The Anonymous Widower

An E-Mail To Eurostar

The fuss about getting to The Netherlands by train seems to be escalating. I’ve had an e-mail which is very critical of the withdrawal of the local service from The Netherlands.

Although I had some unofficial feedback from a Eurostar employee, I thought it would be an idea to get the corporate view. So I sent this e-mail to the company.

I have bought a ticket to Any Dutch Station a couple of times, and find it is the easiest way to get to see my friend in The Hague.

I now see that this ticket has been discontinued and that there is no direct link to The Hague from Brussels.

I went in to your ticket office in St. Pancras last week and talked to one of your excellent sales staff. She felt that this is not best for Eurostar, as she told me, that she used to sell quite a few of these tickets.

I shall probably fly to Schipol in future, as it is the easiest way to get to anywhere other than Rotterdam or Amsterdam in The Netherlands.

I write for various publications and shall be writing a hard hitting article about this fiasco, which is obviously not of Eurostar’s doing.

I shall be going to The Netherlands via Brussels some time next week to see how the Dutch deal with a stroppy tourist, who wants to get a direct train from Brussels to The Hague.

The other great thing about the Any Dutch Station ticket was that you booked it in one, from your excellent web site.

I’ll post their reply when I get it.

January 2, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Eurostar, The Netherlands, Trains