Higher capacity UK terminal opens at Amsterdam Centraal station

NETHERLANDS: A larger and more modern terminal for UK-bound passengers at Amsterdam Centraal station was opened by international train operator Eurostar, Dutch national operator NS and infrastructure manager ProRail on February 10, when Eurostar resumed direct services through to London.

NS President & CEO Wouter Koolmees said ‘where ships used to leave for England, today trains leave for London. Not over, but under the sea and not a travel time of days but of a few hours.’

Eurostar said the terminal — entered on the city side of the station in the Amstelpassage — offers ‘a 21st-century travel experience’ in ‘one of Europe’s most historic stati…