London to Paris via Chunnel

On 14/11/11 07:31, 15/11/11 wrote:
In , William
wrote:

On 14/11/11 02:57, 14/11/11 wrote:
What is the actual travel time for this trip? Eurostar says 2hr 15min, but a
friend called them up and was told the actual travel time is 20min

As it's about 250 miles you'd have to be going at one hell of a lick to
do it in 20 minutes.

Actually you need to be going at a hell of a lick to do it in 2:15.

But Eurostar say they can do it in that time on at least one service a day.

On the other hand there's a 30 minute check-in.

Plus you need to get to the check-in at St P...

yes, she said the time included check-in and check-out.

I can't convince her of this as she said she had ridden the train and the actual
trip only took 20 minutes. strange

The trip under the sea takes about that time.

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William Black

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"martin" wrote in message
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On 14.11.11 03:57, 14/11/11 wrote:
What is the actual travel time for this trip? Eurostar says 2hr 15min,
but a
friend called them up and was told the actual travel time is 20min

Is your friend called Cathy?

Has the Eurostar got bathrooms?
--
JohnT

In article ,
Jesper Lauridsen wrote:

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:57:00 -0800, 14/11/11
wrote:
What is the actual travel time for this trip? Eurostar says 2hr
15min, but a
friend called them up and was told the actual travel time is 20min

Why not just look it up? Not hard to do. 2 hours 15 minutes.

which is strangely the time I quoted in my Original Post. The question was "what
is the actual travel time" not how long it takes to get from London to Paris.

But thanks anyway

In article , William Black
wrote:

On 14/11/11 07:31, 15/11/11 wrote:
In , William
wrote:

On 14/11/11 02:57, 14/11/11 wrote:
What is the actual travel time for this trip? Eurostar says 2hr 15min,
but a friend called them up and was told the actual travel time is 20min

As it's about 250 miles you'd have to be going at one hell of a lick to do
it in 20 minutes.

Actually you need to be going at a hell of a lick to do it in 2:15.

But Eurostar say they can do it in that time on at least one service a
day.

On the other hand there's a 30 minute check-in.

Plus you need to get to the check-in at St P...

yes, she said the time included check-in and check-out.

I can't convince her of this as she said she had ridden the train and the
actual trip only took 20 minutes. strange

The trip under the sea takes about that time.

that actually makes more sense. I will see how telling her this affects my sex
life

In article , martin
wrote:

On 14.11.11 08:31, 15/11/11 wrote:
In , William
wrote:

On 14/11/11 02:57, 14/11/11 wrote:
What is the actual travel time for this trip? Eurostar says 2hr 15min,
but a friend called them up and was told the actual travel time is 20min

As it's about 250 miles you'd have to be going at one hell of a lick to do
it in 20 minutes.

Actually you need to be going at a hell of a lick to do it in 2:15.

But Eurostar say they can do it in that time on at least one service a
day.

On the other hand there's a 30 minute check-in.

Plus you need to get to the check-in at St P...

yes, she said the time included check-in and check-out.

I can't convince her of this as she said she had ridden the train and the
actual trip only took 20 minutes. strange

So why did she call them up?

She had the strange thought that they might know the answer. I myself thought
what a strange concept, but none-the-less, she did it and it satisfied her


If you are going to tell porkies try to be plausible. The only strange thing
is that anybody took your dumb question seriously.

I can see that you might have trouble with serious

In article ,
Johannes Kleese wrote:

What is the actual travel time for this trip? Eurostar says 2hr 15min,
but a
friend called them up and was told the actual travel time is 20min

As it's about 250 miles you'd have to be going at one hell of a lick to
do it in 20 minutes.

I can't convince her of this as she said she had ridden the train and the
actual
trip only took 20 minutes. strange

Maybe she talked about (or confused it with) the tunnel itself. It's
just 50 km (30 miles) and thus easily passed in 20 minutes - even though
AFAIK it's more like 30 to 40 minutes.

makes sense

14/11/11 wrote:

What is the actual travel time for this trip? Eurostar says 2hr 15min, but a
friend called them up and was told the actual travel time is 20min

Well, that must be right then.

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JohnT wrote:

"martin" wrote in message
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On 14.11.11 03:57, 14/11/11 wrote:
What is the actual travel time for this trip? Eurostar says 2hr 15min,
but a
friend called them up and was told the actual travel time is 20min

Is your friend called Cathy?

Has the Eurostar got bathrooms?

Do they sell slices of pizza?

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)

martin wrote:

On 14.11.11 08:31, 15/11/11 wrote:
In , William
wrote:

On 14/11/11 02:57, 14/11/11 wrote:
What is the actual travel time for this trip? Eurostar says 2hr 15min,
but a friend called them up and was told the actual travel time is
20min

As it's about 250 miles you'd have to be going at one hell of a lick to
do it in 20 minutes.

Actually you need to be going at a hell of a lick to do it in 2:15.

But Eurostar say they can do it in that time on at least one service a day.

On the other hand there's a 30 minute check-in.

Plus you need to get to the check-in at St P...

yes, she said the time included check-in and check-out.

I can't convince her of this as she said she had ridden the train and
the actual trip only took 20 minutes. strange

So why did she call them up? If you are going to tell porkies try to be
plausible. The only strange thing is that anybody took your dumb
question seriously.

Not when you consider the anybodies...

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)

On 14.11.11 15:39, JohnT wrote:

"martin" wrote in message
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On 14.11.11 03:57, 14/11/11 wrote:
What is the actual travel time for this trip? Eurostar says 2hr
15min, but a
friend called them up and was told the actual travel time is 20min

Is your friend called Cathy?

Has the Eurostar got bathrooms?

If you look into her ear, can you see light at the end of the tunnel?