Eurostar are celebrating 5 years of high speed sustainable services from London to Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

Since April 2018, over 1.6 million people have travelled between London and the Netherlands which is equivalent to 10,000 plane loads.

83,000 tonnes of CO2 has been saved as one flight to Amsterdam from London is equivalent to 7 Eurostar journeys.

Eurostar have recently added a fourth daily service in September last year to keep up with growing demand.

Travellers from Brussels to the UK or the Netherlands has increased by 106% since 2018.

Gwendoline Cazenave, CEO at Eurostar Group, said: “As we celebrate five years of high-speed rail connections between London and the Netherlands, we are proud to be the greener way to go. There are now up to 18 daily services between Amsterdam, London and Paris, which is testament to the ever-growing demand for seamless high-speed rail connections as a sustainable and convenient alternative to air travel. As Eurostar Group, we want to carry 30 million passengers a year on all of our routes by 2030, and the continued growth of our Dutch routes will play a huge role in helping us deliver on these ambitions.”

Wilbert Lek, Managing Director at Rotterdam Partners, says: “The launch of the route to the Netherlands and the addition of a fourth direct train service last year supports us in our mission to promote sustainable travel to both business and leisure customers. We look forward to further strengthening our relationship with Eurostar and to keep welcoming British visitors and businesses to our city.”