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Thanet is 75 miles from Central London and 56 miles from the M25/Dartford Crossing.
A fast-link dual carriageway connects Thanet with the M2 and the UK motorway network. Several local companies provide trailer or containerised road haulage and distribution services throughout the UK and internationally. Distances within Kent and the UK.
Served by South Eastern Trains, Thanet's seven railway stations provide regular passenger services to London's Victoria and Charing Cross stations. Fast train journey time from Ramsgate is 110 minutes; from Margate 100 minutes. South Eastern Trains website for timetables.
The International Passenger Station at Ashford (50 minutes by road and with 2000 parking places) allows passengers to board, and disembark from, Eurostar rail passenger services to and from Lille, Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel.
Port of Ramsgate is a busy cross-Channel port.
Freight ferries go to Ostend which offer facilities for both accompanied and containerised freight.
Passenger ferries travel from Port of Ramsgate to Belgium For information about passenger services, sailing times and prices please visit TransEuropa Ferries website.
There are additional ferry, 'fast ferry' and hovercraft services from Dover (20 miles/32km) and a deep-water container port at Sheerness (50 miles/80km).
The Eurotunnel terminal at Folkstone is 50 minutes by road for car, coach and accompanied lorry freight services to the continent. Lorries and coaches should be pre-booked; cars can pre-book or be transported on an 'arrive and travel' basis. There is no facility for passengers without vehicles to travel.
The International Passenger Station at Ashford (50 minutes by road and with 2000 parking places) allow passengers to board, and disembark from, Eurostar's rail passenger services to and from Lille, Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel.
The airport has facilities to accept both cargo and passenger flights.
http://www.kentinternationalairport-manston.com/
For international and domestic passenger services, London Gatwick is 131 km, London Heathrow 152 km, London City 120km, London Luton 193km and London Stansted 147km.
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