Route to Trieste to Calais

[wp1234]

Just looking at a route from Trieste to Calais mid October and with 4.8t van I am trying to avoid Austrian toll roads and the hassle of the GoBox .
Do any funsters have a good route handy ?

Thanks in advance .

 

[jongood]

Just looking at a route from Trieste to Calais mid October and with 4.8t van I am trying to avoid Austrian toll roads and the hassle of the GoBox .
Do any funsters have a good route handy ?

Thanks in advance .

yep Milan, como, St Gotthard, Basle, metz, Luxembourg, Namur, Lille. Some Italian tolls but cheap enough, then use Via App for Chf25 pass for Switzerland, job done.

in previous years I would have said fill up in Luxembourg but not now sadly.

 

[wp1234]

yep Milan, como, St Gotthard, Basle, metz, Luxembourg, Namur, Lille. Some Italian tolls but cheap enough, then use Via App for Chf25 pass for Switzerland, job done.

in previous years I would have said fill up in Luxembourg but not now sadly.

Fab thank you , do you mean the St Gotthard tunnel , I’m sure the Swiss Vignette covers that

 

[royandsharont]

At your weight you cannot use a vignette in Switzerland, you need heavy vehicle tax. Don’t get caught out by the police

 

[Brains]

How big is your van ?

Ours is over 3.5t but only 6.7m and looks much the same as a supermarket delivery van.
Our model of van comes as 3.5t, 3.9t or 4.2t
There is no physical difference at all between them, just a bit of paper and a plate with a different number on it.

Following the advice of a couple of vans who were inbound from Austria, we simply bought a 9 day Vignette for about €10 from memory.

If you have an 8m tag axle, then you probably need to take the GoBox option, but if you are simply an up-plated standard model you should get away with it.

As a warning, another funster did the simple Vignette option and got caught and fined, but it may depend on what your van looks like.

That said it is possible to cross Austria without going on the toll roads, but you need a reliable navigator.
The route is the old Brenner Pass road, not the new motorway.

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[jongood]

Fab thank you , do you mean the St Gotthard tunnel , I’m sure the Swiss Vignette covers that

yes I do and yes it does, only downside is likely to be a queue

 

[jongood]

It is also possible to Transit Austria without gobox by avoiding motorways but no quicker.