The Compagnie des Alpes wants to bring back British tourists to the French ski resorts it operates.
The leisure giant, in agreement with Eurostar, is funding this winter the relaunch of a rail line departing from London St Pancras.
Named “Travelski Express”, it will only be accessible to customers of the Travelski site.
This European tour operator specializing in mountain stays is a 100% subsidiary of Compagnie des Alpes.
A seasonal line operated by Eurostar existed until December 2020, before the railway company announced its effective closure, provoking the ire of tourism professionals and local elected officials.
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The privatized line will therefore provide non-stop service to Moûtiers and Bourg-Saint-Maurice, the two major stations in the Tarentaise valley (Savoie).
It will run on weekends of the 2021-2022 ski season, with one outward and one return train per week.
Special buses will be chartered by Compagnie des Alpes to connect with the twelve resorts concerned in Haute-Savoie, Savoie and Hautes-Alpes (La Plagne, Les Arcs, Peisey-Vallandry, Tignes and Val d'Isère, Méribel, Les Menuires, Samoëns, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, Morillon, Flaine, Serre Chevalier Vallée).
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The Compagnie des Alpes
"will assume the financing"
of the rental of the line
"for the ski season 2021-2022"
. Its amount has not been disclosed. The commercial offer for English customers includes a pack aggregating
"transport, accommodation and ski passes"
for the areas concerned.