Eurostar Service Quality Performance

Before travel

Customers can request a copy of our Conditions of Carriage from our contact centre or find them on eurostar.com.

Our train times are always available online through the booking magnet on eurostar.com via the main page and travel info.

Information on ticket prices and conditions are always available via eurostar.com, and can also be obtained from our stations and contact centre, details of which can be found at the bottom of this document.

Information on accessibility, access conditions and availability of onboard facilities for disabled people and people with reduced mobility is available on request from all Eurostar stations, our contact centre and on eurostar.com.

Information on accessibility and access conditions for bicycles is also available from all Eurostar stations, our contact centre and on eurostar.com.

Information about incidents which cause significant disruption (i.e. delays of more than 60 minutes which affect more than one train) is available via our live travel information page on eurostar.com. Our contact centre can provide additional help for customers who are unable to use our website.

When services are severely disrupted, we will aim to issue information through travel bulletins on local radio and television, and also through social media such as Twitter. Live travel information is also available on eurostar.com. Customers can also opt in (at the time of booking) to receive updates by text and email about possible delays or service alterations, prior to their arrival at the departure station. In the event of a delay in which customers are eligible for compensation, this system is also used to inform customers about who they need to contact to receive this.

Information about our travel classes and availability of onboard services is available from all Eurostar stations, our contact centre and via eurostar.com.

To find out about procedures for reclaiming lost luggage, customers can visit eurostar.com or contact the station where the item was last seen or where the train arrived.

During the journey

All our trains have clear signage above the internal doors at the end of each coach, giving information about the location and availability of onboard toilets and the bar coaches. Customers can also ask any member of the Eurostar onboard team for this information.

Information regarding the next station will be announced onboard by our train managers.

In the case of delays the train manager will announce information at appropriate intervals.

The train manager will also make announcements about main connecting services.

Safety guideline leaflets can be found onboard, and the train manager will also make announcements shortly before departure. Further announcements are made shortly after departure. Train managers can also be contacted at all times via the team at the bar coaches.

Tickets

Buying tickets

Customers can buy tickets for travel in advance or on the day of travel by visiting eurostar.com, through the Eurostar app, by calling our contact centre, or by visiting one of our stations in person.

Ticket refunds

Refunds of unused tickets are made through the original point of sale, provided the ticket purchased is refundable. Therefore, if the customer bought the ticket on eurostar.com and it is refundable, it may be refunded via eurostar.com.

If the customer has already taken part of a ticketed journey and is requesting a refund as a result of a cancellation or compensation for a delay for which compensation is payable, the refund for the applicable journey, is made by our Customer Care Team. We will aim to make such refunds within one month of a request and where not possible, no later than three months of a request.

If, before departure, it is reasonably expected that there will be a delay of 60 minutes or more on the Eurostar service, customers will be entitled to either a full refund or to postpone their journey to a later date. To claim the refund customers simply need to complete our online contact us form with details of the original ticket to change their booking. Customers can make the change directly through the Manage Your Booking section at eurostar.com.

At Eurostar we set ourselves high standards of train punctuality and make every effort to get passengers to their destination on time. Our 2024 target is to ensure:

• 76% of trains arrive within 5 minutes of their scheduled arrival time.
• 88% of trains arrive within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time.

There are occasions, usually outside of our control, where trains may be delayed or disrupted. When this is the case, this is how we will help customers:

Delays of 30 – 60 minutes affecting more than one service:

Updated announcements will be made within the station every 10 minutes.

Updated announcements will be made onboard the affected trains at appropriate intervals (usually every 10 minutes for the first 30 minutes and at least every 15 minutes thereafter).

Information about connections and onward travel will be available from the train manager.

Delays in excess of 60 minutes affecting more than one service

Updated announcements will be made within the station every 10 minutes.

Updated announcements will be made onboard the affected trains at appropriate intervals (usually every 10 minutes for the first 30 minutes and at least every 15 minutes thereafter).

Information and help regarding connections and onward travel will be available from the train manager.

The train manager will make an announcement regarding the reason for the delay, the effect on arrival times and whether compensation is applicable.
Regular announcements about delay compensation will be made onboard the affected trains.

We will make every effort to give customers refreshments appropriate to the circumstances, location and duration of the delay.

Where possible, passengers will be assisted with rebooking onward connections. And as a member of the Railteam alliance, customers are entitled through the ‘Hop on the next available train’ agreement to take the next available high-speed service leaving from the same station as originally planned when a delay or cancellation of a preceding Railteam member’s high-speed service results in the customer making their originally planned connection. This applies between high-speed services of Railteam alliance members.

Where possible, a taxi or hotel will be made available to customers on arrival when the delay occurs late at night and public transport is unavailable.

Where possible and subject to availability we will book hotels for customers who cannot reach their onward connection or final destination on the same day and are unable to make their own arrangements. If customers do make their own arrangements we will cover reasonable costs for hotels or taxis where receipts are provided.

Delays in excess of 60 minutes affecting the majority of services

When major disruptions occur, we will do our best to help our travellers with onward connections, refreshments, hotels and taxis. As well as the usual communication channels we will also provide further information through the local press and eurostar.com so customers can decide whether they still wish to continue their journey as booked.

Delay Compensation Policy

For delays to Eurostar services, we will make the following compensation available to customers:

Delays of 60-119 minutes - We offer a Eurostar e-voucher (“e-voucher”) worth 30% of the affected leg. Alternatively, customers may claim a 25% refund of the affected leg of the journey.*

Delays of 120-179 minutes - We offer a Eurostar e-voucher (“e-voucher”) worth 60% of the affected leg. Alternatively, customers may claim a 50% refund of the affected leg of the journey.*

Delays of 180 minutes or more - We offer a Eurostar e-voucher (“e-voucher”) worth 75% of the affected leg. Alternatively, customers may claim a 50% refund of the affected leg of the journey.*

* This will be calculated based on the price actually paid by you for the leg of the journey subject to the delay

If customers choose an e-voucher, they have three months from the date of the delay to claim it and 12 months from the date of the delay to redeem it on a new journey. To claim, customers can go to https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-info/service-information/claiming-compensation.

Partial refunds will be provided by way of a bank transfer or refund to the original credit card used and must be claimed within three months of the delay on our website, using the details of the original ticket.

To apply for a refund, customers should submit their request online.

Punctuality Performance

Year to date results for April 2023 to the end of March 2024 are:

• 72.8% of trains arrived with less than 5 minutes delay
• 86.5% of trains arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time

Cancellation of trains

When trains are cancelled, we provide the same information and help we give to customers affected by delays, and the same compensation policy applies.

If a train is cancelled and as a result there will be a delay on arrival at the destination station of 60 minutes or more, customers will be entitled to either a full refund of their ticket for the affected journey if they choose not to travel or can postpone their journey to a later date or time. If they travel on the next available service, the same day they are entitled to delay compensation if they arrive with an overall delay of 60 minutes or more.

Train cleaning

Our trains are cleaned after each commercial service and undertake periodic deep cleaning operations. On some services we have in-journey cleaners that focus on maintaining the overall level of cleanliness en route. We conduct several independent train cleaning audits each month across our locations and our suppliers also conduct their own audits against the same criteria.

Train cleaning audits are carried out against an agreed criteria for 'What good looks like' and allocated a score of good, satisfactory or unacceptable. Appropriate weighting is applied to the scoring and any overall audit score below 95% is considered unacceptable. During periods of major disruption, the specification is slightly modified to reduce the delay of the subsequent journey, however all priority items are cleaned after every journey. The monthly KPI target for cleaning audits is 95%.

Performance: train cleaning

The train cleaning target for 2023 was 92%. (customers rating the on-board cleanliness as good, very good and outstanding). Overall result for 2023 was 90.1%. Target for 2024 remains at 92%; to achieve this target additional deep cleaning operations during the nights and reactive cleaning during the day (to treat stains on seats and carpets) have been added in all our locations The monthly Customer Satisfaction survey is run by Kokoro on behalf of Eurostar.

Stations

Our Stations are also deep cleaned regularly and there are always cleaners present during our hours of operation to keep the station environment as clean, safe and clear of litter as possible. Each month we conduct audits of our stations. All of these audits are accompanied by a representative from the cleaning supplier.

Air conditioning

Our trains are equipped with air conditioning. Should this fail, our train manager will do everything possible to move customers to an alternative coach.

Customer Satisfaction Survey

We continuously monitor customer satisfaction through a range of different methods. We use a post-journey online survey to ask customers what they think about the key aspects of their Eurostar experience, their satisfaction with each stage of the customer journey as well as their experience of interacting with Eurostar staff. We also ask customers how likely they are to recommend Eurostar (NPS). This survey is conducted by the independent market research agency Kokoro. We give all our customers (for whom we have email addresses for) the opportunity to complete this survey and usually obtain a c.10% response rate. The questionnaire takes around 10- 15 minutes to complete.

We also utilise Usabilla on Eurostar.com to get live feedback from customers when they are using our website; this allows us to make enhancements to our website based on customer feedback.

Ad-hoc research including quantitative surveys, qualitative methods and ethnography is deployed to fill the gaps in the business’ knowledge not covered by the above.

All this customer feedback is used across the business by senior management to direct long-term strategy, and tactically by customer-facing teams to help improve customer service.

Our Customer Care Team is here to correspond with customers who are unhappy with their experience of Eurostar. Complaints and feedback are raised to responsible managers for comment, investigation and remedial action as required. Appropriate compensation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. We will use the customer’s preferred contact method when responding to a complaint.

Information on how to submit a complaint regarding our services is available via eurostar.com.

Between 1st April 2023 and 31st March 2024 our Customer Care team received 40975 customer contacts that were logged as a complaint.. During this period we responded to 98.47% of complaints within 30 days and the average time customers waited for a response was 5 days.

The table below shows a breakdown of the top ten reasons for complaints dealt with by our Customer Care team between 1st April 2023 until 31st March 2024. This team also responds in cases where customers praise our service and also passes on suggestions for changes to services as well as complaints and requests for compensation due to delays.

Types of complaint – breakdown by theme

Top 10 complaints

April 2023 – End of March 2024

Onboard experience (specifically seating, cleanliness and toilets) - 22.12%

Aftersales (exchanges and refunds) - 12.62%

Online account Account maintenance - 6.96%

Booking process - 4.63%

Website or app issues - 4.59%

Disruption - delays and cancellations - 4.53%

Policy - 2.92%

Amsterdam/Rotterdam feedback - 2.45%

Staff - 2.38%

Stations - 0.99%

We also track any complaints we receive related to assistance and this represented 0.8% of the complaints received during this period.

Our customers can easily contact us to complain using our contact us form or calling us. This is detailed in our complaints handling procedure on www.eurostar.com. In 2023 we introduced a new contact us form that makes it even easier for a customer to be directed to the correct team to help them resolve their complaint.

The feedback we receive from customer complaints isused across the business by senior management to direct long-term strategy, and tactically by customer-facing teams to help improve customer service. This further complements the feedback received in our customer satisfaction surveys to drive continuous improvement actions. This information is presented to our senior management in a monthly forum and key actions identified and agreed.

Based on complaints received during this period we have implemented the following improvement actions:

We have worked on a new customer offer including new, more flexible aftersales conditions. This have taken into account customers feedback and now extends to offer a refund option on all fares. It also ensures a clear and consistent offer across all our routes and markets. The new aftersales go live on 23 April 2024 for journeys from early November 2024 onwards.

Improved the process we have to handle any last-minute changes to the type of train used to form a service. This included a full review and new standard operating procedure introduced for all teams to follow to ensure customers are looked after and remain seated together.

Completed a full examination and replacement of components in our onboard toilets to improve reliability and increased capacity to empty tanks and refill water. These actions have significantly improved performance of the toilets for customers.

Increased the frequency of trains with onboard cleaners focussing on peak trains and those with multiple journeys planned in one day.

The complaints received regarding online accounts, booking process and website/app issues were addressed by the launch of a new website/app in September 2023.

In addition to the actions listed above we are also improving the station experience for our customers this includes the addition of extra e-gates in London and Paris. The refurbishment of the toilets in St Pancras and an ongoing improvement plan for the lounges in both London and Brussels.

For customers with a disability or reduced mobility we offer assistance on departure and arrival, with 2 options as follows:

1. Pre booking
For a guaranteed assistance booking on the day of travel, we ask customers to pre book at least 48 hours before their journey and arrive 75 minutes before departure.

To pre book an assistance customers can either:

• Call our contact centre on +44 (0)3432 186 186 - Select your language then option 4.

• Email us directly at: contactus@eurostar.com with “Assisted travel” in the subject line.

Or

• On our website, select the “contact us” tab, followed by the “email” tab and fill out the “contact us form”, selecting “Assistance” in the category dropdown menu

2. Turn-up-and-go
If pre booking 48 hours in advance is not possible, we ask our customers to arrive at least 75 minutes before departure – this is a non-guaranteed assistance booking, therefore we may have to change the customers initial ticket to a later departing train. Any ticket changes in these circumstances are made with no charge to the customer.

Customers who are disabled or have reduced mobility have the following services available to them:

• An assistance welcome point at each station.

• Wheelchair provision (if required) to take the customer through from checkin to the train.

• Assistance through check-in, security, and immigration authorities.

• Help boarding the train.

• Help disembarking from the train.

• Help with x2 bags, with a maximum weight limit of 15kg per bag.

• Assistance for the entire journey, if making a connection when booked at least 48 hours in advance.

Comprehensive information about the assistance services we provide and what to expect when travelling with us can be found on eurostar.com.

Contact Centre opening times

Eurostar Contact Centre - UK

Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 18:00 (UK time)
Weekends - 08:00 to 15:00 (UK time)
UK bank holidays - 08:00 to 15:30 (UK time)

The Special assistance line is open as above. Phone number is 08432 186186 then select your language and then option 6.

Eurostar Contact Centre – France

Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00

Weekends – 09.00 to 16.00

UK Bank Holidays, 09.00 to 16.30

01 70 70 60 88

Eurostar Contact Centre - Belgium

Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00

Weekends – 09.00 to 16.00

UK Bank Holidays, 09.00 to 16.30

01 70 70 60 88

Eurostar Contact Centre - Netherlands

Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00

Weekends – 09.00 to 16.00

UK Bank Holidays, 09.00 to 16.30

02 071 68 325

Ticket Office opening times

London St Pancras

Self-service ticket machines are available with staff members on hand to offer further assistance when needed during operating hours 04:30-19:45 Monday to Friday, 05:15-19:45 on Saturdays, and 06:45-19:45 on Sundays

Paris Ticket Office

Monday to Sunday, 06:00 to 21:00 (closes at 20.00 on Saturdays)

Brussels Ticket Office

Monday to Friday, 06.15 to 20.00

Saturday and Sunday, 07.15 to 20.00

Lille Ticket Office

Monday to Friday, 07.30 to 21.30

Saturday, 07.30 to 21.00

Sunday, 08.30 to 21.30

Please note ticket office opening times are shown above up to April 2024 but are subject to change in line with operational changes.

In application of Regulation ((EU) 2021/782 on the rights and obligations of passengers ("the Regulation"), and notably, Article 29, railway companies operating in the territory of a Member State of the European Union must publish an annual quality report (the "Quality Report").

This report follows the format of Annex III of the Regulation - Minimum Service Quality Standards.

• Travel information and ticket sales
• Punctuality of services: delays and cancellations
• Cleanliness of rolling stock and station facilities
• Customer satisfaction
• Complaints handling, refunds and compensation
• Assistance to PRM

Before travel

Customers can request a copy of our Conditions of Carriage from our contact centre or find them on eurostar.com.

Our train times are always available online through the booking magnet on eurostar.com via the main page and travel info.

Information on ticket prices and conditions are always available via eurostar.com and can also be obtained from our stations and contact centre, details of which can be found at the bottom of this document.

Information on accessibility, access conditions and availability of onboard facilities for disabled people and people with reduced mobility is available on request from all Eurostar stations, our contact centre and on eurostar.com.

Information on accessibility and access conditions for bicycles is also available from all Eurostar stations, our contact centre and on eurostar.com.

Information about incidents which cause significant disruption (i.e. delays of more than 60 minutes which affect more than one train) is available via our live travel information page on eurostar.com. Our contact centre can provide additional help for customers who are unable to use our website.

When services are severely disrupted, customers can opt in (at the time of booking) to receive updates by text and email about possible delays or service alterations prior to their arrival at the departure station. In the event of a delay in which customers are eligible for compensation, this system is also used to inform customers about who they need to contact to receive this.

Information about our travel classes and availability of onboard services is available from all Eurostar stations, our contact centre and via eurostar.com.

To find out about procedures for reclaiming lost luggage, customers can visit eurostar.com or contact the station where the item was last seen or where the train arrived.

During the journey

All our trains have clear signage above the internal doors at the end of each coach, giving information about the location and availability of onboard toilets and the bar coaches.

Customers can also ask any member of the Eurostar onboard team for this information.

Information regarding the next station will be announced on board by our train managers.

In the case of delays the train manager will announce information at appropriate intervals.

The train manager will also make announcements about main connecting services.

Safety guideline leaflets can be found on board, and the train manager will also make announcements shortly before departure. Further announcements are made shortly after departure. Train managers can also be contacted at all times via the team at the bar coaches.

Tickets

Buying tickets

Customers can buy tickets for travel in advance or on the day of travel by visiting eurostar.com, by calling our contact centre, or by visiting one of our stations in person.

Ticket refunds

Refunds of unused tickets are made through the original point of sale, provided the ticket purchased is refundable. Therefore, if the customer bought the ticket on eurostar.com and it is refundable, it may be refunded via eurostar.com.

If the customer has already taken part of a ticketed journey and is requesting a refund as a result of a cancellation or compensation for a delay for which compensation is payable, the refund is made by our Customer Care team. We will aim to make such refunds within one month of a request and where not possible, no later than three months after a request.

If, before departure, it is reasonably expected that there will be a delay of 60 minutes or more on the Eurostar service, customers will be entitled to either a full refund or to postpone their journey to a later date. To claim the refund, customers simply need to complete our online refund request form with details of the original ticket to change their booking. Customers can make the change directly through the Manage Your Booking section on eurostar.com.

Delays:

At Eurostar, we set ourselves high standards of train punctuality and make every effort to get passengers to their destination on time. Our 2024 target is to ensure that

85.5% of trains arrive within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time.

There are occasions, usually outside of our control, where trains may be delayed or disrupted. When this is the case, this is how we will help customers:

Delays of 30 – 60 minutes affecting more than one service:

Updated announcements will be made within the station where possible.

Updated announcements will be made on board the affected trains at appropriate intervals.

Information about connections and onward travel will be available from the train manager or station staff.

Delays in excess of 60 minutes affecting more than one service:

Updated announcements will be made within the station every 10 minutes.

Updated announcements will be made on board the affected trains at appropriate intervals (usually every 10 minutes for the first 30 minutes and at least every 15 minutes thereafter).

Information and help regarding connections and onward travel will be available from the train manager.

The train manager will make an announcement regarding the reason for the delay, the effect on arrival times and whether compensation is applicable.

We will make every effort to give customers water appropriate to the circumstances, location and duration of the delay.

Where possible, passengers will be assisted with their onward connections. As a member of the Railteam alliance, customers are entitled through the ‘Hop on the next available train’ agreement to take the next available high-speed service leaving from the same station as originally planned when a delay or cancellation of a preceding Railteam member’s high-speed service results in the customer not making their originally planned connection. This applies between high-speed services of Railteam alliance members.

Where possible, a taxi or hotel will be made available to customers on arrival when the delay occurs late at night and public transport is unavailable.

Where possible and subject to availability, we will book hotels for customers who cannot reach their onward connection or final destination on the same day and are unable to make their own arrangements. If customers do make their own arrangements, we will cover reasonable costs for hotels or taxis where receipts are provided.

Delays in excess of 60 minutes affecting the majority of services:

When major disruptions occur, we will do our best to help our travellers with onward connections, refreshments, hotels and taxis. As well as the usual communication channels, we will also provide further information through the local press and eurostar.com so that customers can decide whether they still wish to continue their journey as booked.

Delay Compensation Policy

For delays to Eurostar services, we will make the following compensation available to customers:

Delays of 60–119 minutes – We offer a Eurostar e-voucher (“e-voucher”) worth 30% of the affected leg. Alternatively, customers may claim a 25% refund of the affected leg of the journey.*

Delays of 120–179 minutes – We offer a Eurostar e-voucher (“e-voucher”) worth 60% of the affected leg. Alternatively, customers may claim a 50% refund of the affected leg of the journey.*

Delays of 180 minutes or more – We offer a Eurostar e-voucher (“e-voucher”) worth 75% of the affected leg. Alternatively, customers may claim a 50% refund of the affected leg of the journey.*

* This will be calculated based on the price actually paid for the leg of the journey subject to the delay

If customers choose an e-voucher, they have three months from the date of the delay to claim it and 12 months from the date of the delay to redeem it towards a new journey. To claim, customers can go to to our claiming compensation page.

Partial refunds will be provided by way of a bank transfer or refund to the original credit card used and must be claimed within three months of the delay on our website, using the details of the original ticket.

To apply for a refund, customers should submit their request online.

Punctuality Performance

Year to date results for April 2023 to the end of March 2024 are:

80.6% of our trains arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time.

23.2% percent of our trains were delayed at departure.

19.4% percent of our trains were delayed at arrival, and of those:

• 16.7 percent of our trains were delayed by less than 60 minutes
• 2.2 percent of our trains were delayed by between 60 and 119 minutes
• 0.5 percent of our trains were delayed by 120 minutes or more

0.5% of our international train services were operationally cancelled.

We have not applied the force majeure grounds on any of our services and have compensated all customers for delays and cancellations during this period.

Cancellation of trains

When trains are cancelled, we provide the same information and give help to customers affected by delays, and the same compensation policy applies.

If a train is cancelled and as a result there will be a delay on arrival at the destination station of 60 minutes or more, customers will be entitled to either a full refund of their ticket for the affected journey if they choose not to travel or can postpone their journey to a later date or time. If they travel on the next available service on the same day they are entitled to delay compensation if they arrive with an overall delay of 60 minutes or more.

Stations

Eurostar does not manage train stations on its continental route services (Eurostar trains operated by THI Factory SA on routes between Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands). It is therefore not directly responsible for station cleanliness.

Eurostar do have agreements in place with station owners to ensure that a good level of cleanliness is maintained in the stations we operate in.

On trains

Train cleaning

Our trains are cleaned before each commercial service and undertake periodic deep cleaning operations.

Performance: train cleaning

The performance of train cleanliness is measured via:

Internal cleaning controls

"Mystery customers" who check the cleanliness on board during travel and at their seats.

In 2023, our performance reached a 98.2% compliance rate for inspections carried out by mystery customers during journeys.

Air conditioning

We ensure that train coach temperatures are controlled to offer a comfortable journey for travellers. We also ensure that the air conditioning is regularly maintained to ensure it is working properly and, where necessary, that issues are reported and fixed.

Customer Satisfaction Survey

Eurostar measures the satisfaction level of its customers via online surveys. The survey criteria are as follows:

Questionnaires are answered online after travel. The surveys are conducted continuously. In case of a delay exceeding 10 minutes, a special questionnaire is sent to each customer to determine their satisfaction level following the service disruption.

Customers have a scale from 0 to 10 to express their satisfaction level (0 means that the customer is completely dissatisfied and 10 that they are completely satisfied). Travellers are considered satisfied when they enter a score equal to or greater than 7:

• From 0 to 4: they are considered dissatisfied
• From 5 to 6: they are considered moderately satisfied
• From 7 to 8: they are considered satisfied
• 9 and 10: they are considered completely satisfied

The satisfaction level for a given topic is, therefore, the proportion of customers who entered a score from 7 to 10.

All this customer feedback forms the basis of our continuous improvement plans. It is also used across the business by senior management to direct long-term strategy, and tactically by customer-facing teams to help improve customer service.

Our Customer Care team is here to correspond with customers who are unhappy with their Eurostar experience. Complaints and feedback are raised to responsible managers for comment, investigation and remedial action as required. Appropriate compensation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

We will use the customer’s preferred contact method when responding to a complaint.

Information on how to submit a complaint regarding our services is available via eurostar.com.

Between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024 our Customer Care team received 9,216 written customer contacts that were logged as a complaint.

The table below shows a breakdown of the top reasons for contact dealt with by our Customer Care team between 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2024. This team also responds in cases where customers praise our service and pass on suggestions for changes to services, as well as complaints and requests for compensation due to delays.

The main reasons for contact were:

Complaint (Station/On board) 61%

Refund 10%

Information 9%

Exchange 9%

Loyalty program / account management 7%

Others 4%

Eurostar offers customers various solutions to assist with disabilities or reduced mobility:

Travellers can request assistance up to 24 hours in advance with boarding and getting off the train on arrival. They can also request that an adapted taxi or car be booked for them. For customers unable to pre-book assistance, it is possible to ask for assistance at the station on the day of their journey. We ask that customers arrive at least 30 minutes before departure, and we'll aim to meet their assistance request in time for their train. However, we cannot guarantee they can travel on the initial train booked. We may need to move them to a later train, free of charge.

On board each Eurostar continental route train, two places are specially equipped for wheelchairs in coach 1. These places have an alarm button to call the train manager if assistance is required. The wheelchair accessible toilet is located nearby.

A special fare is also available for companions travelling with a passenger with a disability or reduced mobility and for people travelling in a wheelchair.

We have a newly recruited Accessibility Manager whose role it is to oversee the accessibility services we offer and drive continuous improvements. This role will also act as the link between our customer accessibility panel and the various organisations that we work with.

Comprehensive information about the assistance services we provide and what to expect when travelling with us can be found on eurostar.com.