Dartford Crossing Toll Increase

Not sure if anyone has done a thread about this yet but there are new charges going to be applied to the Dartford Crossing as of the 15 Nov 2008.


Day Charges (6am - 10pm)
Car : £1.50
2 Axle Goods : £2.00
Mutli Axle Goods : £3.70

Night Charges (10pm - 6am)
Car : free
2 Axle Goods : free
Mutli Axle Goods : free

Just thought I would let you know guys !

You got it easy, our bridge costs me £10.60 in the van

It's worth it just to drive through the tunnel. The engine sounds gorgeous going through there.

Originally Posted by howell811

You got it easy, our bridge costs me £10.60 in the van

That is what I find really odd about the Severn bridge, you only have to pay one way ... and who would want to pay to get into wales


Thanks for the heads up on the price change

Originally Posted by Alfaspeed

It's worth it just to drive through the tunnel. The engine sounds gorgeous going through there.

Not so much for Tractor drivers though

Originally Posted by baby278278

Not sure if anyone has done a thread about this yet but there are new charges going to be applied to the Dartford Crossing as of the 15 Nov 2008.


Day Charges (6am - 10pm)
Car : £1.50
2 Axle Goods : £2.00
Mutli Axle Goods : £3.70

Night Charges (10pm - 6am)
Car : free
2 Axle Goods : free
Mutli Axle Goods : free

Just thought I would let you know guys !

When the bridge was being built, they promised to scrap the toll as soon as it had paid for itself.

Well that day came and went a couple of years ago, and now they're still going

Originally Posted by HSTDriver

When the bridge was being built, they promised to scrap the toll as soon as it had paid for itself.
Well that day came and went a couple of years ago, and now they're still going

What He Said !!

Hi everyone,
yes in 2003 the mandate for collecting the toll ended but the government surprise surprise changed the toll to a congestion charge.
(theres congestion because you're collecting money at booths!!)
There are around 54 milion crossings per year - please do the maths and see how much we're being ripped off for again. added to longer journeys, burning up fuel stuck in traffic, accidents in the queues etc etc -
if you get a darttag it will cost "just" £1.00 per crossing but you must deposit £10 minimum to get a tag. so 4 return trips a year and you're in profit and no need to remember coins etc

All my motorway trips cost.
It's one of the only regions in France with tolls on urban autoroutes.

And they've reduced the speed to 110 and added cameras.

F'ers!

£1.50 is a 50% increase - why?

I suspect, because they can.

Quite correct VO2, as long as we take it on the chin without protesting, then the government can charge us anything for anything. Apparently beer is soon going to be £4 a pint. We haven't seen protests for anything in years - petrol, household fuel, council tax, public transport. Everything has increased, except wages for ordinary people, or should that be SHEEPLE!

It's time we voted the SNP in to Westminster - they have just scrapped all toll charges in Scotland, the shortfall is to be made up by toll increases in England as agreed by our leaders Gordon Brown & Alistair Darling.

I suppose one of the reasons for the large "inflation busting" increase is that this is the first increase in the last 17 years (did they start charging when the bridge was completed??) so 50p over that period is a reasonable increase ...

... apparently dart tag users will still pay £1 though ...

You should become a politician Chris

Originally Posted by Nev

All my motorway trips cost.
It's one of the only regions in France with tolls on urban autoroutes.

And they've reduced the speed to 110 and added cameras.

F'ers!

Why don't you block it with tractors and set fire to a few sheep like you lot usually do !!!

Because they might be burning one of your old girlfriends and they'd hate to see you upset