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Aug 5, 2018, 2:49 pm

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Originally Posted by stut

Ramsgate had the Ostend ferries, but only after the Jetfoil service from Dover ended. It traditionally only had the Dunkirk service.

Dover Western Docks, after Eastern Docks opened, had the boat trains and the fast ferries, including a separate hovercraft site. Otherwise, Dover Eastern docks and Folkestone (also with a boat train via a very awkward line at Folkestone Harbour) both competed for both Calais and Boulogne traffic(

Newhaven served Dieppe.

Thanks for the clarification.

when I come into Dover from Smeeth on the M20 and it comes into downtown Dover and at the 2nd roundabout I see all the big (P&O etc) ferries before I make my way up the hill. Is that the eastern dock?

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