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More Okehampton news.
New Devon railway station step closer to being built
The new station will be built on the Dartmoor Line
www.devonlive.com
There was a boat train service to Weymouth Harbour station(from Waterloo iirc)until 1986. Though that service never had the carriages loaded.Watched an old Poirot on tv and they mentioned the ‘boat train’. Curious about it I looked it up and there used to be service from London to Paris. The 1st class sleeping and baggage carriages were loaded onto a ferry on tracks . 2nd class would have to get on and off the boat on foot as the 2nd class carriages didn’t do the crossing.
Service ended in 1980
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Ferry
It didn’t sound as glamorous as I imagined. No air conditioning. And apparently noisy with the wheel chains being taken on and off on the car decksThere was a boat train service to Weymouth Harbour station(from Waterloo iirc)until 1986. Though that service never had the carriages loaded.
The rail lines to the Harbour which ran via a public road were removed last year.
I think I’d have preferred to have got off & walked on the ferry.It didn’t sound as glamorous as I imagined. No air conditioning. And apparently noisy with the wheel chains being taken on and off on the car decks
I had no idea. Whenever I hear about Alcatraz I think about the excellent Clint Eastwood film ‘Escape from Alcatraz’I think I’d have preferred to have got off & walked on the ferry.
As an aside, prisoners going to the then new Federal Penitentiary at Alcatraz in the 1930s travelled by rail. The prisoners did not leave the railway carriage which was uncoupled at the Railway Pier at the San Francisco Port. It was loaded onto a barge for the final journey to the island
The railway embarkation point & rails are still in situ.
The service from Germany to Denmark that hopped on to a ferry no longer runs as there is a high speed link now. But you can get a train from Sicily to mainland Italy that goes via a ferry. Have done both and great funWatched an old Poirot on tv and they mentioned the ‘boat train’. Curious about it I looked it up and there used to be service from London to Paris. The 1st class sleeping and baggage carriages were loaded onto a ferry on tracks . 2nd class would have to get on and off the boat on foot as the 2nd class carriages didn’t do the crossing.
Service ended in 1980
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Ferry