Comments on: Campaign History http://www.save-eurostar.org Dedicated to saving Eurostar services from Ashford International Tue, 13 May 2008 02:46:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Rod Marten http://www.save-eurostar.org/eurostar-background/#comment-6 Rod Marten Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:47:54 +0000 http://www.save-eurostar.org/eurostar-background/#comment-6 In the House of Commons Debate (7 March 2007), the Government response, that Eurostar not wishing to lose customers and thus revenue would keep its stopping patterns under review, was straight out of the Company's PR mouth. The truth of the matter is that once the direct Ashford/Brussels service is abandoned, no such review would be feasible. Passengers would by then have found alternative means to travel to and from Brussels. I will be well on my way in the appropriate direction, by car, to reaching my destination in the time it would take me to drive to Ebbsfleet. It is only possible to undertake a substantiated review of customer demand for Ashford by keeping the service in operation post Ebbsfleet start-up. In the House of Commons Debate (7 March 2007), the Government response, that Eurostar not wishing to lose customers and thus revenue would keep its stopping patterns under review, was straight out of the Company’s PR mouth.

The truth of the matter is that once the direct Ashford/Brussels service is abandoned, no such review would be feasible. Passengers would by then have found alternative means to travel to and from Brussels. I will be well on my way in the appropriate direction, by car, to reaching my destination in the time it would take me to drive to Ebbsfleet.

It is only possible to undertake a substantiated review of customer demand for Ashford by keeping the service in operation post Ebbsfleet start-up.

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