Eurostar on the brink? Calls fo more government aid

摘要

"WITHOUT additional funding from international government, there is a real risk to the survival of Eurostar," the operator has warned.A Eurostar spokesman told RAIL on January 18: "We have seen a 95% drop in passenger numbers since restrictions came into place last March, and with the latest measures from the end of December that is more like a 99% fall in traffic. "That makes it clear how difficult the situation is for us and how unsustainable it would be to continue with that loss of revenue." The Eurostar warning followed a letter from business campaign group London First to the Government on January 15 asking it to help the cross-Channel operator, saying that failure to do so could damage the UK's post-COVID recovery.