Rolling stock › On order and planned
Eurostar Celestia
Alstom's double-deck Avelia Horizon, ordered to grow Eurostar's fleet to 67 trains with the 17 e320s and open new routes to Frankfurt and Geneva.
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- Type
- Double-deck high-speed train
- Builder
- Alstom (Avelia Horizon)
- In service
- first trains January 2031; in service from May 2031
- Operators
- Eurostar
- Formation
- 200 m; two can run together as a 400 m train
- Trains in fleet
- 30 ordered, with an option for 20 more
- Profile
- main-line
- Seats per train
- 540
- Total capacity
- about 540 seats per 200 m train, about 1,080 for two coupled
- Status
- On order. Temple Mills depot is to be upgraded for them.
Sources
- Introducing Eurostar Celestia, Eurostar, 22 October 2025 (order, option, dates, length, seats, fleet of 67, depot upgrade)
- Direct services to Frankfurt and Geneva with new fleet, Eurostar, 10 June 2025 (Frankfurt and Geneva)
- 2025 full-year results, Eurostar, 2 June 2026 (first payment to Alstom)