Getting There

Road

Crossing the Channel

Stopovers

Air

Road

This is the autoroute version, from Coquelles (French Channel tunnel terminal). It assumes the following speeds:

Motorway - 80 miles/h
Dual carriageway - 70 miles/h
A-road - 40 miles/h (maily over the mountains behind a lorry!)
B-road - 35 miles/h
Instruction Time Leg Time (hours) Distance Leg Distance Speed
Depart Coquelles, F 00:00        
  0:39   49.9 77
Arrive Béthune - Via 1 00:39   49.9    
  1:38   121.7 75
Arrive Reims-Cathédrale, F - Via 2 2:17   171.6    
  0:59   74.1 75
Arrive Troyes-Est, F - Via 3 3:16   245.7    
  1:22   102.3 75
Arrive Dijon-Nord, F - Via 4 4:38   348    
  0:37   46.5 75
Arrive Besançon-Planoise, F - Via 5 5:15   394.5    
  0:17   13 46
Arrive Besançon Golf Course, F - Via 6 5:32   407.5    
  0:43   31.5 44
Arrive Pontarlier, F - Via 7 6:15   439    
  0:18   13.4 45
Entering Switzerland 6:33   452.4    
  0:00   0.4  
Arrive Vallorbe, CH - Via 8 6:33   452.8    
  0:19   21.7 69
Arrive Lausanne, CH, N1-N9 interchange - Via 9 6:52   474.5    
  0:23   28.8 75
Arrive Aigle, CH - Via 10 7:15   503.3    
  0:15   9.1 36
Arrive Villars-sur-Ollon, CH - Via 11 7:30   512.4    
  0:07   2.5 21
Arrive Swiss house 7:37   514.9    
TOTAL   7:37 514.9  

 

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Crossing the Channel

             

Stopovers

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