Eurostar To Where Else??

[Jennykenny]

Finding it hard to work out where Eurostar goes to places near the 'hubs', i.e. Paris, Brussels, Lille.
I'm interested in places that are within an hour to two hour trip without out additional changes.

[Zacs-Master]

Not sure what you're asking. Do you mean 'do Eurostar trains stop at stations near Paris, Lille or Brussels?'

[jno]

if you go to Brussels you can travel on to anywhere in Belgium free by showing your Eurostar ticket: Bruges, Antwerp, Ghent and Ostend are all worth a visit.

[Jennykenny]

Thanks jno. That is very helpful.
I was thinking more of where can I go in France or Germany with a reasonable distance, say about a couple of hours travel??

[boxtops]

Does this help? http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/destinations/france

Click on the tabs for the different countries

[jno]

there are lots of places around Paris that are worth a visit if your'e staying there - Fontainebleau, say, Vaux-le-Vicomte, or Auvers, where Van Gogh died - but they're not really part of a Eurostar trip; they'd just be excursions tacked onto a city break.

If you want to wait 2-3 years, Deutsche Bahn is supposed to be starting services through the tunnel, probably to Cologne and Frankfurt.

[Buenchico]

With the exception of 'ski specials' Eurostar services run solely to Calais (although very few trains stop there), Lille, Brussels and Paris (with a few Paris services running directly to Disneyland).

The ski services run to Bourg St Maurice, Aime La Plagne, Moutiers and Avignon.

An extra fiver each way onto the fare for Brussels allows you to travel to/from any other station in Belgium (using only the Belgian national train services, not ICE or Thalys trains). Since Belgium is a small country, all stations are under 2 hours away from Brussels, The coastal trains run from frequently Platform 15 and serve the beautiful city of Ghent, then the equally stunning Bruges before heading on to Ostend or other coastal resorts. (It usually takes under 1½ hours right to to the coast, with Ghent and Bruges obviously requiring shorter journeys).

Other popular destinations within Belgium are Antwerp and Liege.

The most popular destinations within a short travelling time from Paris are probably Rouen and Rheims.

Route map:
http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/destinations/route-map

Timetable:
https://www.eurostar.com/sites/default/files/pdf/timetable/UK_timetable.pdf

The Eurostar site map is a good starting point for finding out about services to any particular country but (as explained above) you can't avoid changing trains at a Eurostar terminus:
http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/sitemap

[jno]

when did the fiver come in, Buenchico? It wasn't required last time I tried (several years ago now) and isn't mentioned here

http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-information/connections-information/travel-belgium#.U9WHpGOa9Yo

General connection information here

http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-information/connections-information#.U9WIFmOa9Yo

[Buenchico]

>>>when did the fiver come in, Buenchico?

12 October 2010.

>>>and isn't mentioned here

That's because your link goes to the information about an 'Any Belgian Station' ticket, which is now a seperate booking option to a 'Brussels Midi' ticket (and costs a fiver extra).

[Jennykenny]

Thanks to all.

[jno]

thanks, Buenchico

[jno]

Eurostar will start a service to Lyon, Avignon and Marseille next year

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2709586/Eurostar-launches-direct-train-service-London-Marseille.html