Train sets Paris-London record

September 04, 2007

The Eurostar came close to topping 200 mph along Britain's new 68-mile (109 km) high-speed track. The train, carrying journalists and officials from Paris, arrived at London St Pancras station in two hours, 3 minutes and 39 seconds -- half-an-hour quicker than the usual Paris to London Waterloo route. The new service opens to the public in November. The newly renovated St Pancras station will eventually link with the site of the 2012 Olympics at Stratford in east London.