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There were motorail services, called AutoSlaapTrein, which ran in the summer months from 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) in the Netherlands to Koper in Slovenia, to Alessandria and Livorno in Italy, and Frejus and Avignon in the South of France. EETC (Euro-Express trein charter), the owner of the AutoSlaapTrein, suspended their services in April 2015.
Unlike a car shuttle train, an Auto Train or Motorail train is a passenger train on which, except in France, [1] passengers can take their car or automobile along with them. On Motorail trains, passengers are carried in normal passenger cars or in sleeping cars on longer journeys, while the cars or automobiles are loaded separately into ...
Motorail was the brand name for British Rail's long-distance services that carried passengers and their cars. During its latter years of operation, it was grouped under the wider InterCity sector. During June 1955, the Car-Sleeper Limited service was introduced, Britain's first scheduled long distances car-carrying service, between London and ...
It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes between France and Italy being used for 80% of the commercial road traffic. Construction of the 13 km (8.1 mi) long tunnel started in 1974, and it came into service on 12 July 1980, leading to the closure of the motorail shuttle service in the Fréjus rail tunnel.
Pages in category "Motorail" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The station is relatively large, with 13 platforms, numbered from 3 to 15. Tracks 1 and 2 were used in the past for motorail services carrying passenger cars to destinations mainly in Southern France. These were transferred to Denderleeuw railway station in 2000, and eventually discontinued in 2003.
Four wheeled CCT were banned from Motorail services in the mid-1960s. [2] These vans were designed to be used for carrying motor cars in Motorail but the tight clearances inside the body of the van and closing/opening of the end doors required much time and effort from staff. The vans were replaced by General Utility Vans (GUV) and car flats. [2]
A 20/28 hp plate-frame Simplex built in 1941, running at the Moseley Railway Trust Simplex 40 hp armoured 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge, built for the British Army for World War I Two models of Simplex locomotive at Alan Keef's works, 1999 Red Rum at Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway