Eurotunnel for EV’s
Discussion
Michael_B said:
vikingaero said:
I live 30 mins from the Tunnel and I probably travel about 6 times a years across the Channel. Maybe it's because I travel off -peak/mid season that I endure constant delays, cancellations and curtailments. I'm one of the unlucky ones that seem to be shafted by Le Shuttle. And my response is to f
k 'm and the last 3 trips I've done Newhaven-Dieppe which is fantastic.
Born and dragged up in Maidstone, I was no stranger to numerous Channel ferry trips per year in my younger days.k 'm and the last 3 trips I've done Newhaven-Dieppe which is fantastic.But by the mid 90s when the Chunnel opened, I had a wife, two kids and a massive mortgage on a house in Weybridge, so was mostly taking the ferry for any rare continental trips.
Since moving to Switzerland in 1999, I’ve returned by car a total of three times, 2000, 2019 and 2024. Probably never again!
On the face of it there is some sense in this were it not for the fact that they do not organise loading to make maximum use of the available space. It's just another way to rip off the customer.
The Chunnel has definitely gone on a post Covid pisstake. Still favour it over a ferry but it is very far from the pleasure it once was. The new fee I noticed the other week was a £40 charge for turning up early and wanting to get an earlier half empty train. The time before that was getting stuck three hours on the French side due to delays but this was mainly a huge wodge of flexiplus traffic bumping everyone out and then when we finally did get on I had to take the children to the khazi and as well as the lavatories being absolutely vile and third world, we walked through 4 empty carriages en route.
They have a lot of debt that is now much more expensive to finance and so lots of new fees.
Shame really.
They have a lot of debt that is now much more expensive to finance and so lots of new fees.
Shame really.
Had another gentle reminder of the joys of my Christmas UK trip, when I received a fine notice from European Parking Collection plc (who managed foreign collection of DoT charges) for supposedly not having paid the Dart Charge for my northbound crossing on December 18th.
The letter was dated 7th May, as it had taken them from December until then to trace my name and home address from the Geneva registration plate. Then the wonderful Royal (or is it Czech these days?) Mail and the marvellous Poste Suisse had conspired not to deliver it to my home address until May 30th, as it was sent 2nd class. Therefore outside the 14 day grace period for me to have just paid the £2.50 and that would be an end to it, and that I was now liable for a £70 fine on top.
So this morning I sent (via the EPCPLC website) the appropriate extract from my Revolut statement, showing the £2.50 had indeed been paid... OK, on the morning of Dec 20th and not before midnight on the 19th, but I was aware of there being some leeway for first offenders.
The automated reply said that I would receive a response to my contestation within 42 days.
The letter was dated 7th May, as it had taken them from December until then to trace my name and home address from the Geneva registration plate. Then the wonderful Royal (or is it Czech these days?) Mail and the marvellous Poste Suisse had conspired not to deliver it to my home address until May 30th, as it was sent 2nd class. Therefore outside the 14 day grace period for me to have just paid the £2.50 and that would be an end to it, and that I was now liable for a £70 fine on top.
So this morning I sent (via the EPCPLC website) the appropriate extract from my Revolut statement, showing the £2.50 had indeed been paid... OK, on the morning of Dec 20th and not before midnight on the 19th, but I was aware of there being some leeway for first offenders.
The automated reply said that I would receive a response to my contestation within 42 days.
DonkeyApple said:
The Chunnel has definitely gone on a post Covid pisstake. Still favour it over a ferry but it is very far from the pleasure it once was. The new fee I noticed the other week was a £40 charge for turning up early and wanting to get an earlier half empty train. The time before that was getting stuck three hours on the French side due to delays but this was mainly a huge wodge of flexiplus traffic bumping everyone out and then when we finally did get on I had to take the children to the khazi and as well as the lavatories being absolutely vile and third world, we walked through 4 empty carriages en route.
They have a lot of debt that is now much more expensive to finance and so lots of new fees.
Shame really.
I just used the Eurotunnel this week and in both directions, at check-in, I was offered an earlier train at no extra charge when I arrived early. They have a lot of debt that is now much more expensive to finance and so lots of new fees.
Shame really.
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