Eurotunnel
Started by Daved in Ski Chatter - 15 Replies
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Aug 3, 2012
 1223 Posts 
Well, I reckon it's time they got rid of the trains and tarmacked the tunnels. They are only 31 miles long, so even if they restricted you to 60mph you would be through quicker than the trains. Just charge a fixed fee of say £10 to use it and you will see the end of ferries.

Imagine the fun you could have with a V8 or V12
Aug 4, 2012
 352 Posts 
Imagine the pile up in the tunnel when some numpty gets it wrong!
I can see my house from here...
Aug 6, 2012
 11496 Posts 
felthorpe wrote:Imagine the pile up in the tunnel when some numpty gets it wrong!
....and with the majority of them being holiday bumpties who don't travel as much, that would definitely happen a lot.
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Aug 6, 2012
 392 Posts 
Essentially they can't force you to use the return leg of a return ticket.

The only issue might be is if you tried to use the return leg of a ticket if you hadn't used the outbound portion. Even then you could argue you missed the train & got the ferry.
Andy M
Aug 6, 2012
 235 Posts 
And then they politely say "I'm sorry Mr. X but this isn't a valid ticket unless you've travelled on the outbound portion. I'm afraid you'll have to buy a full-price single." Since my earlier posting I asked someone I know who tried this and this is exactly what happened to them. Although it was 5-6 years ago, and on a ferry crossing, I'm not sure that much has changed, but you might be lucky ...
Aug 6, 2012
 882 Posts 
I only want the outbound ............
Aug 7, 2012
 235 Posts 
Apologies. I got the wrong end of the stick. I thought that you were hoping to come back on another cheap day return. But I assume that you're out for a while and will just book a standard single.
Aug 7, 2012
 392 Posts 
One option might be to buy two returns one starting in England & one in France & just use the outgoing portion of each.
Andy M

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