A Passport Control sign is pictured at S
A Passport Control sign is pictured at Saint Pancras station in north London, 04 September 2007. A Eurostar train shattered the record for the quickest rail journey between Paris and London on Tuesday, using a new high-speed track that shaved some 30 minutes off the previous fastest time. The record bid was launched to herald the public opening on November 14 of the new stretch of track in Britain and a new Eurostar terminal at London's Saint Pancras station. The 306 mile (492 kilometre) journey from the Gare du Nord in Paris to Saint Pancras took just two hours, three minutes and 39 seconds from station to station. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)

Eurostar train passengers arrive at Sain
Eurostar train passengers arrive at Saint Pancras station in north London, 04 September 2007. A Eurostar train shattered the record for the quickest rail journey between Paris and London on Tuesday, using a new high-speed track that shaved some 30 minutes off the previous fastest time. The record bid was launched to herald the public opening on November 14 of the new stretch of track in Britain and a new Eurostar terminal at London's Saint Pancras station. The 306 mile (492 kilometre) journey from the Gare du Nord in Paris to Saint Pancras took just two hours, three minutes and 39 seconds from station to station. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)

A Eurostar train arrives at Saint Pancra
A Eurostar train arrives at Saint Pancras station in north London, 04 September 2007. A Eurostar train shattered the record for the quickest rail journey between Paris and London on Tuesday, using a new high-speed track that shaved some 30 minutes off the previous fastest time. The record bid was launched to herald the public opening on November 14 of the new stretch of track in Britain and a new Eurostar terminal at London's Saint Pancras station. The 306 mile (492 kilometre) journey from the Gare du Nord in Paris to Saint Pancras took just two hours, three minutes and 39 seconds from station to station. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)