London 'to be linked to Paris Metro'

The Times reports that London could be linked to the Paris Metro under an ambitious plan to run international trains on a new €20 billion (£17 billion) line that will ring the French capital.

"SNCF, the state railway network, says that under the proposed system passengers would be able to take the Eurostar from London St Pancras direct to an underground stop on the new line, dubbed Le Grand Huit (The Big Eight) because it will form a double loop around Paris.

"Jean-Pierre Farandou, deputy managing director of the SNCF, said travellers would be able to get from the City to the La Défense business district west of Paris in two and a quarter hours."

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