by AERA | Nov 28, 2024 | By Trevor Garrod
For 30 years Eurostar has been the fast rail services from England to France, using the Channel Tunnel. But there are still alternatives, one of which is the Newhaven – Dieppe ferry run by DFDS. Indeed this was traditionally the cheapest cross-Channel route from...
by AERA | Nov 21, 2022 | By Trevor Garrod, General
Three times this year I have travelled rail/sea/rail on the Harwich – Hoek van Holland route. When I most recently disembarked from the night ferry at Hoek van Holland, I found a queue of a dozen people in front of the ticket vending machine. The couple at the front...
by AERA | May 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Trevor Garrod For over two decades I have organised group visits by train to the Continent, using the services of an AERA member, and had one such group booked to go to Montpellier in May 2020. Obviously the visit had to be postponed more than once, but almost all...
by AERA | Apr 17, 2022 | General
It was April 1st when I made my first trip on the Harwich – Hoek van Holland ferry since 2020. Because of other commitments I found it convenient to stay the night in a hotel in Dovercourt and use the day sailing, coming back to England on the night sailing April...
by AERA | Feb 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
AERA is in regular contact with Back-on-Track – a network of independent campaigns in many European countries for improved international services, especially night trains. Our Secretary (in an individual capacity) has taken part in their activities, including –by zoom...
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