Eurostar Connections

Eurostar Connections are the places where Eurostar does not go directly but connects to those places through a different train company or train provider. For example, if you want to visit Amsterdam from London (UK), you need to take Eurostar London to Brussels and from Brussels, you would need to take high speed train Thalys from Brussels to Amsterdam. The same thing happens to other destinations. Brussels connects you to various other places in Europe such as Cologne, Rotterdam, Holland and many other european destinations. The entire Europe is connected well with fast hi speed rail network such as Eurostar, TGV, Thalys, ICE, Orient Express, Elipsos, Eurostar Italia, City Night Line, Artesia Day, Artesia Night, Auto Train, AVE, Corail Lunea, Corail Teoz, EuroCity, Eurostar Direct Avignon, Eurostar Direct Ski, Eurostar Disney, Lusitania & Surex, Orient Express, Pendolino (Czech Republic), Pendolino (Finland), TER, TGV Lyria & X2000 etc. Click here to book Eurostar Destinations now.

Types of Trains in Europe – There are generally five kinds of connecting trains in Europe. They are

• Overnight Trains - To reach the larget European cities, you need to take overnight trains, which are helpful in your holiday time as you can travel at night during your holidays and spend seeing the places during day time. You get proper 1 berth, 2 berths or 3 berths rooms and the rooms are very cozy and properly made up beds, washbasins, toilets etc. You can travel to basically most of the major european destinations across Europe in overnight trains. Some of the overnight trains are - Corail Lunea (between cities in France) with some cross border service to Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Luxembourg. The Elipsos Train are to travel between France and Spain, Spain and Italy or Spain and Switzerland. City Night Line is best for Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Netherland. Lusitania Train is between Spain and Portugal overnight. Artesia Trains are trains between France and Italy. And finally - Eurostar Ski Train is for going to Alps.
• High Speed Trains - Hi Speed Trains are those trains which travel on dedicated lines and their average speed is approx 200 kms (125 m) per hour. TGV Est is one of the fastest trains travelling between Paris and Strasbourg averaging around 200m (320 kms) per hour. Some of the top high speed trains are - Eurostar, connecting UK, France and Belgium, TGV Trains again are very high speed trains running France, Switzerland etc. Thalys Trains are fast trains connecting France, Belgium, Germany and Netherlands. ICE (German InterCity Express), is the Hi speed train connecting Germany, Amsterdam, Vienna, Brussels and Switzerland. AVE Trains are yet another faster train service in Spain.
• Local Trains - These are those local trains running within a city or country and connecting to various european destinations. They run in all major towns and cities in the Europe.
• Car Carriers Trains - These are trains that carry your cars while you are travelling long journeys and you need to take your cars for local travel in your next european destination. AutoTrain is the most popular train in the europe.

Eurostar Connections in Belgium (from Brussels) – Brussels if the most important eurostar destinations and it connects to many important european cities and connections. As you can see in the map below, you can travel to any place from Brussels like Ghent, Antwerp, Holland, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Bruges, Cologne, Charleroi, Oostende, Liege & Namur etc. Brussels Short Breaks are important becuase it is main Eurostar Destinations in Europe. Book Eurostar Tickets from London to Brussels now on Eurostar and also book tickets to hundres of other destinations in one go. *image coursty from Seat61

Eurostar Connections in France – Eurostar has hundreds of connections in France and these eurostar connections in France are from Paris, Disneyland Paris, Lille, Avignon. Some of the top connections are - # Angers # Agde # Agen # Aime la Plagne # Aix en Provence # Angoulême # Annecy # Antibes # Avignon # Belfort # Besançon # Biarritz # Bordeaux # Bourg St. Maurice # Brest # Caen # Cannes # Chalon sur Saône # Chalons en Champagne # Chambéry # Champagne Ardenne # Clermont Ferrand # Dijon # Grenoble # La Rochelle # Laval # Le Creusot # Le Mans # Les Aubrais/Orléans # Libourne # Limoges # Lorient # Lourdes # Lyon # Marseille # Metz # Montpellier # Moutiers # Mulhouse # Nancy # Nantes # Nice # Nîmes # Perpignan # Poitiers # Quimper # Reims # Rennes # Rouen # St Pierre des Corps # St-Raphaël # Strasbourg # Toulon # Toulouse # Tours # Troyes # Valence # Vannes. top Eurostar Destination. Click here to book Eurostar Tickets to these Frence Connections.

Eurostar Connections in Switzerland – Some of the important Eurostar connections in Switzerland are Basel, Geneva, Zurich, Berne and Lausanne. Again you get intercity fast trains to reach these places.

Eurostar Connections in UK –There are hundreds of connections in UK. From Paris, you reach London (St Pancras International Station) and from St Pancras International, you are connected to the entire United Kindom. Some of the main cities connected are - * Birmingham * Brighton * Bristol Parkway * Bristol Temple Meads * Cambridge * Cardiff Central * Durham * Edinburgh * Exeter St Davids * Leeds * Liverpool * Manchester * Newcastle * Nottingham * Norwich * Oxford * York and these cities are connected by at least 10 Train companies in UK including Virgain Trains, East Angelia, East Midland Trains, National Express and First Capital Connect.

Eurostar Connections in Germany and Netherlands (Holland) –Both these countries are well connected again. In Germany you are connected via Brussels to Cologne, Frankfurt and Aachen and in Netherland, the most important connection is Amsterdam (London Amsterdam Train) Rotterdam and Schipol.