eolesen wrote:
The fact also still remains that 20 years after it was launched, Eurostar still hasn't met its projected ridership targets. They expected to see 15M per year. Yet, it wasn't until 2016 that they broke 10M riders annually. That's not encouraging for a market where there was no simple way to drive...
Many thousands cars and trucks cross the English Channel every day - using a ferry.
From Dover alone, there are 38 ferry crossings a day by four different operators.
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P&O Ferries
Lowest standard return: £86 (car plus up to nine passengers)
Crossing time: 90min
Maximum frequency: 23 per day
DFDS Seaways
Lowest standard return: £70 (car plus up to nine passengers)
Fastest crossing time: 2hr
Maximum frequency: 12 per day
DFDS Seaways
Lowest standard return: £98 (car plus up to two passengers)
Fastest crossing time: 4hr
Maximum frequency: 3 per day
Eurotunnel (whoops, taking your auto by train and not by ship)
Lowest standard return: £158 (car plus up to nine passengers)
Fastest crossing time: 35min
Maximum frequency: 4 per hour
Not from Dover....
Brittany Ferries
Portsmouth-Le Havre
Lowest standard return: £170 (car plus up to two passengers)
Cheapest overnight cabin: £43
Fastest crossing time: 3hr 45min (fastcraft) or 5hr 30min
Maximum frequency: 2 per day
Portsmouth-Caen
Lowest standard return: £170 (car plus up to two passengers)
Cheapest overnight cabin: £43
Fastest crossing time: 6hr
Maximum frequency: 3 per day
Portsmouth-Cherbourg
Lowest standard return: £138 (car plus up to two passengers)
Cheapest overnight cabin: no cabins on this route
Fastest crossing time: 3hr (high-speed service)
Maximum frequency: 2 per day
Poole-Cherbourg
Lowest standard return: £170 (car plus up to two passengers)
Cheapest overnight cabin: £62
Fastest crossing time: 4hr 15min
Maximum frequency: 1 per day
Portsmouth-St Malo
Lowest standard return: £233 (car plus up to two passengers)
Cheapest overnight cabin: £43
Fastest crossing time: 8hr 45min
Maximum frequency: 1 per day
Plymouth-Roscoff
Lowest standard return: £218 (car plus up to two passengers)
Cheapest overnight cabin: £43
Fastest crossing time: 6hr
Maximum frequency: 2 per day
Across the North Sea
Newcastle-Amsterdam
DFDS
Lowest standard return: £316, including two-berth cabin
Fastest crossing time: 12hr (overnight)
Max frequency: 1 per day
Hull-Rotterdam
P&O
Lowest standard return: £338 car plus up to two people, two berth cabin included
Crossing time: 12hr (overnight)
Max frequency: 1 per day
Hull-Zeebrugge
P&O
Lowest standard return: £338 car and two people includes two berth cabin.
Crossing time: 12hr (overnight)
Max frequency: 1 per day
Harwich-Hook of Holland
Stena Line
Lowest standard return: £148 (car plus up to two passengers)
Cheapest overnight cabin: £45 (two berth)
Fastest crossing time: 8hr
Max frequency: 2 per day
Routes to Spain
Brittany Ferries
Portsmouth-Bilbao
Lowest standard return: £558 (car and two passengers) – including cabin
Fastest crossing time: 20hr (cruise-ferry)
Portsmouth-Santander
Lowest standard return: £428 (car and two passengers) – including cabin (cruise-ferry or no-frills économie service)
Fastest crossing time: 24hr
Max frequency: 3 per week
Plymouth-Santander
Lowest standard return: £588 (car and two passengers) – including cabin
Fastest crossing time: 20hr (cruise-ferry)
Max frequency: weekly
Since the ferries to Spain are not at least daily, let's ignore them.
Totaling all the other ferries we should sum up a total of 54 ferries per day, plus many auto rack trains through the Chunnel.
Yes, there are many ways to drive your car from England to Europe.....