Ebbsfleet International Station

northstar23

I'm due out of Ebbsfleet tomorrow on the 0715 to Paris, returning on Sunday night. I've just looked at the online parking booking and have discovered that to park my car will cost a frankly daft £23.

Has anyone used Ebbsfleet and knows of a better place to park?

Conor_3

Nowhere near there that'll save you any money as you'll have to get from where you park to the station.

dixie_dean_2

Are you travelling in standard class?

northstar23

Conor wrote: »

Nowhere near there that'll save you any money as you'll have to get from where you park to the station.

Thanks for the overwhelmingly positive response... but last time I checked I had two working legs and/or knew how to throw a push bike into the back of my van.

Yes I am in Standard Class, although that still cost £105 return. I usually travel from Ashford and get there free on the domestic service. However the ticket price for tomorrow was £155 so I thought I'd give Ebbsfleet a try.

I won't go into the politics of stripping Ashford of 90% of its services but it seems daft to abandon a station that was well linked into the mainline to the Coast & London to go to a station that is in the middle of nowhere and has no mainline link into it until late '10 at the earliest. Hence I really have to drive to get there for 0630 tomorrow.

SmileyG_2

northstar23 wrote: »

I'm due out of Ebbsfleet tomorrow on the 0715 to Paris, returning on Sunday night. I've just looked at the online parking booking and have discovered that to park my car will cost a frankly daft £23.

Has anyone used Ebbsfleet and knows of a better place to park?

There are buses that run from Bluewater shopping centre to Ebbsfleet International Station. Even a taxi might be cheaper than paying £23!

I don't what Bluewater's policy is on overnight parking though.

http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/__80256E280053B5B6.nsf/vWeb/wpINVA6N3NQ5?Open&show=current&region=Southern%20Counties&town=Gravesend

Whatever you do don't leave your car outside the car parks. I go to watch Ebbsfleet United and we are allowed to park our cars in one of the car parks for security reasons.

Conor_3

northstar23 wrote: »

Thanks for the overwhelmingly positive response... but last time I checked I had two working legs and/or knew how to throw a push bike into the back of my van.

Yes I am in Standard Class, although that still cost £105 return. I usually travel from Ashford and get there free on the domestic service. However the ticket price for tomorrow was £155 so I thought I'd give Ebbsfleet a try.

Well you can always park up in Gravesend or Swanscombe (DO NOT PARK NEAR THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES AT NORTHFLEET IF YOU VALUE YOUR CAR) - just check the parking restrictions carefully.

webextra

You can get return tickets for £59 to Paris or Brussels (£29 each way), excellent value for this time of year. Also if you are below 25 years old it's just £49, however I think there are only a few left,
http://www.ebbsfleetinternational.co.uk

The trains go from London too, but Ebbsfleet has got easy parking, it is just east of the M25.

vikingaero

The problem with Ebbsfleet is that it really is in the middle of nowhere. I don't think Bluewater are too positive on overnight parking and if your car stays more than one night I'd expect with their regular patrols that they would take some action.

The areas around Ebbsfleet are not the most salubrious and it's a good walk from Gravesend or Greenhithe.