We normally travel late morning, getting into Paris around 2:00pm.
At present Eurostar is concentrating on developing its connections with other services, but direct services to other destinations would be possible.
Taking a bus is possible but the direct bus only appears to run on certain days of the week.
In 2007 Eurostar set a target of carrying 10 million passengers by 2010.
Unlike conventional railways, the high speed line follows the contours of the land more like a motorway, and you will feel the Eurostar rising onto the hills and settling into the dips.
In an independent review commissioned by Eurostar, the company came in for serious criticism about its handling of the incident and lack of plans for such a scenario.