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The TGV La Poste were dedicated trainsets for high-speed freight and mail transportation by French railway company SNCF on behalf of the French postal carrier La Poste. The top speed of this TGV Sud-Est derivate was 270 km/h (168 mph), making them the fastest freight trains in the world. [citation needed] They were withdrawn in 2015. [1]
In France, the SNCF TGV La Poste (1984–2015) were rail cars built specifically for La Poste, which had run rail services since 1846; In Germany, as well as the Bahnpost (Germany) (from 1840s), several cities have their own mail trains, including: Poststraßenbahn Berlin in Berlin; Post-U-Bahn München in Munich
However, train ferries are often built as "large barges", partly with open train deck, with the superstructure above, meaning the water will pour out into the sea again. Car ferries, on the other hand, usually have "normal hulls" with "holes" in them for loading; this design retains sloshing flood water within the ship
[1] [2] [3] By assigning railway stations an IATA code, passengers on trips involving those stations can be ticketed all the way through the journey, including being checked straight through to their final destination, without the bother of having to claim their baggage and check-in again when changing between the rail and air portions of a ...
La Poste may refer to: Arnac-la-Poste, a commune in France; Jacques Laposte, a French footballer from Martinique; La Poste Maxi Ketch, a sailing boat build for the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1993; Postal services. La Poste, the postal service of France Musée de La Poste, "La Poste Museum" SNCF TGV La Poste, postal bullet train used by ...
The TGV (French: ⓘ; train à grande vitesse, [tʁɛ̃ a ɡʁɑ̃d vitɛs] ⓘ, 'high-speed train') [a] is France's intercity high-speed rail service. With commercial operating speeds of up to 320 km/h (200 mph) on the newer lines, [1] the TGV was conceived at the same period as other technological projects such as the Ariane 1 rocket and Concorde supersonic airliner; sponsored by the ...
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. Battle of Britain class 34072 257 Squadron unrebuilt Bulleid Light Pacific, with the Golden Arrow styling, formerly operated by Southern ...
Network Code, a number which determines the interpretation of the speed codes which should be taken by the train's computer. For example, on high speed lines where the maximum allowable speed is 300 km/h (186 mph), a different network code is used from that in the Channel Tunnel, where the speed limit is 160 km/h (100 mph).