Step by Step Drive Through Guide to the EuroTunnel Check-in and Boarding Process at Folkstone
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2024
- It was a very quiet late Friday afternoon crossing in my Motorhome so I decided to keep my Dash-Cam footage and make this "drive through" to help anyone who is wondering what the process of getting on the train is.
As I was in a Motorhome, the boarding was into a large single decker carriage. Cars without roofboxes or roof racks are usually placed in double decker carriages, however, the boarding process is exactly the same.
As mentioned at the end of the video, Calais is similar but slightly different so watch until the end for the subtle differences. 
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Wow I always thought you actually drove through the tunnel. little did i know
My late friend was very disappointed when she found it was a regular train tunnel. She thought it would be glass like an aquarium and you would see fish.
@@cafsixtieslover :-)
cafsixtieslover 😆
1 The car exhaust fumes would be fatal!
@@virginiafry9854 I figured they had ventilation system I know its stupid.
as someone who gets anxiety about unfamiliar situations when travelling, this video has been a massive help. Thanks so much :)
Kya - same for me. I get anxious in new situations and this video was very helpful ☺️.
@Internet Gamer'z 360 Music is called "Business Freedom" by Mikael Manelyan...
Same. I love to drive but I'm a bit anxious when it's about something totally new. So thankfull.
never this busy on truck sim
@5 minecraft youtubers who have sworn it's such a pain, I swear some truckers deliberately don't move
or sat nav lol
Every time I go through the tunnel, I always get nostalgia of the last time I came through and get exited to see all the cool and different things in continental Europe
Enjoy it while you can before the miserable brexit bores stop European trade.
@@satyris410 of course, i don't want to see European things in Europe, I want to see imported british and american things
I like the guard that waved :)
Ah yiss I saw him too.
I like the guard who got his penis out and shook it at him.
I remember after a 14 hour drive back from Austria the three of us fell asleep in our car and had to be woken up by staff at the other end. It's very relaxing!
I read that as a drive back from Australia somehow.
@@jayzo lol me too i was about to google aussie tunnel or they invented autonomous Amphibious vehicles while i was under the rock
Hey I live in Georgia-US, so you don't actually do any driving in the tunnel?!
I want some day to visit there and have always been fascinated by this. Have a good evening, thank you.
@@debrakirkley4590 No, you drive onto a massive train and let that do all the work. It's very impressive!
@@stevecooksley Indeed it sound that way. If my wishes and dreams come true, it will be a trip to remember.
You could mention that every driver has to be aware to drive on the right side of the road when entering France, and of course, when entering England, drive on the left side.
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anyone who needs to be told that is BANNED from entering England
Snowwie88: England should stop that nonsense. There's an apparent instinct to do everything on the right. Look at any school hallway or mall; everybody is walking on the right.
Actually, in the UK (or, England as you'd prefer, but whatever) everybody walks on the left also. Particularly in school, where you are told to walk on the left.
That's right,it allows you to draw your sword from its scabbard easily should one encounter brigands
Really appreciate you creating this vid. Never been on the tunnel crossing before so it's offered a good heads up, thanks :)
I have been to londen this week with school.. And we also go with the euro tunnel
@@user-no9im9px6eI've never heard of londen, where is that? I've been to London, I know where that is.
@@giancola123 ehh if you where go to London why do you than not know about it??
@@giancola123 i think they using scottish dialect left out a cple of ee's londeeen yaa know
Highly recommend the little cafe in the final waiting area. nice hot food freshly cooked with two lovely ladies serving. 32 crossings in the last 2 years.
Thank you for posting this, I found it very interesting. I live in the US, state of Nevada, and hope to travel Europe by car one day.
if they ever figure out the tunnel or bridge from alaska to europe you could
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Chris, that was an excellent vid. Well produced, well-paced, clear graphics, interesting shots, good choice of music. The funny thing was that I'd always assumed folks DROVE through the chunnel. To learn that you are basically carried on a ferry-train was quite fascinating. Thanks for taking the time to produce and share this.
Many thanks for taking the time to make this video for people, we haven’t been over yet and I don’t take well to driving in unfamiliar and new situations, however this is something I need to face and your video has given me an insight on what to expect so thank you again.
I wish I could drive. This seems a better alternative to touring around Europe than flying.
I did 27 countries with my little Alfa Romeo trough Europe. It was fantastic. I will try to do it again but take more time and more countries 😂
I've driven the length and breadth of Europe, I started out in my 15 years old at the time Renault 11, later in my motor home, and I have to say, it was the most daunting, but rewarding experience of my life. I did it for 18 years. I could write a book on my experiences. Due to my work, I no longer really have the time, so I have to travel by air when I go to Europe (I live in Ireland), but I hope to drive through Europe again some day. And I will. 😊
@@nigelfranciscarty8887 mmmm I'd love to go for a drive around Europe with a 15 year old in his car
I just thought you drive through the tunnel lol
Would never think that someone would get on a train for passanger (I kinda understand freight tho)
The Chunnel is only train tracks (for Eurostar) so it's the easiest way to do it
No, the Eurotunnel train drives through the UK underneath the sea bed and it's really really amazing that you go through France underneath the sea without catching a ferry 😊 takes 35 mins to get there no hassle whatsoever
I knew it was a train but I thought it was a glass aquarium thing under the water.
Thanks for the video guide. Going to PL this Christmas and I am ready now thanks to you ;-)
Thanks for that chap. Will make it far less stressful for us first timers.
Thanks for the great information. Im traveling to the UK from USA next week and we are taking a side trip to Paris. This really helps me understand the procedure. Great job on the video and the helpful instructions!
Thanks a lot for this! I'm traveling by tunnel this summer with my family and none of us have done it before. This gave me a big heads up.
Really great from our point of view, as we are lucky enough to live 10 minutes away from the Folkestone terminal. We have because of this been known to actually go to our favourite French restaurant in Calais for dinner!
I enjoyed this film not just for the information but from a nostalgic point of view. We traveled this route many, many times with our caravan and had some wonderful holidays in most areas of France, Spain, Italy etc. Now that I can’t drive anymore the film brought back many memories. Thank you from a very sad caravanner.😟😟
Wotan get back on the road fuck it what's the worst that could happen lol
Really good and helpful video. It looks very intimidating and I have no doubt that it is the first time you go through this.
Dear Craig Rogers, Thank you so much for the video. you are a star. It helps so much for a dumb driver like me
Great video. Been through many times now but the first time is quite stressful with all the different lanes, lights, checkpoints etc and not knowing what to do or what comes next. I wish I'd seen this before my first time. A 'must watch' for anyone who's a little unsure of what it's all about. Bravo!!
Spot on video. Helped me a lot for my crossing, I wanted to know what I could expect. Thanks !
Excellent quality video with superb contents - well done. Safe travels always
I am planning to go on a road trip across Europe within the next two years and I didn’t think about how getting through the tunnel to get to France but I’m happy that there is a guide video here
Thank you so much for creating this video. I found it very helpful for my future 2021 trip to France when Boris gives the ok
Thank you for this video... I just wanted to see what the process looked like before traveling!
Very interesting. I have never travelled like this. So it was very interesting to watch. Thanks for the video. Might decide to take this trip one day.
"everybody use the bathroom before we get on the LeShuttle I don't care if don't have to go now"
There are toilets on board. You can get off and walk along the walkways along the sides to them. You're just not allowed to cross between vehicles.
So cool. I always wanted to know what riding through the Eurotunnel involved!! Fascinating, thanks.
Thanks for this! Possibly the most usefully practical travel video I've watched on RUclips!
Excellent. Thanks for your help, Craig ! !
Thanks for making this video. It’s so cool to see this. Not sure if I’d ever have the chance to do that in person so it’s very fun to see the experience.
Thank you very very much for this video, it helps a lot, soon I'll have my first trip to England and now it looks much easier with your guide!
I live about 5 minutes away from the Folkestone terminal, but so far I've never had cause to use it (been on Eurostar twice, but that was from Ashford). This was fascinating stuff. Thank you.
Thank you Craig for this video. I get anxious in new situations so this will help reduce my anxiety when I travel on the shuttle tomorrow 🙏 😊
Good video. I did the trip for the first time a year ago, I drove across and up to central Sweden via France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany Denmark and over the wonderful öresund bridge into Sweden. I'll never fly again unless I really have to. The train is amazingly smooth, you can barely feel it move and far better than trying to keep your breakfast down on a choppy winter crossing.
Done in 2013, was incredible and lovely easy experience! 👏🏻👍🏻👌🏻
I’m just about to do this trip. Thanks for sharing. Great info.
Do you need to bring any proof of MOT?
very cool craig. i am from portugal. next summer 2019 gonna do this huge trip... very excited. thank u!!!
Did u go??
Thank you Craig. Really helpful. I've taken notes for our first trip in May 2017.
Glad it helps, enjoy your trip.
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Jesus I SOOOO do not want to go on holiday with somebody who had to take notes during this video. I don't even know where to begin trying to understand how anal or stupid you must be.
Thank you so much! For someone who lives in North America and will probably never drive through the Eurotunnel, this was fascinating and enlightening!
Great video. Very beneficial for someone who has never travelled on Eurotunnel.....like me
Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing!
Great video. I am glad that you knew where you were going.
Saw a documentary on this today. What an amazing accomplishment. Here in the U.S (specifically Seattle WA area) they're trying to bore a 2 mile tunnel to replace a viaduct. It's a big bloated money sucking project that's over budget, years behind schedule. They should have these guys do the Seattle tunnel.
Umm - the Seattle tunnelling has been complete for over a year now. The Chunnel wasn't exactly on-time or budget either. (Almost twice the expected cost...) What point are you trying to make?
The tunnel boring machines were destroyed by Danny Ocean and his crew so I think you are out of luck.
i like you guys to do the hudson river tunnel. you do a better job at less cost per mile then the us union over paid workers
Yea , don`t try to lump Seattle into the U.S dude, South Carolina isn`t that incompetent
@@markj2093 Not too bad for something that is among the most difficult structures ever made. Unlike other small and far simpler projects that are similar to many existing things and should not cost twice as much as planned.
This was VERY informative and well done. VERY interesting.
Thank you very much for this.
Thank you for such a clear and amazing guide! It helped us soooooo much when boarding the euro tunnel
very clear, succinct and pleasant watch. thank you for this.
Thanks for the informative video. I am about to make this trip tomorrow. Great help.
Thanks Craig, - I posted to my timeline on fb. - Though I live in New Zealand; this is one of those things that you never know. But is worth knowing
This is great, thanks for sharing. I have always crossed on a ferry due to being cheaper however that experience has gone bad over the years so I am looking forward to my first train crossing which should also be faster than the ferry.
I haven't done this for over ten years and I used to go over regularly to Cite Europe and down to Le Touquet. I must do it again next year.
Good work Craig....I do an annual fishing trip to France and have always gone by ferry, but will almost certainly go in 2018 by Eurotunnel. Just need to convince my brother that it will be ok for him to travel under millions of tonnes of rock and water :-)!!
That was very interesting. Thank you.
I've always fancied driving over to France for a holiday sometime! Maybe when I have the money I can save my money up and go over for a week or so!
Nice film Craig, I haven't been through the tunnel but hope to one day and this will be a great help, John from sunny Devon UK
Thanks man. What a great video.. You answered all my questions within a few mins
Always thought it was like a normal really long tunnel and always wanted to drive through it, now I want to drive through it even more!!!!!
Very nice video, still very nice to watch even if I'm not planning to use the channel. (I live in Sweden so that's why)
Thank you for posting this Craig, very useful.
Excellent production -- thank you!
Whoever came up with the idea for the Chunnel in the first place is a genius!
It was a person who easily got car sick traveling by large hovercraft. Just kidding, I don't know.
thanks for sharing. really useful to my holiday planning.
Great vid. Thanks very much. First trip in a few weeks and not quite so daunting now.
That's Great job thank you. Enjoy Your trip
I had NO idea this existed! What a great convenience for drivers.
Yes the tunnel that linked between UK & France was built in May 1994 which thats when the UK started to become friends with France 🇫🇷 again after they been separated from the Ice Age long ago so its a great fundamental experience to see how the train goes underneath the seabed from the UK to France! 😃😃😃
Me and my dad went on the chunnel in October 1995, not long after it opened. We got to France in the morning and went to the massive shop in Calais. He was looking to buy a load of tobacco for his work mates but we couldn't find anywhere that sold it. So we bought a couple of bottles of wine and a sandwich for lunch and then drove back to England and the 300 miles back home! Grand day out.
Very useful video, thanks for posting. 👍👍👍
Wonderful and highly informative video!! Thank you!
Can i just say thank,s for posting your video my first time use the chennel tunnel this was very helpfull😀
Fantastic video thanks
Will give me the confidence to drive to France hopefully next year
Thanks
Good video, really enjoyed it, I might give it a go myself
Well organized, perfectly explained! Thanks!
Thank You ,for me its very important this video,we will go to an other country in summer.Was suprise,that only 35min goes,i thought longer.Thanks😉
Super spooky! I'm heading through the tunnel this week for the first time and this popped up in my recommended videos! Nice to have a heads up though!
The internet has ears, it's listening to you! It's not a safe place.
You have great talent to make the videos keep it up
Thanks, this was very useful, I was thinking of taking the tunnel last time I went to Britain but it looked pretty claustrophobic on the pictures with these 2 level couches. Taking a motor home looks more pleasant.
Great video, thanks for uploading it.
Nice Video, I've only been through there in the dark, it looks different in the light, If you have pets coming back from Calais to the UK, the first stop on arrival at Calais is pet check in, on the right hand side as you approach the human check in booths,
Thank you for posting this excellent video 🙂
Great video thank you for the share!
I loved Benny Hill's comedy about digging the tunnel. "How long have you been at this hole boring bit?"
Excellent video. Thanks.
Thank you for the video, I found it very useful.
Excellent, helping video! Thanks!👍
Thanks very much, this was really informative.
I have never actually seen how this tunnel works. This is just too cool. I didn't know you could put your vehicles on a train!
+TheRenaissanceman65 Actually there was at least initially to follow up the rail tunnel with a second road tunnel, ultimately the funding to do so never actually materialised but it was certainly seriously considered though the financing for the road tunnel never actually materialised. Wouldn't surprise me if a fixed road link does get built eventually, especially with newer construction techniques like prefabricated submerged concrete tunnels which are significantly cheaper than bored tunnels. A bridge perhaps using one or more artificial islands is certainly a possibility with modern technology too obviously would need to be a very high bridge as the channel is a major shipping route but that is a problem which was solved with the likes of the Copenhagen - Malmo bridge which of course had to allow shipping traffic into and out of the Baltic Sea etc.
They did it this way because cars emit CO2, CO, NOX, etc. and they'd have to build ventilation towers in the water to clean the air. What's more, people crash cars which would block up the tunnel -- which is deep under the water so any help has to come from the ends of the tunnel. Since the train is electric, the only things using oxygen in the tunnel are humans, and the trains themselves create enough of a draft to cycle that amount of oxygen around.
A nice side effect is that the train goes 100mph in the tunnel, faster than you could safely drive in it.
There are other places you can put your car on a train. For instance in the U.S., the Autotrain service takes your car from northern Virginia to Florida nonstop -- this is to save you the trouble of driving but you still get to have your car on the other end instead of renting. Then you and your family stay in a bedroom on the train and have food in the onboard restaurant, etc.
Good job ! Thanks Craig...
thanx for great video. I really enjoyed it
Well done! VERY helpful.
Very informative so thank you for taking the time and trouble to do that .
He wasn't really. It was out of his dashcam anyway lmao.
Great vi, thanks for posting
This video is illuminating!
They used to do cheap crossings in the evening; after 18:00, it was £9 return. As Craig said, they will offer you an earlier train if there's space available; one time I turned up at the terminal, was offered the next train leaving in about 15 minutes, did the crossing then went straight to the hypermarket next door to the French terminal. Bought the stuff I was after (some booze for a party we were having and some ciggies from one of the tobacconists. Headed back to the French terminal, where again I was offered the next train. Ended up doing the entire round trip from Folkestone in just under two hours. :)
Great video. Thank you......travelling tomorrow,)
Excellent video!!!
Now I will travel with less stress.
Thanks a lot.
I lost my debit card 💳
On the ticket Info says.
You must bring your debit card.
So I did not know it.
It is automatic the cameras check your registration number and that all.
Perfect video.
Thanks for making this video!
Very useful video. Thanks