It might look ridiculous when there is no traffic but when it is heaving with hundreds of vehicles you will be glad of the space because it helps to ease the congestion and contributes to keeping the traffic moving. Just make sure you are in the correct lane and it’s easy.
Would be nice if there could be a shortcut route that can be opened during low-traffic times, similar to how they manage long lines at amusement parks.
It takes FOREVER from Paris - 3 hour drive ... then 90 minutes to London. Done it many times but it's ANNOYING when the M20 is almost always under construction. England need to fix their f--------g motorways once and for all.
it seams silly when it's no traffic but in peak of traffic, it's done to take all the waiting lines out the roads of the area and keep the regional traffic fluide.
I agree, I used to go to the shop, use the toilet, then it was a quick drive to the train. I always used to think how quick and efficient the system was.
Thanks for uploading, really appreciate the time and effort you took to share the details in the journey. This will help people like myself who are thinking about driving to Disneyland Paris.
very hard work vdo shoot sir....wonderfull seen captur....we filling we r travelling....excellant....thanks to vdo made and thanks by all channle viewers
Have been using Le Shuttle since it first opened, I have had 200+crossings the French terminal is way better than Folkstone but the road layout is a lot different from how it used to be but it's easy enough to navigate, just make sure you are in the correct lane for type of vehicle you are using and go when your letter is displayed on the departure board.
In Calais it's a big crap, a labyrinth to reach the train platform, . I wonder how many drivers were lost in this jungle and missed their train. Only french people are able to turn a simple thing into an intricable one.
Idiot comment !! there's a labyrinth because it's designed to receive hundreds of cars each 10 minutes. this video shows a very low traffic in winter. You can't imagine the number of cars during summer or on fridays.
What is this? The Calais-Eurotunnel Grand Prix? Makes it feel like if it were possible, you could possibly drive across the English Channel quicker. Still a grand feat of engineering!
Muy complejo. El Estrecho de Calais-Dover apenas tiene profundidad y es una llanura submarina (entre 20 y 68 metros máximo de profundidad). En el Estrecho de Gibraltar, la profundidad mínima es de 300 metros y llega hasta los 900. Solo son 15 kilómetros, pero el túnel deberá contar con unos 40 kilómetros. Las soluciones flotantes y el puente se han descartado.
Mas que grande confusão é esta coisa! Eu recordo-me que Calais eea miito complicado antes do Eurotunel, mas agora mais parece a coisa mais mal concebida do mundo nem sequer dá para ver o filme até si fim. Será que conseguiram chegar ao comboio?
It's so long‐winded and complicated even to get to the train that it's no wonder that most people coming to the UK do so by paddling themselves across the Channel in rubber dinghies.
would love the see a drone view of the Calais side..lol . not sure if it's a French creativity thing, but in Montreal Quebec ,major roadway projects seem to be designed with an "artistic" flair instead of a " utilitarian" one..much like this video seems to equally demonstrate..
It’s a cinch. It takes up so much space because the trains demand hectares on infrastructure due to nature of running a railway. So much quicker - usually - than the ferry.
Ok,this has brought up questions lol. Did you actually sit in the car on a train? Is that how it works. Somehow, I thought you were going to drive through a tunnel. Is it one carriage per car,I got confused when the doors closed then reopened so quickly. Assuming a lot was cut. I have only ever travelled to France via ferry,so really curious.
Yeah you drive onto the train and the attendant guides you to where you park. They normally put about 3/4 cars per carriage. Once parked you can get out your car if you want. They have toilets you can use but that is it. The crossing takes about 35 minutes
@@tulipwindmillthe channel tunnel does not have any way to drive through it. It is all trains. You can either go on a passenger train through it, or park your car in one of these special trains.
Francisco Gracias por este video yo soy de escala N y cada vez me gusta que dediques tus videos a la escala n Las asociaciones que tu estas con tus videos son Asociacion modular Foro Trenes - Modelismo 2.O y modelismo del Tren. GRACIAS
When they announced with was a car train back in the 90s, I could not have been more disappointed. I wanted to be able to drive from places like Johannesburg, Chennai, Bangkok and Tokyo to Glasgow non-stop, but NOPE, gotta take a train. Screw that. #AmphibiousCarsAreTheFuture #DrivingFronNewYorkCityToLondon #InternationalHighwaySystem
The idiot French stamp your passport leaving. Passports should only ever be stamped on arrival at the other / destination country. I use this so much there'll be no room left for stamps in my passport.
There is a big difference between the terminals on the French and English side. Fresh and nice on the French side. The English side doesn't seem to be maintained at all.
When the tunnel was planned: Someone: "Let's put the cars on trains, that will save a lot of time and fuel if they don't have to drive all the way!" Fuel company: "For sure! 😂😂😂"
The tunnel isn't just used by the car shuttles, freight and passenger trains use it as well. Letting cars drive across on their own would have required digging two more tunnels. And another major reason is safety, you really don't want a car crash deep in a tunnel almost 20 kilometers from the nearest exit.
Dear 4K Adventures Staff: I have one TH-cam channel targeted to kids, and on this Christmas Days, I upload few videos about one childhood performance on my town of Sabadell, located 20 km from Catalonia Square of Barcelona, about "El Llaminer" where this man, a little translation as well as "The Sweety Man" spark to childhood to enjoy Christmas Hollidays, and creat a huge atmosphere to addict to watch this performance day afterward day. I would like ask you if you allows me to re-link your video, this video, because in comparaison than Eurostar railway, one car full with one family is more enjoyable, and I am thinking with bring your own kids in your own car, and drive your car to this train. Despite enjoy trip inside Railway Eurostar from Paris to London and feeling high speed is more comfortable.
We did this last year, we are going to do it again today! In roughly 20 minutes from writing this, we are going to head to here to go to France for Disneyland. Edit (15 minutes left) from French side it was really windy, the lanes were packed and it took 2 hours from our departure time until we left, lol
Who designed this ridiculous entry way ? Why would they make this such a complicated drive? Someone must have made a lot of money designing and building this monstrosity. 😮
by plane, check-in takes forever, plus you have to organize yourself to go to the airport without your car (airports which are outside of cities unlike train stations), and statistically planes are later than trains, for example, it is much more common to have to stay in a hotel because the plane is late.
On super busy days they fill all those lanes with cars. When I filmed this I was lucky it was a very quiet day! I've been before and had to wait hours because of delays
Nel giugno 2009 sono andato da Milano a Londra con la mia auto usando per mia fortuna ,il traghetto...oggi guardando questo video e soffrendo di claustrofobia mi sono sentito male, e mi sono reso conto che non potrò mai utilizzarlo... Grazie per il video che permette alle persone come me di conoscerlo ed evitarlo.
Lol. Looks like a videogame. If you are able to reach the train you advance to next level
exact!
Is there a passage section down stairs? Or do you boil in your car for a couple hours
@@kreuner11There is another car section down stairs. You boil in your car during 35-40 minutes.
And if you decide to take a nap during the transport, it kinda feels like a loading screen too.
Good grief! I’ve never seen such a complex maze just to get to a train!
you should try the french end
@@coolpickings That is the french end.
@@laurencecope7083 French in, right?
It might look ridiculous when there is no traffic but when it is heaving with hundreds of vehicles you will be glad of the space because it helps to ease the congestion and contributes to keeping the traffic moving. Just make sure you are in the correct lane and it’s easy.
Would be nice if there could be a shortcut route that can be opened during low-traffic times, similar to how they manage long lines at amusement parks.
Yes indeed. It was built to cater for many more vehicles.
My goodness that is some drive just to get to the train
On a busy day it can full!
The weekend that travel must be an excruciating journey with all the tourists from everywhere
Great video, but wow what a process driving to that train.
It really is!
@@akoskaQue el tren se puso en movimiento y el coche, con su conductor dentro, llegó a Inglaterra.
It takes FOREVER from Paris - 3 hour drive ... then 90 minutes to London. Done it many times but it's ANNOYING when the M20 is almost always under construction. England need to fix their f--------g motorways once and for all.
Never saw a more complicated thing in my life 😂
it seams silly when it's no traffic but in peak of traffic, it's done to take all the waiting lines out the roads of the area and keep the regional traffic fluide.
You clearly don't get out much
Yeah, train station seems easier. (Of course, you can’t bring your car along, but still.) Better than a bridge, though!
Of course it's complicated, you cross a frontiere with a car on train and under the sea!!!😮.... For sure you don't have this thing in your village.
I've gone on Google Earth trying to figure out the mazes to get to the trains on both sides and it's impossible!
The best Trip for the country ❤️ 🙏🏼
The route to the boarding platform....is RIDICULOUSLY LENGTHY AND MEANDERING!!!!!!!
8 minutes of insane labyrinth to get the train 😆
As long as you’re driving, you don’t even need to get the train. You’re practically there😮
Great Circus to reach the train😀
The petrol tank is empty before you arrive at the train 🙄
Looks way more complicated than when I last used it 15 years ago 😳
I agree, I used to go to the shop, use the toilet, then it was a quick drive to the train. I always used to think how quick and efficient the system was.
Crazy zig Zag 👀⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡🙏
this more like driving license test rather than getting into the train
What the beautiful way to enter tunnel.... going to heaven.. just maybe
Takes longer to get to the train than the actual journey !! Great fun though.
Thanks for uploading, really appreciate the time and effort you took to share the details in the journey. This will help people like myself who are thinking about driving to Disneyland Paris.
that was the coolest thing ever i never seen anything like hat before
Is this an obstacle course, what did you win or lose 😅
Depends if you're going on holiday or going home 😅
Hold makrel, what a cirkus to get on a train 😊
I took the Euro tunnel (a.k.a LeShuttle) to paris back in may on the 19th to see metallica at Stade De France
Aku harap negaraku, Indonesia punya tunnel seperti ini untuk menghubungkan Jawa-Sumatera dan Jawa-Bali
Woow ❤ The technology is perfect 🎉
very hard work vdo shoot sir....wonderfull seen captur....we filling we r travelling....excellant....thanks to vdo made and thanks by all channle viewers
Much prefer to do a crossing by ship. There is something to be said about the
old ways!!
Have been using Le Shuttle since it first opened, I have had 200+crossings the French terminal is way better than Folkstone but the road layout is a lot different from how it used to be but it's easy enough to navigate, just make sure you are in the correct lane for type of vehicle you are using and go when your letter is displayed on the departure board.
@@segunpuddicombe3228 they can check vehicles either side but mainly coming back to the UK (at the Calais terminal) never known them to check for cash
Thanks
In Calais it's a big crap, a labyrinth to reach the train platform, . I wonder how many drivers were lost in this jungle and missed their train. Only french people are able to turn a simple thing into an intricable one.
Hay que tener en cuenta que todas esas instalaciones pueden estar llenas de coches que quieren pasar y tendrán que esperar.
Idiot comment !! there's a labyrinth because it's designed to receive hundreds of cars each 10 minutes. this video shows a very low traffic in winter. You can't imagine the number of cars during summer or on fridays.
Oh no Italians are masters to😂😂😂
No decent road markings on the French side. Oh, maybe it's because they don't like the Brits?
I thougt that only we the Greeks could make anything simple to a big endless story. 😅
Went on it quite a few years ago, in our Discovery, and had to go in the single deck carriage, a lot less claustrophobic.
I imagine the waits will be horrible during the Olympics in Paris this summer !
You have to go through a hell maze just to get on my goodness😧
It never used to be like this.
I will drive soon to UK
That tunnel has got many years but it is still beautiful
has got? What? How can a tunnel be beautiful?
Jesus I thought it would be straight forward, I am not going there at night for sure now
Very Hi-Tech stuff as only the Europeans can do!!.❤️🙏🇺🇲
Looks like there were some very nice cars in the parking lot in the first part of the video.
the car that eats oil in the morning and the car that sues people... Why this Italian car isn't from US?
Vídeo muito bacana com imagens fantásticas, parabéns pelo excelente registro 👏 saudações do Brazil 🇧🇷
That first 8 minutes was stupefyingly bizarre
8 minutes of access roads!
What is this? The Calais-Eurotunnel Grand Prix? Makes it feel like if it were possible, you could possibly drive across the English Channel quicker. Still a grand feat of engineering!
Next one from Gibraltar 🇬🇮 to Tanger 🇲🇦 connecting Europe with Africa 🌍 🤲🏼👌🏽
Muy complejo. El Estrecho de Calais-Dover apenas tiene profundidad y es una llanura submarina (entre 20 y 68 metros máximo de profundidad). En el Estrecho de Gibraltar, la profundidad mínima es de 300 metros y llega hasta los 900. Solo son 15 kilómetros, pero el túnel deberá contar con unos 40 kilómetros. Las soluciones flotantes y el puente se han descartado.
Mas que grande confusão é esta coisa! Eu recordo-me que Calais eea miito complicado antes do Eurotunel, mas agora mais parece a coisa mais mal concebida do mundo nem sequer dá para ver o filme até si fim. Será que conseguiram chegar ao comboio?
Thank you for this video.
In Calais in could not be more complicated, left, right, circle, left... complictions on 2
It's so long‐winded and complicated even to get to the train that it's no wonder that most people coming to the UK do so by paddling themselves across the Channel in rubber dinghies.
I didnt see a warning for driving on the left of the road..We on the continent are used to drive on the right,so be aware!!
"You're 12 years late. What took you so long?"
At 15:05 don't blink; to the left on the hill is the "illegal" white horse.
I've never noticed that before! Cool
I hope i get to actually see the train go dark underground and listen to the experience someday..maybe if you ever get situated by a window?? Lol
Next time il try and capture the view from the train window!
I've been sat next to a window, and there's nothing to see, once you're in the tunnel.
would love the see a drone view of the Calais side..lol .
not sure if it's a French creativity thing, but in Montreal Quebec ,major roadway projects seem to be designed with an "artistic" flair instead of a " utilitarian" one..much like this video seems to equally demonstrate..
They sure do make it difficult enough, don’t they?😮
Increible lo complicado que es llegar al tren. Hay que hacer un cursillo. Me iimagino que habra gente perdida entre tanto caos
Does entrance to this terminal come with a road map or GPS?
Thanks for sharing, really nice. Have driven to France on a ferry but never via the train.... maybe one day..
If you get an off peak crossing it can be very reasonable priced.
@@4kadventures That is true. Will keep that in mind, Thanks ✌️✌️
It’s a cinch. It takes up so much space because the trains demand hectares on infrastructure due to nature of running a railway. So much quicker - usually - than the ferry.
Good!
Wow...beautiful...excellent...
Ok,this has brought up questions lol. Did you actually sit in the car on a train? Is that how it works. Somehow, I thought you were going to drive through a tunnel. Is it one carriage per car,I got confused when the doors closed then reopened so quickly. Assuming a lot was cut. I have only ever travelled to France via ferry,so really curious.
Yeah you drive onto the train and the attendant guides you to where you park. They normally put about 3/4 cars per carriage.
Once parked you can get out your car if you want. They have toilets you can use but that is it.
The crossing takes about 35 minutes
@@4kadventures Thanks for explaining.
@@tulipwindmillthe channel tunnel does not have any way to drive through it. It is all trains. You can either go on a passenger train through it, or park your car in one of these special trains.
The toll booths, are there lanes for right drive and left hand drive?
Yes they have booths for both!
Indeed looks more like a MAZE before you are ABLE TO Reach the Train.... Finally... Rediculous.....what a HASSLE
My God, this is a submarine on land, my claustrophobia has attacked me now...
Muy buen 👍 video!!!!
Francisco
Gracias por este video yo soy de escala N y cada vez me gusta que dediques tus videos a la escala n
Las asociaciones que tu estas con tus videos son Asociacion modular Foro Trenes - Modelismo 2.O y modelismo del Tren. GRACIAS
When they announced with was a car train back in the 90s, I could not have been more disappointed. I wanted to be able to drive from places like Johannesburg, Chennai, Bangkok and Tokyo to Glasgow non-stop, but NOPE, gotta take a train.
Screw that.
#AmphibiousCarsAreTheFuture #DrivingFronNewYorkCityToLondon #InternationalHighwaySystem
I'm a CNC programmer and technolog making EuroTunnel vagons as i write this.
Salutări din România 🙋♂️🙋♂️🇷🇴
Greetings from the U.K.!
@@4kadventures am fost și eu în Marea Britanie acum o lună 🇬🇧😀
Hope you enjoyed your trip!
@@4kadventures mulțumesc Prietene
hi how are you, great video, do you always do this route!?? I need to cross with my cat to France, and there are no more flights this year!!😭😭😭
A cat ... cats are NOT allowed. Dogs are.
11:33 Still using the safety announcements recorded in 1994 by the late Phil Sayer.
Aren’t there any signs warning drivers to switch to left-hand side driving?!
How much time does the journey take, including check-in, boarding and the passage?
Check-in at least 1 hour and not more than 2 hours before your scheduled departure time. The train journey itself is 35 minutes.
That Eurotunnel blind train recalls me the Hal-Life 2's Nova Prospekt train.
Thanks for the video - it's very helpful :) I am curious whether you got your passport stamped at UK Border Control when leaving France ?
I was stamped at French border control on the way in and then on the return home.
The idiot French stamp your passport leaving. Passports should only ever be stamped on arrival at the other / destination country. I use this so much there'll be no room left for stamps in my passport.
@@4kadventures On the way in? You LEFT France and went to England ... that's on the way OUT.
We traveled the Eurotunnel in our coach in July 2013 🇨🇵 🚇 🇬🇧 and I don't remember any safety announcements in English

There will have been.
There is a big difference between the terminals on the French and English side. Fresh and nice on the French side. The English side doesn't seem to be maintained at all.
UNA IDIOZIA TOTALE.
3 MINUTI DI GIOCO DELL'OCA PER MILIARDI DI EURO IN ASFALTO E CEMENTO.
cool
I didn't know that cars were transported by train through the tunnel, thanks for the video.
Is it a driving learning school
I can see clearly they want to stay allon. So let them stay allon!
allon????
If it takes much longer, you,l be on the other side😎
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It seems complicated to me to get to the train!
what camera do you use
Mesmerising, when the **** did you travel. its always madness and disorganised when we travel...
I think it was around midday on the 30th May 2023. I was very lucky how quiet it was..
When the tunnel was planned:
Someone: "Let's put the cars on trains, that will save a lot of time and fuel if they don't have to drive all the way!"
Fuel company: "For sure! 😂😂😂"
The tunnel isn't just used by the car shuttles, freight and passenger trains use it as well. Letting cars drive across on their own would have required digging two more tunnels. And another major reason is safety, you really don't want a car crash deep in a tunnel almost 20 kilometers from the nearest exit.
Possibly the most stupid comment on here
Dear 4K Adventures Staff: I have one TH-cam channel targeted to kids, and on this Christmas Days, I upload few videos about one childhood performance on my town of Sabadell, located 20 km from Catalonia Square of Barcelona, about "El Llaminer" where this man, a little translation as well as "The Sweety Man" spark to childhood to enjoy Christmas Hollidays, and creat a huge atmosphere to addict to watch this performance day afterward day.
I would like ask you if you allows me to re-link your video, this video, because in comparaison than Eurostar railway, one car full with one family is more enjoyable, and I am thinking with bring your own kids in your own car, and drive your car to this train.
Despite enjoy trip inside Railway Eurostar from Paris to London and feeling high speed is more comfortable.
Hey!
Yes! Feel free to link my video to your audience to show them how the eurotunnel works!
We did this last year, we are going to do it again today! In roughly 20 minutes from writing this, we are going to head to here to go to France for Disneyland.
Edit (15 minutes left) from French side it was really windy, the lanes were packed and it took 2 hours from our departure time until we left, lol
Who designed this ridiculous entry way ? Why would they make this such a complicated drive? Someone must have made a lot of money designing and building this monstrosity. 😮
Averages french road layout. Just spaghetti roads
@@chetu6792and wherever-you-are road too.
Complete lunatics
Such a moronic comment.
It’s called a roundabout… nothing complicated if you’re from Europe
Caramba! Sou do Brasil e vendo isso estamos na Idade Média em relação a Europa! E tem gente que reclama!!!
Ik pak het vliegtuig wel, wat een gedoe
What a pollution!!!
by plane, check-in takes forever, plus you have to organize yourself to go to the airport without your car (airports which are outside of cities unlike train stations), and statistically planes are later than trains, for example, it is much more common to have to stay in a hotel because the plane is late.
Nou, inderdaad😅
Simpele ziel
You really has to solve a labyrint to get the train?
For what purpose is all that empty space?
At peak travel times, it isn't empty space - it's full of vehicles waiting to get onto the train.
Surprised at how cluttered and tacky everything looks. What's with ALL the crazy winding lanes at each end, and all those barricades?
On super busy days they fill all those lanes with cars.
When I filmed this I was lucky it was a very quiet day!
I've been before and had to wait hours because of delays
Der Film macht einen schon besoffen, wie ist dann erst die reale Fahrt?
Joder para llegar al tren.......te sale mas a cuenta hacer el viaje en coche y llegas antes
UK is an island...
Nel giugno 2009 sono andato da Milano a Londra con la mia auto usando per mia fortuna ,il traghetto...oggi guardando questo video e soffrendo di claustrofobia mi sono sentito male, e mi sono reso conto che non potrò mai utilizzarlo... Grazie per il video che permette alle persone come me di conoscerlo ed evitarlo.
It says thank you for travelling with us. Who tf else you gonna travel with 😂
Any one of several ferry companies!
Ferries and airlines also exist between the UK and France
😂Space Shuttle😂
Супер тунель нашей эпохи ! ! !❤❤❤❤❤ 😎😀🙂😋
What about fires of ev whilst in the tunnel
Is it just me or are the lanes really just considered a suggestion for most folks.
I would have gotten my dumbarse lost multiple times just getting to the train.