GOING TO PARIS? TAKE THE E TRAIN
Eurostar Sets Paris-London Record BBC News, Sept. 4, 2007.
Eurostar has set a record on its inaugural journey from Paris to London via a new high-speed line in Britain.
The train, carrying journalists and VIPs, arrived at St Pancras, instead of Waterloo, for the first time. It took two hours, three minutes, 39 seconds. The 68-mile line is expected to help cut times on the entire route by 20 minutes to two hours, 15 minutes when it opens to the public on 14 November.
The BBC's Nick Higham, on board the train, said a GPS device had recorded a speed of 202mph (325km/h) in France and 195mph in Britain.