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DIRECTORY
Rail Services
Eurostar
London St Pancras
International.
Tel 0344 8224 777.
∑ eurostar.com
National Rail
Tel 0845 748 4950.
Cross-Channel ferry heading to Calais ∑ nationalrail.co.uk
Arriving by Coach southeast England and Rail Europe
Conti nental ports. Harwich in Tel 1 800 622 8600 (USA),
International and national coach Essex has ferries from Hook of 0844 848 5848 (UK).
services from every part of Holland in the Netherlands ∑ raileurope.com
Europe and the UK arrive in with Stena Line. Dover is the
London at Victoria Coach busiest port, with frequent Trainline
Station on Buckingham Palace services from France: from Tel 0871 244 1545.
Road, about five minutes’ walk Dunkerque and Boulogne ∑ thetrainline.com
from Victoria rail and Under­ with DFDS Seaways and
ground stations, and with from Calais with P&O Ferries Coach Services
several local bus stops outside. and DFDS. Newhaven–Dieppe
If you’re planning to travel to ferries are also operated Green Line
any UK destinations outside by DFDS.
of the London area, it’s slower There are also several routes Tel 0844 801 7261.
but nearly always cheaper to across other parts of the ∑ greenline.co.uk
do it by coach than by train, Channel, which take longer, Megabus
with fares as low as £1 on but may leave you better
some London–Oxford services located for the west of England: Tel 0900 160 0900.
(although train compan ies may to Portsmouth from Caen, ∑ uk.megabus.com
lower fares on the same routes). Cherbourg, Le Havre and St National Express
National Express operates Malo with Brittany Ferries,
the most extensive UK coach or from Le Havre with DFDS; Tel 08717 818 181.
network, with around 1,000 to Poole from Cher bourg ∑ nationalexpress.com
destinations covered, and is with Brittany Ferries; or to
also associated with Eurolines Poole or Weymouth from Channel Tunnel
international coach services. St Malo and the Channel Islands and Ferries
Megabus has especially low with Condor Ferries.
fares to many UK destinations, Crossing times to Dover are Brittany Ferries
and also discount train offers. around 1 hour 15 minutes; in Tel 0871 244 0744.
Green Line runs buses between other parts of the Channel, ∑ brittany-ferries.co.uk
London and the surrounding it takes more like 5­6 hours,
counties, and has a service to although in summer, fast jetfoils Condor Ferries
Luton Airport (see p373). and cat amarans cut this to Tel 01202 207 216.
2–3 hours. ∑ condorferries.co.uk
There are also ferry services
Arriving by Sea from Spain: from Santander DFDS Seaways
and Tunnel to Plymouth or Portsmouth ∑ dfdsseaways.co.uk
The Eurotunnel shuttle – with Brittany Ferries; and from
the other train service using the Bilbao to Portsmouth with P&O. Eurotunnel
Channel Tunnel – is a drive­on, Crossings take around 24 hours, Tel 08443 353 535.
drive­off service for cars between on comfortable mini cruise ships. ∑ eurotunnel.com
Calais and Folkestone, where Driving time from Dover or
the Tunnel connects with the the Channel Tunnel to central P&O Ferries
M20 motorway to London. London is usually around 2 hours; Tel 0871 664 2121.
There are usually four shuttles from Portsmouth, 2–2½ hours. ∑ poferries.com
per hour, with a jour ney time of If you bring a car to London,
about 35 minutes. always try to arrange a place Stena Line
If you prefer to brave the to stay with free parking, Tel 0844 770 7070.
elements, there are still plenty otherwise this can become ∑ stenaline.co.uk
of ferry services between extremely expensive.

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