Need for speed: Europe's high speed trains

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Need for speed: Europe's high speed trains

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Europe's high-speed trains have proven so popular than some inter-city plane routes are being cancelled.

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Faster than a speeding plane ... about 90 per cent of people travelling between Paris and London now take the Eurostar.Credit:AFP

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Beats cattle class ... on board the Eurostar.Credit:Wade Laube

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Start your engines ... TGV trains at Gare de Lyon Railway Station in France.Credit:Jean-Bernard Cari/Lonely Planet

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The train in Spain flies faster than the plane ... an AVE train.

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Scenic ... an AVE train in Spain.

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The first Eurostar train slides out of the elegantly refurbished St Pancras station in London, marking the start of a new high-speed run to Paris.Credit:AFP

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The new line built for the Eurostar will allow trains to touch speeds of 299 km/h.Credit:AP

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Journey times from London to Paris will now drop to two hours and 15 minutes, while Brussels will take one hour and 51 minutes.Credit:AFP

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Members of the public wait outside a glass barrier for the arrival of the first Eurostar train at St Pancras Station.Credit:AFP

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Eurostar train driver Marc Faureau arrives on the first train from Paris to the new Eurostar terminal at St Pancras.Credit:AFP

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Eurostar staff hold a banner before the departure of the first Eurostar from Brussels' Midi station to London's St Pancras station.Credit:AFP

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Passenger Roger Kemp diplays his ticket for the first Eurostar train leaving St Pancras Station.Credit:AFP

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British singer Lily Allen performs to crowds on the last day of Eurostar operating cross-channel trains from Waterloo station in London.Credit:AP

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Eurostar trains at the new Eurostar terminal at St Pancras Station in London.Credit:AFP

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