As expected, the organisation of the London Olympic Games helped to increase traffic on the Eurostar network, although the railway company was perhaps expecting better than the 4% increase recorded during the Olympic fortnight. "Many business travellers decided to avoid London during the Games", explains Nicolas Petrovic, Eurostar's Managing Director, who adds: "the outlook for the end of the year is encouraging: we have seen a good recovery since September". In total, 2.6 million passengers travelled with the railway company during the 3th quarter. Between January and September 2012, traffic was up slightly - 7.4 million passengers, compared with 7.3 million last year - but sales were down very slightly (11TP3Q).
