No Train Strain For Spain?
Yesterday, amid great ceremony and under a spanking new roof which had replaced its dingy predecessor, the revamped St Pancras, recently re-opened by the Queen, began its role as the new London hub for the Eurostar and waved off the first of the new high-speed generation of trains as it hurtled towards Paris.nnReaching speeds of 186mph, the Tread Lightly - so named for its eco-friendly credentials - sped through the blurred Kent countryside, under the Channel and reached Pari