When did the eurostar move to st pancras?
During an elaborate opening ceremony, actor Timothy West, as Henry Barlow, addressed the audience, which was also entertained by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the singers Lemar and Katherine Jenkins. In a carefully staged set piece, the first Class 395 train and two Class 373 trains arrived through a cloud of dry ice in adjacent platforms within seconds of each other. During the ceremony, Paul Day's large bronze statue "The Meeting Place" was also unveiled. At a much smaller ceremony on 12 November 2007, the bronze statue of John Betjeman by sculptor Martin Jennings was unveiled by Betjeman's daughter, the author Candida Lycett Green. Public service by Eurostar train via High Speed 1 started on 14 November 2007. In a small ceremony, station staff cut a ribbon leading to the Eurostar platforms. In the same month, services to the East Midlands were transferred to a new franchisee, East Midlands Trains. The low-level Thameslink platforms opened on 9 December 2007, replacing King's Cross Thameslink.
When did the public service by Euostar train via High Speed one first launch, thus finalizing the eurostar move to st pancras?
14 November 2007
St Pancras railway station
St Pancras was officially re-opened as St Pancras International, and the High Speed 1 service was launched on 6 November 2007 by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. Services were extended to Rotterdam and Amsterdam in April 2018.
When did the High Speed 1 service first launch, an important step along the way to finalized the eurostar move to st pancras?
6 November 2007
St Pancras railway station
St Pancras railway station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Pancras%20railway%20station
High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a 67-mile (108 km) high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel.
High Speed 1
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service connecting the United Kingdom with France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Eurostar
The Eurostar rail service's move to St Pancras was finalized on 14 November 2007, and the High Speed 1 service first launched on 6 November 2007. The launching of the High Speed 1 service was an important step along the way to finalize the move, which was finalized when the public service by Eurostar train via High Speed 1, a high-speed railway, first launched.