Petrol is set to become more expensive from January 1, after MPs backed a proposal to raise excise duties by a narrow majority. The tax on a litre of petrol will increase by 5.6 cents, with diesel up 3.6 cents and LPG by 1.3 cents, if the changes go ahead. MPs supported a ChristenUnie plan to redirect part of the money originally intended to keep pump prices down towards public transport. Earlier this year, the cabinet agreed to extend temporary...
Eurostar has annoying pre-checkin times too though at least for London - they recommend over an hour.
I think that does make it faster to fly even with 2*airport to centre transit times - though extra time for checked bag in an airplane might just swing it back the other way.
If you could turn up for eurostar 5 minutes before, like a normal train it’d probably be better.
Eurostar has annoying pre-checkin times too though at least for London - they recommend over an hour.
I think that does make it faster to fly even with 2*airport to centre transit times - though extra time for checked bag in an airplane might just swing it back the other way.
If you could turn up for eurostar 5 minutes before, like a normal train it’d probably be better.
Those pre-checkin times are needed because the queues are insane. There should be much higher capacity at rush hour