Eurostar is expanding its service and, beginning May 1, 2015, offering direct trains to Lyon and the South of France, Avignon and Marseille, from London. It’s a particular benefit to those not stopping in Paris (although I can’t imagine not stopping in Paris) by avoiding the need to change stations to continue south by rail. I just may have to give it a try.
Click here for the Eurostar website for more information.
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And if you fly to Marseille and take the train to London, you avoid Heathrow and the British APD!
(APD = Air Passenger Duty, particularly high to & from UK airports.)
Sorry Paul but you’ve lost me !
If you fly to Marseilles and take the 760 mile train journey to London you’ll avoid the APD.
True. But that will cost you more than the APD and you’ll waste a day.
You dont see much from the window on a train doing 186 MPH.
Be aware that the nation with the most heavily taxed European passengers is France, where over 60% of airport and passenger charges are in the form of state taxes to be paid by the passenger.
Aside from a chance to take another jab at Heathrow, my point was that if you wanted to visit both London and Provence, you might save a bit by making London last, rather than first.