London-Amsterdam trains back after eight months

Eurostar direct service resumes for initial seven-week period

- NEIL LANCEFIELD and AMELIA NEATH

Eurostar has resumed running direct services from Amsterdam and Rotterdam to London after an eight-month suspension while a new terminal was built.

Since June 2024, passengers travelling from the Dutch capital to London needed to take a train to Brussels, where they would pass through border checks before changing to another Eurostar service. A new terminal at Amsterdam Centraal station also opened yesterday, enabling Eurostar to reintroduce direct departures. It is now running three daily return services between London and Amsterdam on weekdays and Sundays, with two on Saturdays. The company’s ambition is for this to increase to five by 2026.