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and a complete waste of money...article said:
The largest tunnel of any kind in the UK is the 31-mile-long Channel crossing connecting Folkestone, Kent, with Calais in France. Opened in 1994, it is serviced by car-transporting trains rather than a road.
I always thought the channel tunnel should have been a road tunnel.
profstoff said:
article said:
The largest tunnel of any kind in the UK is the 31-mile-long Channel crossing connecting Folkestone, Kent, with Calais in France. Opened in 1994, it is serviced by car-transporting trains rather than a road.
I always thought the channel tunnel should have been a road tunnel.
Agreed - It would have been quicker to cross, employed far less people (so less running costs) etc...
In fact, it would have been as simple to get into France as it is for the rest of the europeans to cross each others borders.
I have no idea why we ended up with the time wasting, administration heavy, situation we have today. I can only think that the ferry companys wouldn't have liked it.
I think the ferries only survive BECAUSE of the pain that is the current channel tunnel crossing experience.
...dismounts high horse...
Scrooloose said:
im said:
I think the ferries only survive BECAUSE of the pain that is the current channel tunnel crossing experience.
Yeah, cos you wouldn't want to go anywhere other than Calais....... duh!
Yeah cos you couldn't drive quicker from Calais to Dieppe in the 4 hours it takes to get there from the Newhaven...duh
Not to mention the hour spent in pre-arrivals at Newhaven waiting to board and then the 1/2 disembarking at Dieppe...duh
Edited by im on Thursday 15th February 15:11
im said:
profstoff said:
article said:
The largest tunnel of any kind in the UK is the 31-mile-long Channel crossing connecting Folkestone, Kent, with Calais in France. Opened in 1994, it is serviced by car-transporting trains rather than a road.
I always thought the channel tunnel should have been a road tunnel.
Agreed - It would have been quicker to cross, employed far less people (so less running costs) etc...
In fact, it would have been as simple to get into France as it is for the rest of the europeans to cross each others borders.
I have no idea why we ended up with the time wasting, administration heavy, situation we have today. I can only think that the ferry companys wouldn't have liked it.
I think the ferries only survive BECAUSE of the pain that is the current channel tunnel crossing experience.
...dismounts high horse...
Probably from the economic model they used, a rail tunnel was more profitable, plus it gives them a chance to fleece us in the Eurotunnel shops which are twice the price of the Cite d'Europe next door and five times the price of the local Auchan!!!
ok, slight exaggeration but you get the point
profstoff said:
im said:
profstoff said:
article said:
The largest tunnel of any kind in the UK is the 31-mile-long Channel crossing connecting Folkestone, Kent, with Calais in France. Opened in 1994, it is serviced by car-transporting trains rather than a road.
I always thought the channel tunnel should have been a road tunnel.
Agreed - It would have been quicker to cross, employed far less people (so less running costs) etc...
In fact, it would have been as simple to get into France as it is for the rest of the europeans to cross each others borders.
I have no idea why we ended up with the time wasting, administration heavy, situation we have today. I can only think that the ferry companys wouldn't have liked it.
I think the ferries only survive BECAUSE of the pain that is the current channel tunnel crossing experience.
...dismounts high horse...
Probably from the economic model they used, a rail tunnel was more profitable, plus it gives them a chance to fleece us in the Eurotunnel shops which are twice the price of the Cite d'Europe next door and five times the price of the local Auchan!!!
ok, slight exaggeration but you get the point
It goes without saying that the profit motive was ALL that was considered when they decided to go ahead with it - as always.
See ya Sunday BTW
It'd be cheaper to move the Isle of Stornaway closer to the mainland.
Although as long as the Scottish Parliament uses Scottish tax money I don't care (it'll be their own voters that turn against them), so it might be another nail in the coffin of this pile of useless winkers we call the British Labour Government.
Although as long as the Scottish Parliament uses Scottish tax money I don't care (it'll be their own voters that turn against them), so it might be another nail in the coffin of this pile of useless winkers we call the British Labour Government.
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