London–Brussels

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London–Brussels is a major international high-speed rail route linking the United Kingdom and Belgium via the Channel Tunnel.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
London–Brussels canonical 2
Brussels–London 1
London and Brussels 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international high-speed rail route
passenger rail corridor
approximateJourneyTime about 2 hours
becameFullyHighSpeedEndToEnd 2007
borderControlLocation Brussels-South railway station
London St Pancras International
borderCrossing France–Belgium border
United Kingdom–France border
changeOfTerminusYear 2007
connectsCity Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

London, England
surface form: London
countryServed Belgium
United Kingdom
crossesSea English Channel
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line
3 kV DC overhead line
750 V DC third rail (historical)
gauge standard gauge
hasCheckInRequirement advance check-in before departure
hasCustomsControl yes
hasImmigrationControl yes
historicalTerminus London Waterloo railway station
surface form: London Waterloo International
intermediateStop Lille-Europe station
maximumOperatingSpeed up to 300 km/h
openedForHighSpeedService 1994
operatedByCompany Eurostar
surface form: Eurostar Group
partOfNetwork Trans-European high-speed rail network
primaryOperator Eurostar
primaryPurpose passenger transport
securityControlLocation London St Pancras International
serviceType high-speed rail
international passenger rail
startingStation London St Pancras International
terminusStation Brussels-South railway station
ticketClassOffered Business Premier
Standard
Standard Premier
ticketingSystem Eurostar international ticketing
typicalRollingStock Eurostar e300 trainsets
surface form: Eurostar e300

Eurostar e320 trainsets
surface form: Eurostar e320
usesInfrastructure Channel Tunnel
usesRailwayLine HSL 1
High Speed 1
LGV Nord
usesSignallingSystem European Train Control System
surface form: ERTMS/ETCS (on some sections)

TVM-430
usesTunnel Channel Tunnel

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eurostar offersService London–Brussels
High Speed 1 enablesServiceBetween London–Brussels
this entity surface form: London and Brussels
Brussels-South railway station servesRoute London–Brussels
this entity surface form: Brussels–London
British Rail Class 373 usedOnRoute London–Brussels