Making Tracks to Alps From London

A new weekly train to French Alps ski resorts from London, via the Channel Tunnel, began operating last week and will continue through the ski season, to April 18.

The train leaves London’s Waterloo station at 8:57 a.m. on Saturdays and arrives eight hours later at the Mou^tiers/Bourg St. Maurice station, near the resorts of Val d’Isere, Tignes and Les Arcs; the return route leaves at 9:53 a.m. on Saturdays. One-way adult fares are $139 in coach and $199 in first class. For more information, contact Eurostar: tel. (800) 387-6782.