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Hi The last time we travelled back from Spain to France on A9 Motorway in January this we got stuck in a traffic jam that stretched out several miles. this was due to the french checking passports at the boarders again Has this passport check finished or is it still on?
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Hi, I have been back and forth a few times and there is no control, I have seen cars being pulled aside at the peage though.
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The last crackdown was around the Paris climate change summit, so if I had to guess, the next one will start some time shortly before the Euro football competition starts, and then continue off and on while it's going on. More footy-minded people than me will know exactly when that is, but if you want to make the trip, I wouldn't hang about.Kate wrote:I've been back and forth a few times recently, both on the motorway and through Le Perthus, and had no problem at all.
Having said that, traffic is beginning to build up - and no-one knows when the gendarmes might suddenly decide to do a 'contrôle', which causes the big queues!
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That's what I love about montgolfiere: always the optimist.montgolfiere wrote:could be misery....
Depending on the time of day, it can be worth using the old nationale, through Le Perthus. And you would save a few groats on tolls.
Talking of tolls, has anyone worked out how to get a Spanish motorway badge, short of having a bank account there? There was some talk, years ago, of making them-interoperable with the French ones, but that went quiet. Makes you want to vote for Brexit: what are we doing chained to these no-hopers? Only kidding.
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We have Spanish motorway badges in both our cars. Just so convenient. You get them from https://www.tolltickets.com/country/spa ... lang=en-GBmartyn94 wrote:
Talking of tolls, has anyone worked out how to get a Spanish motorway badge, short of having a bank account there? There was some talk, years ago, of making them-interoperable with the French ones, but that went quiet. Makes you want to vote for Brexit: what are we doing chained to these no-hopers? Only kidding.
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