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Upcoming rail strikes in the UK / Ongoing strikes in France - Normal timetable

UK: Upcoming rail strikes in the UK

Rail strikes have been announced in the UK on Saturday 03 June.
This strike will not affect our timetable. Eurostar trains running as normal.

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FRANCE: Ongoing strikes in France

There’s been a series of ongoing strikes in France since 07 March. New days of mobilisation may be announced by French unions at short notice. The next one will take place on Tuesday 6 June. It will not impact our timetable and our trains will run as normal on that day.

If we need to make timetable changes on other strike days, be sure that we will keep you informed as soon as more information becomes available.

Please click here for more information.

HONE YOUR CHEESE EXPERTISE

Tickle your tastebuds with a cheese-tasting experience hosted by Britain’s leading cheese writer and World Cheese Awards judge, Patrick McGuigan. In this foodie session you’ll get your teeth into some tasty cheese treats, feasting on flavours you’ve never tried before, while learning about how they’re produced. Try cheeses from different Eurostar destination cities and countries, including new wave and classic cheeses, or team them up with drinks to create a Eurostar destination-based taste test

On board:

  • Why beer is a better match than wine - basic rules of matching
  • Tasting - 3 cheeses from destination city/country, including new wave and classic cheeses. Or tasting and voting from departure country vs. destination e.g. cheeses and beers from UK vs. France.
  • Tutored tasting - insight on where cheeses/beers from and recent trends (e.g. rise of raw milk and wild yeasts, craft beer and new wave cheese)
  • Taste like a Professional - mystery cheese. Prizes for people identify same flavours as the experts.
  • Voting – delegates decide which match work best with which cheese
  • Before you disembark - where to buy and eat cheese in destination cities - best shops, markets, restaurants, bars etc.