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AdamWW

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A few Flixbus cross-channel services appear to be routed through the channel tunnel rather than on ferries between France and the UK.

I presume though that since this is just something you can see when looking at the route details rather than being specifically stated on booking that they are free to change this on a given day if necessary or convenient.
Does anyone happen to know what the chances of such a change happening are?

I don't know how flexible their arrangements are with the cross-channel carriers. If they've made an unrefundable booking I expect they'd be keen not to change it unless they had to.

The data (GTFS?) they provide to the Google journey planner rather impressively shows the route to the shuttle terminal, through the tunnel and then round the terminal and out at the other side.
However it also appears to do this for ones routed by ferry.
 
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AdamWW said:
A few Flixbus cross-channel services appear to be routed through the channel tunnel rather than on ferries between France and the UK.

I presume though that since this is just something you can see when looking at the route details rather than being specifically stated on booking that they are free to change this on a given day if necessary or convenient.
Does anyone happen to know what the chances of such a change happening are?

I don't know how flexible their arrangements are with the cross-channel carriers. If they've made an unrefundable booking I expect they'd be keen not to change it unless they had to.

The data (GTFS?) they provide to the Google journey planner rather impressively shows the route to the shuttle terminal, through the tunnel and then round the terminal and out at the other side.
However it also appears to do this for ones routed by ferry.
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This is anecdotal, but a friend booked a Flixbus to begin a Belgium holiday we went on together back in autumn 2023, and it was switched from the Channel Tunnel to the ferry at late notice - they only learnt of the change when the coach reached the port.
I believe it depends on schedules - if the coach arrives with plenty of time to the Dover area, then the ferry is preferred.
I would also note that Eurotunnel have an official portal for setting up a trade account that enables coach operators to book with more flexibility, more info here: https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en/trade/coach-operators.
With a different journey on a different operator (Sindbad), I have experienced a journey where they have made use of this flexibility before, but they primarily use the Eurotunnel anyway - so if you want to experience the Eurotunnel on public transport, I would use them instead.
I used them London to Calais earlier this year.
 
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I took Flixbus from Paris to London and it went on the Eurotunnel rather than Ferry. I am sure the timetable said Ferry.
 
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Is it still the case that (as a Flixbus passenger) you get a meal voucher on the ferry?
 
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James H said:
Is it still the case that (as a Flixbus passenger) you get a meal voucher on the ferry?
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I didn't get meal vouchers when I travelled on FlixBus N1328 London to Warsaw, which when I did it was P&O outward, Irish Ferries back.
 
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James H said:
Is it still the case that (as a Flixbus passenger) you get a meal voucher on the ferry?
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Meal vouchers are only on DFDS, I assume these are supplied by the ferry company as part of coach bookings rather than being funded by Flixbus.
 
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