Running Eurostar trains to Milan is just one of many new European routes being planned by London St Pancras Highspeed – the cleverly rebranded HS1 – and Eurotunnel's French owners Getlink.
Should all go to plan, it won't be long before you can have breakfast at London's St Pancras station, lunch while zipping across France, arriving in Milan in time for dinner – without changing trains.
Integral to the plan is for London St Pancras, the company which operates the station and all the stations along the high-speed route to Folkestone, to expand capacity at the London terminus.
Let the train take the strain: Both London St Pancras and Getlink say there is pent-up and untapped potential for greater international traffic.
Heuro, which also has big train orders on the stocks, wants to run 15 journeys per day between Amsterdam and London, including stops in Brussels and Paris.
