Eurostar International Limited
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| Limited company | |
| Industry | Rail Transport |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | London, England |
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Key people
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Nicolas Petrovic (CEO) |
| Products | Rail Transport |
| Revenue |
 £857 million (2016) |
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£-25 million (2016) |
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| Owners |
SNCF (55%) Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (30%) Hermes Infrastructure (10%) NMBS/SNCB (5%) |
| Subsidiaries | Eurostar |
| Website | www |
Eurostar International Limited (EIL) is the railway company operating the international Eurostar train services between London, Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel. Eurostar was previously operated by three separate companies in Belgium, France and the United Kingdom, but this structure was replaced by EIL as a new single management company on 1 September 2010. EIL is owned by SNCF (55%), Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) (30%), Hermes Infrastructure (10%) and NMBS/SNCB (5%).
Eurostar International is the largest customer of Eurotunnel, the owners of the Channel Tunnel.
Eurostar International was formed in 1990 as European Passenger Services (EPS), as the division of British Rail responsible for the UK section of the Eurostar operation. Eurostar trains began operating on 14 November 1994, with EPS, NMBS/SNCB and SNCF were each responsible for the running of Eurostar services in their own territory.
On 1 April 1994, EPS signed a fixed-rate track access contract with Railtrack lasting until 29 July 2052 as part of the plans for Regional Eurostar services.
The privatisation of British Rail saw ownership of EPS transferred to London and Continental Railways (LCR) in 1996. This was part of the contract agreed with the Government of the United Kingdom for LCR build and operate High Speed 1 (HS1) between London and the Channel Tunnel. The company was renamed Eurostar (UK) Limited (EUKL) and was to use the income from EUKL to help finance the HS1 project.
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