Newhaven to Dieppe route under threat again

Monday, 29 Apr, 2014 0

The Newhaven to Dieppe ferry crossing is under threat again as French authorities threatened to withdraw subsidies to the cross-Channel route.

The Transmanche ferry route is currently run by DFDS Seaways but its contract expires next year.

A senior official in France has warned that the route cannot depend on the public subsidy which is said to have cost French taxpayers £190 million over the past ten years, reports the Daily Mail.

A spokesman for DFDS Seaways, said: "DFDS Seaways decided not to file an application to operate the Dieppe /Newhaven line for 2015, as we were unsure whether we could satisfy the requirements in the current model.

"However, we fully understand the need of the Conseil General to find a solution that is suitable to them and the public, and we will naturally continue our good and constructive dialogue with the Conseil General in order to support them in their work to find a solution that is acceptable to them and the operator on the route.

"In the meantime we will continue to operate on the basis of the current agreement with the Conseil General."

The General Council of Seine-Maritime (CGSM), which subsidises the link, is looking for new investors.

Nicolas Rouly, president of the CGSM, said: "This is a potentially difficult decision to take to stop the line. But we have spent £190million pounds of public money in ten years.’

Ferry users have described the closure of the line as a ‘disaster’ , claiming it’s the most direct route from London and the South East to Paris and western France for both commercial and domestic users.

Diane

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