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greaseonmymouth · 5 months ago

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today I learned that the eurotunnel is not, as I had (quite rationally) believed, a tunnel with a road through it that one can drive through.

no. instead of a road, people wanting to cross in their cars, have to…board a specially built train with their car. the train then travels through the tunnel. this whole ordeal comes with tickets needing booked and arriving x amount of hours in advance (as you would for a flight) and I’m just…..why. why was it decided that this would be the most efficient way to travel through a tunnel. why aren’t people just. driving through the goddamn tunnel themselves, like every-fucking-elsewhere in the world???

#this just complicates things!#and adds to the travel time!!#why the fuck are people required to hang around at the terminal before the eurotunnel waiting to board a train #WHEN THEY COULD JUST DRIVE RIGHT THROUGH THE TUNNEL #what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck #I was already annoyed that as a foot passenger travelling from St Pancras in London you had to show up 90 minutes before #like for a flight #and do that whole song and dance #how is that any easier than getting a plane? it’s not!!#and it costs the same or more than a plane ticket!!#so I never used the eurotunnel bc frankly it was easier and cheaper to just get a fucking plane #do you know what you need to do if you are in Copenhagen and want to go to Sweden?#you just get the train. you just get your ticket and get on the train and 20-25 min later you’re in Sweden.#no requirement to show up 90 minutes ahead of departure for a security check and passport control #and if you’re driving? YOU JUST DRIVE THROUGH THE TUNNEL #you only need one brief stop at the gates to pay for your crossing #none of that waiting around nonsense #why is the eurotunnel so inefficient I want to scream

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