Gadling

For those of you fellow train lovers, here's a bit of news. The awesome London-to-Paris Chunnel train, the Eurostar, is moving next year from its home at Waterloo station to the St. Pancras station.

This train is nothing to sneeze at: central London to central Paris in under 3 hours, in quiet, smooth high-speed (186 mph max speed!) luxury, through the Chunnel, for as little as 29.50 pounds ($58USD).

Apparently, the tracks to Waterloo aren't modern enough to handle better speeds, severely slowing the train as it rolls into London, so they're moving the terminus to another station, northwest of London.

In November next year, renovations to London's St. Pancras station will be complete, allowing eight trains to sit side-by-side in a modern new station. Trip time will drop by a half hour or more. And the St. Pancras/Kings Cross station is pretty centrally located, and on the Circle Line Tube.

Some folks aren't too happy, though. After all, Waterloo is placed well for those south of the center, and those working at Parliament.

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