boat train
{{Short description|Passenger train that takes its passengers to a port to be loaded on to a passenger ship}}
A boat train is a passenger train operating to a port for the specific purpose of making connection with a passenger ship, such as a ferry, ocean liner, or cruise ship. Through ticketing is normally available. __NOTOC__
Image:34072 257 Squadron.jpg 34072 257 Squadron unrebuilt Bulleid Light Pacific, with the Golden Arrow styling, formerly operated by Southern Railway]]
Notable named boat trains
- Admiraal de Ruijter, {{Stnlink|London Liverpool Street}} – {{Stnlink|Amsterdam Centraal}} (1987–2006)
- Benjamin Britten, London Liverpool Street – Amsterdam Centraal (1987–?)
- La Flèche d'Or (Golden Arrow), Paris Gare du Nord – Calais-Maritime (1929–1972){{cite news
|date=15 September 2008
|accessdate=27 December 2008
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/sep/15/rail.france?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
|title=The return of the boat train to Paris
|newspaper=The Guardian
| location=London
| first=Andrew
| last=Martin}}
- The Golden Arrow, London Victoria – Dover Marine (1929–1972)
- The Cunarder
- London Waterloo – Southampton Docks (Ocean Terminal)
- London Euston – Liverpool Riverside
- Glasgow Central – Greenock Prince’s Pier
- Night Ferry, {{Stnlink|London Victoria}} – Paris Nord / Brussels Midi/Zuid (1936–1980)
- The Statesman, London Waterloo – Southampton Docks (Ocean Terminal){{cite web
|url=http://www.oceanlinermuseum.co.uk/The%20Statesman%20Boat%20Train.htm
|title=The Statesman Boat Train
|accessdate=27 December 2008
|work=oceanlinermuseum.co.uk
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803192942/http://www.oceanlinermuseum.co.uk/The%20Statesman%20Boat%20Train.htm
|archive-date=3 August 2009
|url-status=dead
}}
- The Steam Boat, Toronto – Port McNicoll
See also
{{Portal|Transport|Trains}}
- Train ferry, which carries rail vehicles as well as passengers
- Dutchflyer, London to Amsterdam
- Lyttelton Line Boat trains, New Zealand
- On the Wigan Boat Express, a song
- Venice-Simplon Orient Express, London to Paris and beyond
References
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=Further reading=
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- {{cite news|date=5 October 2004 |accessdate=28 March 2013 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2004/oct/05/railtravel |title=Indirect lines |newspaper=The Guardian | location=London | first=Andrew | last=Martin | author-link=Andrew Martin (novelist)}}
{{refend}}