Eurostar passengers increase in Q4
Rail passenger service Eurostar said the last quarter was its best fourth quarter to date, as passengers to Paris and Brussels increased.
Eurostar said it carried 1.69 million passengers through the Channel Tunnel between October and December 2003.
Sales in the fourth quarter increased by 11% to £98m (€141m), compared with £88 m (€127m) in the same period in 2002
The company said latest figures show Eurostar has a 66% share of the London-Paris route, compared to 13% for British Airways.
Traffic on the London-Brussels route increased from a41% share in November 2002, to 48% at the same time in 2003.
The company, which was formed ten years ago, said it would be introducing a new 10 minute check-in for business travellers from January 20, with the 30 minute check-in still the same for leisure travellers.
