thanks to Eurostar services from London St Pancras International. While new direct rail routes from the English capital to Milan, Geneva and Zurich have been floated in recent weeks, nothing has ...

If any new operators move in to compete with Eurostar ... to predict until we see the route maps and timetables, but we can draw very rough approximate train times based on existing travel ...

Gemini isn't the only train operator eyeing up routes between the UK and Europe. Earlier this year, Virgin revealed its latest plans to take on Eurostar by ordering a dozen new trains to Europe.

Stratford International in East London is also on the route having opened in 2009, but has never been used by Eurostar and only serves Southeastern trains on the High Speed 1 route to Kent.