Private company

Eurostar Group

Logo: Eurostar Group, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

European rail company

Eurostar Group is the parent holding company of the Eurostar high-speed rail service. It wholly owns Eurostar International Limited (EIL), which operates Eurostar services via the Channel Tunnel, and THI Factory (THIF), which operates Eurostar services within continental Europe.2 Its chief executive is Gwendoline Cazenave (since 2022).1 It is part of Société nationale des chemins de fer français.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Apr 7, 2022Founded1
  • IndustryRenting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods, activities of holding companies1
  • HeadquartersSaint-Gilles1
  • Websitewww.eurostar.com
  • Legal formPublic limited company (Belgium)1
  • LEI213800ZAU9LG8CLO1B903
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressPLACE MARCEL BROODTHAERS 4, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Belgium3
  • Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 0784.617.6573

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2016-02 Eurostar trains
Photo: 0x010C, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Eurostar Group is the parent holding company of the Eurostar high-speed rail service. It wholly owns Eurostar International Limited (EIL), which operates Eurostar services via the Channel Tunnel, and THI Factory (THIF), which operates Eurostar services within continental Europe.2

Corporate structure

Eurostar Group is part of a group headed by Société nationale des chemins de fer français. 93 entities, 13 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Eurostar Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Leadership

Who has led Eurostar Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Jacques Damas2020–2022
  2. Gwendoline Cazenave2022–now
2025

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Apr 7, 2022Acquired Eurostar International1
  2. Apr 7, 2022Acquired THI Factory1

Timeline

  1. Feb 2, 2024Parent Directly consolidated by Société nationale des chemins de fer français3
  2. Oct 1, 2022New chief executive Gwendoline Cazenave becomes CEO1
  3. Apr 7, 2022Founded Founded1
  4. Oct 1, 2020New chief executive Jacques Damas becomes CEO1

Sources

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