Sorry to see this abandoned ferry port. Used the line from Ostend to Ramsgate from 1992 til 2008, twice every month. Some breaks in service, had o use other lines or Ostend connected to Dover, but, I loved Ransgate. Saw them come and go, all of them, RMT, Holyman Sally, Sally, TEF..... No more ferry between Belgium and England. Both harbours are empty now
Ostend's mayor, Johan Vande Lanotte, last year said service would be resumed in March. Now the new company says there is a possibility of starting up by the end of this year, but Thanet District Council says nothing has been signed yet. As a Flemish cyclist, I'm eager to see service reopened. And logically, pedestrians should be hopeful as well; I can't envision a service without pedestrians allowed.
I remember the ferry port being built back in the late 1970s. Now it's gone the same way as the hovercraft terminal down at road at Pegwell Bay. Before the port was built the lift at 00:22 used to take people from the promenade down to the beach below.
It's weird the port is pretty much dead. It looks like they spent an absolute fortune on the link tunnel. Given how awful most UK infrastructure is, this was truly a big money project for them.... just to leave it completely un-used.
I often drove through this tunnel with the truck when I got off the ferry from Ostend or the Trans Europa Ferries that went bankrupt in 2012, not surprising because those ships were as good as scrap !! But there is only one entrance and exit to the ferry port etc. this road is still used, right? What about these ferry port in Ramsgate these days, when I look on Google Maps I see all passenger cars so somewhere it is still used but no longer for commercial transport I assume, I can not imagine any ferry company that offers a has "line" on it.
I am Glad that you got out . Why at 1:56 , Perhaps they saw on the T.V monitor that you were Driving on the wrong side of the Road ? Ha ha That gets me every time I see it . Thank you for the Video I like seeing the Chalk .
If the ferry port is abandoned, why not simply close off the tunnel for good and demolish the port itself? An abandoned ferry port will be the perfect place for a criminal base because no cops would bother going in there.
I went there last years for alook and i was greated by two men in blue uniforms asking me what i was doing and i said i came for alook around and they let me in the main room
They close while they gave a cuppa and good laugh as u wander around looking trapped then they let u thru.. It's all to do Cheis Grayling and a **secret** brexit port !!!
I think that one of the fans wornte working so they had to close the tunnel to repair it because if there was a fire 🔥 and the fans didt work somke would still be in the tunnel
This is a fake! Whenever the tunnel is shut for maintenance the barrier shown here as closed is always open. Several businesses next to the ferry port need access. The barrier is only closed when the tunnel is open, as the council prefer traffic to use the tunnel than drive through the town. Fail.