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The Guardian - UK
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First Eurostar from St Pancras

St Pancras Eurostar service begins
Station staff cut a ribbon leading to the Eurostar platforms Photograph: Andrew Parsons/PA
St Pancras Eurostar service begins
The first passengers pass through the doors into the terminal Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP
St Pancras Eurostar service begins
Roger Kemp, the first passenger on the Eurostar from Waterloo in 1994, with his ticket for the new service Photograph: Andrew Parsons/PA
St Pancras Eurostar service begins
Staff wave off a train bound for Paris Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP
St Pancras Eurostar service begins
Greenpeace activists hoist a banner to show their support for the new rail link Photograph: Rose/Greenpeace/PA
St Pancras Eurostar service begins
Onlookers gather to watch the first Eurostar trains leave St Pancras Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty
St Pancras Eurostar service begins
A Eurostar train waiting by one of the new platforms Photograph: Andrew Parsons/PA
St Pancras Eurostar service begins
Passengers from the first international train to arrive at St Pancras enter the terminal Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty
St Pancras Eurostar service begins
Crowds at the platform-side champagne bar Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty
St Pancras Eurostar service begins
Eurostar trains waiting at the newly opened St Pancras terminal Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP
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