Boat train

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.

Notable named boat trains

• Admiraal de Ruijter, London Liverpool Street – Amsterdam Centraal (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, London Victoria – 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

1. A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat
2. Golden Arrow (train)
3. Tait (train)
4. Trains and Boats and Planes
5. Train discography
6. La Flèche d'Or
7. List of named passenger trains of the United Kingdom
8. Port McNicoll, Ontario
9. Train (band)
10. Night Ferry
11. Staplehurst rail crash
12. Death on the Boat Train
13. London and South Western Railway
14. EuroCity
15. British Rail Class 33
16. List of Train members
17. London Victoria station
18. List of flying boats and floatplanes
19. Newhaven Marine railway station
20. The Final Problem