When at Waterloo it offered a convenient alternative to Heathrow for me. Now at St Pancras, it no longer does. Looks like its back to collecting air miles.

Farrukh, Woking, UK

Fast train link and still no direct train to Cologne or Amsterdam, the former takes 5 hours with the 200KM distance between Brussels to Cologne swallowing up 2.5 hours. Either Eurostar should travel to Frankfurt and Cologne or let others use the Tunnel and "high-spped" link to St Pancras.

T Andre, London Islington,

TGV linkage France Spain
Nîmes – Montpellier :
2012 : in service
TGV Montpellier - Perpignan :
2020 : in service
Perpignan – Figueres :
2009 : in service
Figueres – Girona - Barcelona :
2011 : in service
SO there will be no Very High Speed link to Spain before 2020

stephen Bull, Fontes 34320, france

French high speed link through Pyrennes in 2009.
There might just be a link from Perpignan to Spain but no high speed line from Aix to Perpignan will be available for at least 10 years. That from Montpellier to Perpignan is not even defined yet.

Stephen Bull, Fontes , france

With reference to the questions about wheelchair access, Tom Chesshyre, of Times Travel, responds:

Both St Pancras and Ebbsfleet will be fully wheelchair accessible, with travelators as well as lifts. The Eurostar press office says that it will only take five minutes to walk to the station from the "outer extremity" of the car park at Ebbsfleet, and that there are spaces for wheelchair users "much much closer" to the entrance.

A spokesman added that there will continue to be two spaces for wheelchair-based travellers per train, and that these will be in the Premier and Lesiure Select sections of trains. Companions can stay in these areas with no extra charges above and beyond cost of an economy fare, he said.

Tom Chesshyre, London,

I'd like to know how likely it is that folk from the north of England/Scotland will take a train all the way to Paris. At a guess, Leeds-Paris via St Pancras, for example, would take a pretty long time (up to 6 hours?). Wouldn't a lot of people rather fly (Government policy in favour of trains notwithstanding)?
I really wonder whether the move to St Pancras has more to do with the government's desire to promote the King's Cross area than with what most travellers would like. Waterloo is after all, far more central a station than St Pancras and Eurostar services are already more than well used.
For me, this is a real case of mending something that ain't broken.

CH, Paris, France

I've travelled on Eurostar several times(1st class)and enjoyed it thoroughly(apart from not being able to leave my case at Lille station for 2 hours _security I suppose-enroute to Lyons(and having to lug it round the sites of Lille!)What a shock on board TGV-re catering-none at one's seat and ,for the country of Haute Cuisine not very thrilling choices in the rather basic train cafe.Give me Eurostar any day.(Even on the hi-speed Malaga-Cordoba it was waitress service(and AVA of course.) Can't wait to travel from St.Pancras.Didn't think much of Waterloo area.

H.D, WsM,

Have any special arrangements been made for disabled travellers at Ebbsfleet International Station?
A five minute trek from the car park to the station in a wheelchair would not be very convenient.

Jo, Colchester, GB

I don't recognise Howard's experience at all and have often travelled first class on Eurostar. As Jonathan says you are served at your seat wherever that happens to be and as for veggie meals, just like on airplanes, you need to pre-book. As a non meat eater ie I do eat fish etc I do find it rather odd that, invariably, the starter is a meat dish when making it vegetable based would suit so many more people!

Peter Newman-Legros, Lille, France

Ok! Sounds very good, but what about wheelchair users like myself? What arrangements are there? Will I have to have a carer? Will I be able to board the train at Ebbsfleet or does it have to be at St Pancras?
The more information that can be given for disabled travellors the better.

James Michael, Huntingdon, UK

Len and Charlotte of Croydon......the poor South of London have had Eurostar at Waterloo for the past few years, much to the chagrin of those in the north who have struggled to get to it. Now they are moving to St Pancras which is well connected for the rest of the country and you feel that you are losing out. Why not just jump on Thameslink and get to St Pancras that way ?

Howard.....join the Frequent Traveller program so you can select seat at booking stage. Also, you have to advise if you want veggie when you book, they don't just have it as an option.

Chris, London,

Sigh!! Yet again, South London loses out on the assumption that everyone in the rich South East drives a car. Not all of us do or even want to, as well as do not own a mobile phone or want to.
For me, the larger issue has to do with the sheer impossibility of those of us from South London getting to any port of embarcation with any ease or comfort. Yes, I know people are happy to help, but you have to book them weekly and if one has left for longer, you take your chances on if they are willing to help. They tend to cite health and safety as an excuse. I know massive efforts are being put in place to solve this.
But it is still unfair.
We in the south of the country are shamefully neglected. Kent's penny pinching ways have been exposed for what they were and are. Their NIMBYism has reaped an undeserved reward. Two accessable stations to Eurostar. We in the south get none for not even Gatwick can help out on some more interesting journeys.
Why is this?

Carlyle Len and Charlotte Braden, Croydon, England

I note that there will be up to 28 trains a day from St Pancras, including 17 to Paris, 10 to Brussels and1 to Disney Resort Paris - that appears to leave none to anywhere else.
What is considered to be the effective maximum number of such trains that can be run in a day from St Pancras international platforms at times convenient to passengers?
When reshaping tracks between Waterloo and Clapham Junction to create a full eight track railway between those stations, would it not be a good idea to single rather than remove the Stewarts Lane chord so retaining an option of future international services from Waterloo by Eurostar or a competitor such as Air France.

For travellers whose trains terminate at Waterloo and Charing Cross, a somewhat slower train from Waterloo would generally be preferable to crossing London between Waterloo/Waterloo East/Charing Cross and Kings Cross/ St Pancras by Underground.

Will St Pancras be accessible to non Eurostar international high speed trains?

John Pincham, Stoke D'Abernon, England

I would like to thank The Times for the Free Ticket when Eurostar first started, this was an experiance I will not forget going to Brussels for 3 days from Ashford International one market they have not developed is tickets from your Local Train Station.

I want to be able to get a train to the nearest Eurostar stop without having to change trains several times, people with disabilities would use the train more, I am disabled.

I like the Sunday Times to run a competition with free tickets to Europe from your nearest local train station.

Peter Parkinson, Hastings, East Sussex

Howard, are you making this up? I've travelled 1st in Eurostar on numerous occasions and you are served at your seat. If you're given a seat at a table for 4 then you eat there; most seats however are airline-style with a fold down table. If you're fussy, you can set preferences when you book.

Jonathan, London,

What a wonderful rail system. It would be even better if the government fulfilled the original promise to extend it to the north of England and Scotland. As it is, we up here are hit with inescapable "green" taxes on air travel, our only real option for travel to Europe, while money is poured into this great system, and crossrail, for those in London and the south-east.

Ever wondered while people voted for the ghastly Alex Salmond?

Frustrated, Glasgow,

I have used Eurostar many times and found it excellent .. but for one factor. First class passengers are pushed together round a single table during the meals ... presumably to make it easier to serving staff to "serve". This enforced bonhomie is extremely irritating. And if you are vegetarian, forget it. A helpful attendant once went to the cafe to get me a pizza as no first class veggie option was available. I probably paid an extra £50 for this... but at least he tried.

Howard, Milton Keynes, UK