Rail Europe keeps on track at Kings Hill
Continental train travel specialist Rail Europe is to retain its Kings Hill headquarters for a further ten years. The company is the UK’s leading specialist in tickets and passes for rail travel around Europe and has been based on the business park since 2001. Its office building, 34 Tower View, was speciallydesigned to suit its requirements. Over 80 staff are based at the Kings Hill offices, and, said Andrew Blevins, managing director of Kings Hill developer LibertyProperty Trust UK Ltd: “It is great news for Kings Hill and for Kent that Rail Europe is remaining here.” Rail Europe offers tickets for high speed, overnight and scenic rail journeys to and throughout Europe. It also offersInterRail passes covering up to 30 European countries, tickets for AutoTrain car carrying services and ski trains. Karen McClellan, deputy managing director of Rail Europe, commented: “Kings Hill is an ideal location for Rail Europe. Our staff come from throughout Kent and all find it easy to reach us due to the excellent transport links with both road and rail. The onsite facilities make it a pleasant and convenient place to work and I’m delighted that we will be remaining here for another ten years.” Hanover Green acted for the landlord and Watson Day for Rail Europe. Kings Hill is set in 800 acres near the county town of Maidstone and is just two miles from junction 4 of the M20. It also has excellent rail links to London and Europe, with trains to London and Ashford International from West Malling for Kings Hill station. Shuttle buses direct from Kings Hill deliver passengers to, and collect from, every train. KingsHill is less than 30 minutes drive from Ebbsfleet station where passengers can travel to St Pancras International in just 17 minutes, or catch the Eurostar to France and Belgium. Kings Hill was a former airfield and is now home to around 6,500 residents and more than 100businesses employing some 5,000 people. There is an 18 hole golf course, cricket pitch, David Lloyd leisure centre, further recreation and sports amenities, schools and a village centre with shops, restaurants and cafes as well as a surgery, dry cleaners, shoe repairers, pharmacy and opticians.
