Eurostar plans direct trains from London to Germany and Switzerland

Eurostar has unveiled plans to launch direct services connecting the UK with Germany and Switzerland (Gareth Fuller/PA)

By Neil Lancefield, PA Transport Correspondent
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Eurostar has unveiled plans to launch direct services connecting the UK with Germany and Switzerland.

The operator claimed a “new golden age of international sustainable travel is here” as it announced proposals to run trains between London St Pancras and both Frankfurt and Geneva from the “early 2030s”.