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High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a 109.9-kilometre (68.3-mile) high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel.. It is part of the line carrying international passenger traffic between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe; it also carries domestic passenger traffic to and from stations in Kent and east London, and continental European loading ...
The £180m station opened to Eurostar passengers on 19 November 2007, five days after the rest of HS1. [7] This was because the security and ticketing equipment had to be transferred from Waterloo International and reinstalled at the station. The first daily service was the 05:38 service to Paris, arriving at its destination 132 minutes later. [7]
High Speed 1 (HS1) (formally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL)) was the first new mainline railway to be built in the UK for a century and was constructed by London and Continental Railways. After a lengthy process of route selection and public enquiries in the second half of the 1990s, work got under way on Section 1 from the Channel Tunnel ...
A map of all the railways in Kent, giving their name and date of construction. Please inform me of errors and omissions via my Talk page. Date: May 2007: Source: Own work using: Inspired by: Jessop, Kent History Illustrated; Addition of HS1 in 2003 and 2007; Inkscape: there may be rendering problems; Author: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. SVG ...
The abandoned HS1–HS2 link across Camden (proposed in 2010) Early proposals for HS2 outlined the construction of a two-kilometre-long (1.2 mi) link between HS2 and HS1, which would have allowed high-speed trains to operate directly from the North and Midlands to destinations in continental Europe via the Channel Tunnel.
Oyster cards and contactless payment cards are valid for travel to and from Stratford International, with the DLR station in Travelcard zone 2/3, but special fares apply at the HS1 station. The four-platform HS1 station is built within "Stratford Box", a 1.1-kilometre (0.7 mi) concrete-sided cutting, meaning the station is located below ground ...
The western bridge carries High Speed 1 (HS1), the high-speed rail link that connects London with the Channel Tunnel. The rail viaduct is a 1.3 km (0.81 mi) long structure that spans the River Medway, Wouldham Road and Burham Roads in Borstal. It is a multi-span structure, with typical approach spans of 40.5 m (133 ft), while the central ...
High speed HS1 services to London St Pancras International were introduced in December 2009 and proved highly successful, having cut London-bound journey times to 23 minutes. The station is now seen as a major interchange for metro and high speed services.