Tickets for travel on the high-speed rail line will be available from £59 return for 12 days between November 13 and 24.

The £59 fare could get you to a number of European cities including Paris, Brussels, Lille or Calais in standard class. Travel on a sale-price ticket would have to be between January 5 and February 12.

Seats in standard premier class – which affords passengers more space and includes a light meal on board - will also be reduced to a starting price of £149 return.

Other Belgian stations, including Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent, can be reached for just £69 return or £166 return in standard premier.

Those wanting to enjoy a wintry city break will also find that their Eurostar tickets grant them 2-for-1 on admission to a range of museums and galleries including the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and Le Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille.

Eurostar trains started running high-speed trains on the French side in November 1994.

Work on the Channel Tunnel began in 1987, with boring starting on the British side in December, then two months later on the French side.

New trains coming into service in autumn next year will operate first to southern France and in 2016 to Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

To book Eurostar tickets visit www.eurostar.com or call the Eurostar contact centre on 08432 186 186.