London - Ashford -- Calais Fréthun -- Lille ------ Brussels/Paris
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<--60 mins->| <--35mins--->| <--25mins---->| <--40/60mins--> Average times

Eurostar - link to www.eurostar.com for on-line booking, timetables and fares, or call 0990 186 186 to book (+44 1233 617 575 from outside UK)

• high-speed passenger train
• 1 hour Ashford - Lille
• Group bookings - special rates for bookings of 10 or more people travelling together, tel: 0870 6000 777
• Travel beyond Eurostar - for information and bookings to Europe beyond Eurostar, phone 08705 848 848
• ask for special promotional offers
• it's often much cheaper if you book in advance

Ashford-Lille-Paris or Brussels
(a few trains stop at Calais-Fréthun)

Ashford International station

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Travel on Eurostar with your bike - if it's a folding bike, or in a bike bag. You are allowed two suitcases + hand baggage - a folded bicycle/bike bag counts as one suitcase.

Alternatively, send your bike 24 hours ahead of your departure, from Waterloo only, to Lille, Paris or Brussels - contact theRegistered Baggage Service on 08705 850850.

  for information about rail travel in Europe, and to
  book through tickets, phone 08705 848 848