Can you get a car on the Eurostar?

Can you get a car on the Eurostar?

Can you take your car on Eurostar? Eurostar only run passenger trains, so you cannot take your own vehicle using this mode of transport. Therefore, when planning your journey, you need to decide if you would like to drive your own vehicle once you are across the Channel.

How do I cross the Eurotunnel by car?

It is not possible to drive a car or motorcycle through the Channel Tunnel. Instead, motorists must drive onto the Eurotunnel Le Shuttle train, which boards at the Channel Tunnel terminals in Folkestone and Calais.

What vehicles can travel in the Channel Tunnel?

We allocate space in the single deck carriage for vehicles higher than 1.85 metres, including tall cars, vehicles carrying items on their roof, coaches, caravans, minibuses and some vans. The carriages are twice as high as the double deck carriages so there is ample room.

Can you take car on train to South of France?

Auto-Train is operated by the French Railways and runs services all year round from Paris down to Nice, Narbonne, Brive, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Biaritz, Avignon and Briancon. The car will generally go first and you’ll follow it on a passenger train a day later and collect it from the motorail terminal.

Is Channel Tunnel same as Eurostar?

Eurostar is a totally separate company and is Getlink’s biggest customer, running high-speed passenger services through the Channel Tunnel between London and a number of other European cities on the continent, including Paris, Brussels, Lille, Lyon, Avignon and Marseille.

Is there a car tunnel from England to France?

The Channel Tunnel (often called the ‘Chunnel’ for short) is an undersea tunnel linking southern England and northern France. It is operated by the company Getlink, who also run a railway shuttle (Le Shuttle) between Folkestone and Calais, carrying passengers in cars, vans and other vehicles.