Imperfect timing!

stockhausen · 17 Jan 2020 at 10:54

I have just received the following email:

Eurostar said:
It’s almost here - the launch of our new direct return trains between London, Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

You’ll soon be able to go from city centre to city centre, with no changes, no transfers and no hassle.

Just follow the link below to register your interest and be the first to hear when tickets go on sale.

Travelling to the Netherlands and back is about to become easier than ever before.

I wonder who dreamed this up?

Diddums · 17 Jan 2020 at 12:23

Brilliant no? What’s the problem?

Jez · 17 Jan 2020 at 12:58

What is the problem with that, Eurostar is a nice service and they have passport control at the stations as it is?

Josh · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:02

I've always wanted to visit Amsterdam.

Stumble Bum · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:02

stockhausen said:
I have just received the following email:I wonder who dreamed this up?

What's your problem?

Deleted member 77746 · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:07

I'm not sure what the problem is here? Eurostar is informing you there will be direct trains to Amsterdam from London.

EDIT: I have just checked and there is a direct train for £199 with 0 stops with Omio. 3 hrs 55 mins.

EDIT: But I have just checked flights from London to Amsterdam, £52, 0 stops 1hr20 mins.

Greebo · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:08

stockhausen said:
I have just received the following email:I wonder who dreamed this up?

Is that the only issue you have with this is that you want to know who to thank? Seems a strange reason for a thread.

A quick google suggests Mike Cooper CEO and his management team would be the ones to thank.

Junglist · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:08

How is the eurostar? I've never decided to go that route as something about being under that much water worries me.

snips86x · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:10

JunglistE said:
How is the eurostar? I've never decided to go that route as something about being under that much water worries me.

Drove to Italy in 2017 via EuroStar, quick and easy with a 30 min crossing.

touch · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:10

Not everyone wants to change trains at Brussels...
It's much easier to have a direct service for people who want to travel between London and Amsterdam.

Deleted member 66701 · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:11

JunglistE said:
How is the eurostar? I've never decided to go that route as something about being under that much water worries me.

Worse than flying?

If there is a problem, I can swim but I can't bloody fly!

Jez · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:11

JunglistE said:
How is the eurostar? I've never decided to go that route as something about being under that much water worries me.

Its a very nice service, the tunnel takes hardly any time. I'd think a ferry is far more likely to sink or encounter issues than the tunnel is to flood

Mcnumpty2323 · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:11

Imperfect timing
You mean due to brexit?

Deleted member 77746 · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:12

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Imperfect timing
You mean due to brexit?

ah maybe Brexit. Prices are surely to go up after Brexit.

touch · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:12

snips86x said:
Drove to Italy in 2017 via EuroStar, quick and easy with a 30 min crossing.

I think you're getting the trains mixed up?
"EuroStar" is the passenger service from St Pancras International to various locations in Europe. "Le Shuttle" is the channel tunnel train that you can take your car on between Folkestone and Calais.

snips86x · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:13

touch said:
I think you're getting the trains mixed up?
"EuroStar" is the passenger service from St Pancras International to various locations in Europe. "Le Shuttle" is the channel tunnel train that you can take your car on.

Good point, but they both go under the channel.

Greebo · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:21

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Imperfect timing
You mean due to brexit?

Does that mean we wont be allowed to travel to the EU post Brexit????

Hades · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:22

Seems a great idea. Not sure what the OPs issue is with it.

Orionaut · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:22

Jez said:
Its a very nice service, the tunnel takes hardly any time. I'd think a ferry is far more likely to sink or encounter issues than the tunnel is to flood

It isn't floods that are the problem!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Channel_Tunnel_fire#Aftermath

(Interestingly, as I recall, over much of its length the channel tunnel isn't strictly waterproof. Allowing it to be porous means that the liner is less stressed)

Junglist · 17 Jan 2020 at 13:23

amigafan2003 said:
Worse than flying?

If there is a problem, I can swim but I can't bloody fly!

It's an irrational fear! With flying if something goes wrong I wont have long to worry about it. Drowning I can fight but I will succumb to it eventually.

Jez said:
Its a very nice service, the tunnel takes hardly any time. I'd think a ferry is far more likely to sink or encounter issues than the tunnel is to flood

I've only been on a ferry twice in my life, both as a child. Once to Isle of Wright and the other to Calais. I was sick on my way to Calais and never went back on one!

Imperfect timing!

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