Engineering: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.

ex-SR Battle of Britain Class 34072 257 Squadron Unrebuilt Bulleid Light Pacific, with the Golden Arrow styling

Notable named boat trains

• Admiraal de Ruijter, Template:Stnlink – Template:Stnlink (1987– 2006)
• Benjamin Britten, London Liverpool Street – Amsterdam Centraal (1987– ?)
• La Flèche d'Or (Golden Arrow), Paris Gare du Nord – Calais-Maritime (1929–1972)
• 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, Template:Stnlink – Paris Nord / Brussels Midi/Zuid (1936–1980)
• The Statesman, London Waterloo – Southampton Docks (Ocean Terminal)
• The Steam Boat, Toronto – Port McNicoll

See also

• 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

Further reading

• Martin, Andrew (5 October 2004). "Indirect lines". The Guardian (London). https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2004/oct/05/railtravel. Retrieved 28 March 2013.