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| Travelling Under The English Channel With A Car In A Train by Tats(m): 12:20pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
Ever thought of what it is like to travel inside a train with your car and the train goes under the water crossing from one country to another? Well, I'm talking about Euro Tunnel's Le Shuttle which goes between the UK and France under the English channel. I had the pleasure of crossing the channel with Le shuttle in October and enjoyed the 35 min trip. I had previously crossed the channel to France from the UK but went with my car in a ferry, so that was a different experience. Some of the pics of the return trip from France below have been impacted by motion so not very clear. Let me add that the train also carries fully loaded trailers and containers. The process from Folkestone in the UK is as follows, you book online and provide your car details, you turn up at the gate before your scheduled departure, your car is automatically recognised by the plates and you are given a paper with an alphabet which indicates the group you belong to which will enter a particular train. You park your car in the waiting area and can go into a building where you can shop or buy forex. There are large electronic boards inside the shopping area and outside. When your alphabet shows up as ready to board, you get into your car and head towards the train in a queue, drive through french immigration where they may or may not check passports and then drive towards the train. When you get into the train, compartments are formed of about 4 cars and then sealed, but the seals have doors where you can walk through. I guess the compartments are to prevent rare occurrences like fire from spreading fast. the train is air-conditioned and the journey takes 35 minutes under the water. You arrive in Calais France and just drive out straight onto the french Autoroute (motorway) and voila! you are in France. On return, its pretty much same process but this time, the UK immigration are in France and carefully scrutinising passports. When train arrives Folkestone, you just drive out onto the Motorway! 2 Likes
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| Re: Travelling Under The English Channel With A Car In A Train by Tats(m): 12:22pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
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| Re: Travelling Under The English Channel With A Car In A Train by Tats(m): 12:24pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
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| Re: Travelling Under The English Channel With A Car In A Train by Tats(m): 12:25pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
Driving off upon arrival 1 Like
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| Re: Travelling Under The English Channel With A Car In A Train by Artorius(m): 9:06pm On Nov 21, 2014 |
wow, that's pretty cool. 1 Like |
| Re: Travelling Under The English Channel With A Car In A Train by worry359(m): 5:38pm On Nov 22, 2014 |
Quite normal in civilized countries. 3 Likes 1 Share |
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