by business editor Trevor Sturgess

More people have been travelling on high-speed trains to Europe in the past three months.

Ticket sales by Eurostar, which is celebrating its 15th year of operation, jumped 6.8 per cent in the three months to September compared to the same quarter a year ago when a fire in the Channel Tunnel disrupted operations.

Business travel, which was badly affected by the recession, has also picked up, although Eurostar says the market continues to be "challenging".

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