Eurostar passenger numbers back to pre-Covid levels | Eurostar

Eurostar traffic returned to pre-Covid levels with a 22% rise in passenger numbers in 2023, the cross-Channel train operator has announced.

Eurostar also said it had found a partial solution to allow it to maintain a limited service to the Netherlands during work at Amsterdam station, which had threatened to halt the popular route in 2024.

Booming demand from London drove growth of 25% for journeys to Paris and more than a third on Eurostar routes to Brussels and Amsterdam, as total passenger numbers reached 18.9 million.

Eurostar, which merged with Franco-Belgian high-speed operator Thalys…