Liberty Property Trust : Rail Europe Remains On Track At Kings Hill

Rail Europe remains 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 specially designed to suit its requirements.

Over 80 staff are based at the Kings Hill offices, and, said Andrew Blevins, managing director of Kings Hill developer Liberty Property 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 offers InterRail 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. Kings Hill 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 100 businesses 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.

For more information visit www.kings-hill.com

For further information on Kings Hill, please contact:
Alison Hardy, Maxim on 01892 513033 / Alison@maxim-pr.co.uk

Notes to Editors:

Liberty Property Trust UK Ltd (formerly Rouse Kent Ltd) is a subsidiary of US-based Liberty Property Trust, a Real Estate Investment Trust, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, is a leader in commercial real estate, serving customers in the United States and the United Kingdom, through the development, acquisition, ownership and management of superior office and industrial properties. Liberty Property Trust owns and manages more than 700 properties totalling 78 million sq ft, accommodating 1,900 occupiers and has a market capitalisation of $6.5 billion.

Liberty Property Trust UK is developing Kings Hill - www.kings-hill.com - as a rapidly growing new community combining commercial, residential, educational, retail, community, sports and leisure uses within 800 acres of highly landscaped low density park land. The US inspired concept aims to promote quality of life and provide a unique environment in which people can live, work, play and study. In addition to providing accommodation for SME's, Kings Hill also attracts significant international tenants such as Barclays, Rail Europe, Cabot Financial, Man Group and Kimberly-Clark.

Liberty Property Trust UK Ltd is also developing Didsbury Point business park in Manchester - www.didsburypoint.com, the Cambridge Biomedical Campus adjacent Addenbrooke's Hospital - www.cambridgebiomedicalcampus.com and Blythe Valley Park in the West Midlands - www.blythevalleypark.com.

Liberty Property Trust UK and Kent County Council have formed a collaborative public/private sector "partnership" having entered into a Development Agreement to create an exemplar mixed-use community. Kings Hill is the County's flagship development for attracting inward investment and promoting regional economic growth and it also seeks to deliver in all areas of existing and evolving Government policy priorities.

Rail Europe Ltd. - www.raileurope.co.uk - is a wholly owned subsidiary of the French national railways - SNCF. The company's call centre and head office is based in West Malling, Kent, while the Rail Europe Travel Centre is based on London's Piccadilly.

With over 100 years' experience in European rail travel, Rail Europe is able to assist travellers in planning their journey, from a simple cross Channel trip to longer more involved routes. The company offers a number of ticketing solutions in addition to traditional paper tickets, making the experience easier for customers. Collect at the station and print at home options allow increased flexibility to book tickets up to the time of departure.

European rail travel is constantly developing as governments continue to place more emphasis on developing high speed networks. These offer a low carbon, comfortable and efficient way to travel between major cities, regional towns and smaller villages for both business and leisure travellers. Through excellent relationships with European train operators and its parent company SNCF, Rail Europe remains at the forefront of promoting and selling European services to the UK market.