brussels to Amsterdam & | | | | you have planned, you can book all your tickets, hotels |
| Rotterdam etc), Germany (from Brussels to Cologne | | | | and rail cards etc from one website. I will try to write |
| and Frankfurt etc), Switzerland (from Paris to Zurich & | | | | more about what all attractions you can visit in Europe |
| Geneva etc), Belgium (from Brussels to Bruges, Ghent | | | | in my coming articles. |
| etc), France (from Paris and other stations to all | | | | |