Poole-to-Cherbourg ferry route ends after four decades

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 06:24 · Archive

Brittany Ferries is ending the Poole-to-Cherbourg route on 12 October after 39 years of service.

Brittany Ferries is ending the historic Poole-to-Cherbourg ferry route on Monday, 12 October, after nearly four decades of operation. The MS Barfleur, which has served the route since 1992, will cease sailings as the ship moves to new services.

Brittany Ferries began operating the route in 1985, and it quickly became established on both sides of the Channel. The four-hour-15-minute crossing was promoted as the shortest route across the Channel and proved particularly successful during the 1990s, when Cherbourg invested £6 million in a new ferry terminal. At its peak in the mid-1990s, return tickets for foot passengers cost just £5, and the ship offered onboard restaurants, French patisseries, cinemas and duty-free shopping.

The route faced repeated challenges in later years. In 2005, an Office of Fair Trading ruling forced the service to cut summer sailings in half. A temporary suspension occurred in February 2010 due to low ticket sales, though the Barfleur returned in 2013.

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• Poole-to-Cherbourg ferry service coming to an endThe Poole-to-Cherbourg route is set to come to an end after many decades of service on Monday, October 12Dorset Echo · 10 Oct, 08:05
• All to know on Poole-to-Cherbourg ferry service as historic route comes to an endThe Poole-to-Cherbourg route is set to come to an end after many decades of service on Monday, October 12Bournemouth Echo · 10 Oct, 05:00

In this story: Brittany Ferries · Poole · Cherbourg · MS Barfleur

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