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Wednesday 15 July 2009 8:00 pm

EUROSTAR NUMBERS DERAILED

By: admindrupal

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EUROSTAR, the cross-channel train service, said yesterday its passenger numbers for the first half of the year tumbled six per cent to 4.34m from the same period a year ago, as business passengers shunned the service. The business now says it is unlikely to reach its target of carrying 10m passengers in a year by 2010.

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