Nacht-Zug-Fahr
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How many dedicated trains to we have these days which connect to a sailing ? I know of London Liverpool St to Harwich , and perhaps London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour
Plus the equivalent services for the day boats (though the Lowestoft-Harwich using the set for the 0750 is stretching a point!), and arguably the 2102 LST-HPQ though that no longer officially connects.1A95 07:20 Harwich International to London Liverpool Street and
2W06 07:50 Harwich International to Cambridge (for the 06:30 arrival)
2A86 19:32 London Liverpool Street to Harwich International a21:00 and
2A48 19:47 Cambridge to Harwich International a21:30 (for the 23:00 sailing)
Yes (eg by Stena) and no respectively.They're not specifically advertised for those services, are they? Nor limited to passengers for them?
1A95 07:20 Harwich International to London Liverpool Street and
2W06 07:50 Harwich International to Cambridge (for the 06:30 arrival)
2A04 05:25 Lowestoft to Harwich International a07:26 and
2A06 06:38 London Liverpool Street to Harwich International a08:07 (for the 09:00 sailing)
1A97 20:45 Harwich International to London Liverpool Street (for the 19:45 arrival)
2A86 19:32 London Liverpool Street to Harwich International a21:00 and
2A48 19:47 Cambridge to Harwich International a21:30 (for the 23:00 sailing)
Doe Newhaven Town count for the Ferry terminal, as it's pretty much next door? Of course, Newhaven Harbour never had boat trains and Newhaven Marine is no more.How many open stations still exist which are used by trains and ferries? I'm thinking of places like Portsmouth Harbour, Lymington Pier as well as Harwich International. Oban wouldn't count as the station and ferry terminal are a few minutes apart.
In addition to those added by zwk500 how about Ryde Pier Head?How many open stations still exist which are used by trains and ferries? I'm thinking of places like Portsmouth Harbour, Lymington Pier as well as Harwich International. Oban wouldn't count as the station and ferry terminal are a few minutes apart.
Lymington Pier might have qualified at one time, because trains terminated short at Town if there was no connecting ferry. It's a moot point now.In addition to those added by zwk500 how about Ryde Pier Head?
Lymington Pier might have qualified at one time, because trains terminated short at Town if there was no connecting ferry. It's a moot point now.
Back to the OP: in the strictest sense, there are no "dedicated" boat trains that only convey boat passengers (and wait for delayed boats!) - that was a UK speciality, and disappeared with the Tunnel.
As are sailings to Arran, Bute, and DunoonHas anyone thought of the service from Glasgow to Oban for the boat to Isle of Mull? Not a dedicated boat train, but definitely a route for which a train and a ferry boat are co-ordinated.
and MallaigAs are sailings to Arran, Bute, and Dunoon
Nowadays Stranraer only sees Glasgow trains (and some only get to Ayr/Kilmarnock), and not timed specifically for the ferry. It's also a fair bus ride from Stranraer station to the Cairnryan ferry terminal.Which is the service that runs to Stranraer?
Moving the terminal to Cairnryan was a tragedy. The car park is nowhere near big enough in the summer season, and the access to it from most anywhere is pretty terrible without a car.Nowadays Stranraer only sees Glasgow trains (and some only get to Ayr/Kilmarnock), and not timed specifically for the ferry. It's also a fair bus ride from Stranraer station to the Cairnryan ferry terminal.
The ferry companies themselves actually advertise for passengers to travel to Ayr and catch a connecting bus from there.
Yes it does - and they make much of it. And in normal times probably carry more connecting passengers than any other boat trainDoes the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway still connect at Lakeside with the boats on Windermere? They did when I was last there, but that was 1975!