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Speed record foreshadows opening of UK's first high speed line
By Railway Gazette International and Murray Hughes2003-09-01T10:00:00
On July 30 a Eurostar trainset streaked through Kent on Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link to set a UK rail speed record of 334·7 km/h. Murray Hughes rode the record-breaker
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