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Eurostar Floats! Eurostar's Tenth Anniversary Celebration

By James Martin, About.com Guide

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Eurostar Train and "the Gherkin"

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Eurostar train floats past a celebrated London building called "the Gherkin"

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Here the Eurostar train passes by "the Gherkin," a rather erotic missle in the heart of London on its tenth anniversary ride down the Thames.

The celebrations follow the unveiling of record market share and passenger numbers. Eurostar carried 6,046 million passengers in the 10 months to the end of October, up 16.2% on the year before (5,203 million). Market share on the London-Paris route is now 68% and 63% on the London-Brussels route - the highest in Eurostar's history.

For more on riding the Eurostar, see RailEurope's Eurostar: The Channel Tunnel Train.

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