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16th July 2008, 09:09 AM

In message <487df0bd$0$2930$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk>, at 12:59:41 on
Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Ar <Ar@127.0.0.1> remarked:
>> "The cross channel operator reports a 24.7% increase on ticket sales
>> between January and June this year compared to last with traveller
>> numbers reaching 4.63 million, an 18.3% year-on-year increase.
>
>And the price increases / fuel surcharges for airplane flights has
>nothing to do with this rise in passengers?

I'm sure they have had quite an effect.

Are you suggesting that the doom-mongers from SWT-land failed to factor
in that possibility in their predictions that the move to StPancras was
inevitably going to cause a fall in passenger numbers?

For Eurostar to prosper it just needs passengers.
--
Roland Perry

16th July 2008, 09:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
Roland Perry Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	Eurostar move to StPancras a success, despite predictions of gloom from SWT-land. In message <487df0bd$0$2930$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk>, at 12:59:41 on Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Ar <Ar@127.0.0.1> remarked: >> "The cross channel operator reports a 24.7% increase on ticket sales >> between January and June this year compared to last with traveller >> numbers reaching 4.63 million, an 18.3% year-on-year increase. > >And the price increases / fuel surcharges for airplane flights has >nothing to do with this rise in passengers? I'm sure they have had quite an effect. Are you suggesting that the doom-mongers from SWT-land failed to factor in that possibility in their predictions that the move to StPancras was inevitably going to cause a fall in passenger numbers? For Eurostar to prosper it just needs passengers. -- Roland Perry