The service is operated by eighteen - car Class 373 / 1 trains and sixteen - car Class 374 trains which run at up to 300 kilometres per hour (186 mph) on a network of high - speed lines. The LGV Nord line in France opened before Eurostar services began in 1994, and newer lines enabling faster journeys were added later -- HSL 1 in Belgium and High Speed 1 in southern England. The French and Belgian parts of the network are shared with Paris -- Brussels Thalys services and also with TGV trains. In the United Kingdom the two - stage Channel Tunnel Rail Link project was completed on 14 November 2007 and renamed High Speed 1, when the London terminus of Eurostar transferred from Waterloo International to St Pancras International.
when did the eurostar move to st pancras
14 November 2007