Historical version 4 of Eurostar (view current version)
The railway between Britain, France and Belgium via the Channel Tunnel. Currently terminates at Waterloo Station.
Trains depart very regularly (generally every half hour) from about 5am to about 9 or 10pm, and thanks to the opening of the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link (phase 1), take about 2 hours 20 minutes to get from Waterloo to the Gare du Nord in Paris or 2h35 to get to Midi station in Brussels.
Unfortunately for leisure travellers there is a 30-minute check-in restriction (although business travellers get 15 minutes). What does this mean? --Kake
Eurostar now offer some cheap fares - starting at around �39 return - making it as cheap as, and probably faster than, the plane, since it takes so much time to transfer to and from the airports in London and Paris.