London 2012 Olympic champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill has helped to launch Eurostar’s new “golden trains” that will transport athletes and fans to the Paris Olympics this summer.
As the official travel partner for Team GB and ParalympicsGB, Eurostar is gearing up to welcome over 2,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes on board from four teams: Team GB, Team Belgium, Team Netherlands, and Team Germany.
The two new golden e320 trains, decorated in honour of the athletes, have been launched a month before the Olympic games begin.
As the official travel partner for Team GB and ParalympicsGB, Eurostar is gearing up to welcome over 2,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes on board from four teams: Team GB, Team Belgium, Team Netherlands, and Team Germany.
The two new golden e320 trains, decorated in honour of the athletes, have been launched a month before the Olympic games begin.
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00:00So today marks one month to Olympic Games and two months to the Paralympic Games and to honour those
00:05great events we're launching our Eurostar Golden Train and that's really a symbol to our athletes
00:11going for gold during the Games but also for our passengers travelling to the Games this summer
00:16and we're super honoured to be partnering with Team GB and Team Paralympics GB as well as
00:21Team Netherlands, Team Germany and Team Belgium to make this the greenest Games ever.
00:26We certainly hope that our trains come back heavier with a lot of gold, silver, bronze.
00:31We're here to celebrate a month till the Olympic Games and two months of the Paralympic Games and
00:37celebrating this amazing Eurostar Golden Train which will be heading to and from Paris during
00:42the Games. I think preparation for athletes and travel is really important in their performance
00:48so that they're ready and at their best and I think travelling on the Eurostar is just such
00:52an easy, really great way to travel to Paris. It's so relaxing and just a really great preparation
01:00for the athletes. Yeah I think it's going to be an amazing Games. I think we've got some
01:05great medal prospects from Great Britain.