{"id":206319,"date":"2025-09-01T10:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T08:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=206319"},"modified":"2025-10-31T08:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:48:19","slug":"uber-trains-competitor-eurostar-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/uber-trains-competitor-eurostar-2029","title":{"rendered":"Competition from Eurostar: now it's Uber Trains' turn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getlink<\/strong>Last year, the Channel Tunnel operator was campaigning for the arrival of new operators on its routes. Now it has been served, with applicants flocking to the entrance to the Channel in order to break the<\/strong> Eurostar monopoly<\/strong>. After Evolyn <\/a><\/strong>associated Trenitalia <\/a><\/strong>positioned for 2026 then Virgin Trains<\/a><\/strong> expected in 2030, it will be the turn ofUber<\/strong> to embark on this adventure on the horizon 2029<\/strong>. The American VTC group intends to use its app to distribute branded train tickets between London, Paris and Brussels. However, Uber will only be the commercial brand for this rail project, which has been developed over the last two years by the British start-up Gemini. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\" With significant growth forecast, the Channel route is ideal for an Open Access rail competition<\/em> \"This is the view expressed on the Gemini website, which aims to offer new-look trains and an innovative approach to the distribution of business and leisure travel. Led by Lord Tony Berkeley, a British railway engineer who helped build the Channel Tunnel, the project provides for five daily connections to Paris and Brussels from 2029 onwards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Departures and arrivals from Stratford International station<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unlike Eurostar, Virgin Trains and Evolyn\/Trenitalia, Gemini Trains intends to use the station at Stratford<\/strong> and not St. Pancras International, due to its approaching saturation point and the major works planned to increase its capacity. Located in East London, Stratford station has good connections with the London Underground and the suburban rail network in the south-east of the capital. On the way, there will be stops in Lille and Ebbsfleet, a station in Kent where Eurostar trains have not stopped for several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n