>>1835107Last time was 4 years ago apparently. The Shuttle runs a pretty hassle free operation. Book your ticket online providing vehicle details, drive to your departure terminal, go through a first toll-like barrier where you scan your ticket and get assigned to the next available shuttle, go through both border checkpoints (random customs check may happen but as for any "random" check, not driving a shitbox, not looking like a hobo and not being black means you get waved through 9 out of 10 times), park in your assigned waiting lane, drive on the train following the directions of the guys in hi-vis jackets, 35 min of darkness, drive off the train and then it's straight onto the motorway on the other side.
Have a repost of a shitty vid of a Coquelles boarding 70 of you 'tists already watched.
https://youtu.be/aDyTz4HH2jY>fun factsThe Shuttle runs at 160 km/h, which made it the fastest rail freight service between the retirement of the TGV La Poste in 2015 and the introduction of the Italian Mercitalia Fast in 2018, and the fastest freight service not using converted passenger high speed trains since the retirement of the French MVGV (which was a 200 km/h service running every night between Paris and southern France using the high speed lines) around 2007.
You can take the shuttle with a bicycle. They'll collect you and your bike in a minibus at your departure terminal and drop you off on the other side.
The chunnel fire accidents investigation reports make for very fine reads, only second to RAIB classics like Clapham junction or Southall reports.
>>1837808I mean it depends on what you drive, but the trainsets themselves are absurdly wide and tall by European standards.
>>1838414>>1838416Another big improvement for comfort between the TMSTs and Velaros was ditching the British loading gauge. Those few extra inches make for a nice improvement, the TMSTs always felt cramped to my French ass.
