The Eurostar railway company wants to offer a direct connection between Switzerland and the UK for the first time. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Tuesday the subsidiary of the French railway group SNCF announced an expansion of its route network, which so far mainly connects London with Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris. By "the early 2030s", Geneva and Frankfurt are now also to be directly connected to the British capital. Eurostar is planning to purchase up to 50 new trains by 2030 and aims to transport 30 million passengers a year. Last year the company recorded growth in passenger numbers of 5% to 19.5 million. "Demand for train travel in Europe is strong and customers want to travel further by train than ever before," explained Gwendoline Cazenave, Director General of Eurostar. + Could a direct high-speed train link between Switzerland and London soon be a reality? However, new connections between London and mainland Europe are rare, as the ...
