2012 - Belgium
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Wait until that train driven onto the plane, for trains containing cars…...... madness I tell thee
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What? is that a train for vehicles? I've never seen that before.
Yes. For some reasons I can't fathom. It was decided that when they built the tunnel, it would not be for driving through. You have to drive onto a train and sit like a stuffed parrot for 40 minutes or so. I am sure there are longer tunnels in the world that one can drive through. The infrastructure on the Channel Tunnel is immense, mainly because of the bloody trains….
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Yep, they really screwed the pooch on that one (I love that phrase :-*)
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Are there bathrooms at all on those trains? or snack stations? Also, if one were to leave their car running, wouldn't that be dangerous? :o
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We went over to Belgium earlier in the year and I was amazed by the train as well, it's pretty cool for the uninitiated. I guess it cuts down on major delays by avoiding car crashes, might be their reasoning?
Have a good trip!deadendpro; there's bathrooms that you can get to at the end of each carriage, and cars must be turned off for the trip.
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What? is that a train for vehicles? I've never seen that before.
Yes. For some reasons I can't fathom. It was decided that when they built the tunnel, it would not be for driving through. You have to drive onto a train and sit like a stuffed parrot for 40 minutes or so. I am sure there are longer tunnels in the world that one can drive through. The infrastructure on the Channel Tunnel is immense, mainly because of the bloody trains….
I thought it was to stop the driving on the wrong side of the road confusion. I often (sometimes) dream about arranging an 'every body all out, now on 3, you go left, I go right, we criss-cross and hey, we're now on the other side of the road'.
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Follow the smell of raw bacon.
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Not if you're from the UK, Stella is not even a choice…..ever. I would rather drink just about anything other than Stella.
