Eurostar resumes direct Amsterdam-London services after eight-month pause

Eurostar has resumed direct services from Amsterdam to London after an eight-month hold-up while a new terminal was built in the Netherlands capital.

Services from Amsterdam’s Centraal station to London St Pancras began again on Monday, after being paused for construction work in June.

Since then, passengers travelling from the Dutch capital to London were forced to take a train to Brussels where they would pass through border checks before changing on to a Eurostar service.

The new Amsterdam station means more space for UK-bound passengers, enabling Eurostar to reintroduce direct departures and increase services.

It is now running three daily return trips between the cities on weekdays and Sundays and two on Saturdays – each taking three hours and 52 minutes – with plans to grow it to five by 2026.

Each train can carry up to 400 passengers, compared to a previous maximum of 360 and this will reach 650 by September.

Source: Sky News