Eurostar Orders €2bn Double‑Deck Train Fleet

A Eurostar €2bn deal with Alstom will buy up to 50 double‑deck Avelia Horizon trains — an initial 30‑unit order with an option for 20 — to be branded Eurostar Celestia and built in France. The fully electric 200m trains, which when coupled in 400m pairs would carry about 1,080 passengers (roughly 20% more seats than current e320s), are due to begin deliveries in January 2031 with commercial services from May 2031. Eurostar plans to use the new rolling stock to launch direct services from London St Pancras to Frankfurt and Geneva and operate them across its international network. The order would increase Eurostar’s fleet to as many as 67 trains alongside 17 existing e320s. Eurostar will invest about €80m to expand its Temple Mills depot — currently the only UK facility able to accommodate continental‑sized trains.