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Farewell Eurostar...
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Waterloo Sunset party: Eurostar Farewell by Scott McPherson
Tuesday November 13, 2007
London's Waterloo station buzzed with music and dance on Tuesday as Eurostar marked the end of 13 years of high-speed train services to the continent and prepared to move across town to the newly renovated St Pancras station.
A huge banner read "Goodbye to all our friends at Waterloo... Hello St Pancras" while music, dance and theatre groups performed in the departures hall to an audience of
Eurostar travellers and intrigued onlookers.
The party, named "Waterloo Sunset" after the 60s' song written by The Kinks about the station, also surprised passengers - some of whom had booked months in advance to take one of the last Eurostar trains from Waterloo.
We were first treated to a musical spectacle by Blazing Fire, before the special guest of the day, Lily Allen arrived to serenade us with a farewell to Waterloo International.
With the crowd in the station swelling we were treated to three songs. Two that would have been familiar to anyone who’s turned on a radio this year - “LDN” and then “Smile”. Her final song was a beautiful cover of The Kinks’ seminal “Waterloo Sunset”.
Since services began in November 1994, we're told that Eurostar has carried over 81 million travellers from the award-winning Waterloo International terminal. The upgrade of St Pancras station, about three miles north of Waterloo, cost £10 billion and includes a high speed rail line that should cut journey times to Paris by 20 minutes.
Passengers and staff told us that they will miss the Waterloo International terminal and I can say that I think I'll probably miss it too! Goodbye Eurostar at Waterloo International... Hello St Pancras!
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