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| Eurostar sales up despite chaos | Eurostar sales up despite chaos |
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| Ticket sales and passenger numbers rose at Eurostar in 2009, despite the breakdown of trains in December that left thousands of passengers stranded. | Ticket sales and passenger numbers rose at Eurostar in 2009, despite the breakdown of trains in December that left thousands of passengers stranded. |
| Sales at Eurostar last year reached £675.5m - an increase of 1.7% on 2008. | Sales at Eurostar last year reached £675.5m - an increase of 1.7% on 2008. |
| The cross-Channel rail service carried 1.2% more passengers, with total traffic rising to 9.2 million people. | The cross-Channel rail service carried 1.2% more passengers, with total traffic rising to 9.2 million people. |
| On Monday the company admitted it expects to pay up to £10m in compensation to passengers affected by the travel chaos before Christmas. | |