A Floating Train From London to Paris
NEW LUXURY TRAVEL ' - - ■ . f ' V- ■ LONDON, Nov. 14. A ship that contains an entire tube station and a garage - for 25 cars had :
her maiden Channel crossing to-day and uroved to be yet another triumph for (British engineering. She is the Hampton Ferry, which enables travellers to enter a railway carriage at Victoria station, London, and not be disturbed again until a customs officer calls on them half an hour outside Paris. The Hampton Ferry is one of three vessels of this type. The railway carriages are» driven straight aboard
through,an aperture in her stern. Night, and day for three years men have beeu working under water in Dover harbour to make this possible. Everything to-day went off without a hitch. When tho French Ambassador waved a green Southern Railway flag at Dover, the lock gate was lowered and tho service started. The cost of travelling by this new luxury service will be a supplement of
. £1 12s 6(1 for first-class passengers, and £1 5s 6d for third-class. Trains leaving Victoria at 10 p.m. arrive in Paris at 8.55 nest morning.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 290, 8 December 1936, Page 10
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188A Floating Train From London to Paris Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 290, 8 December 1936, Page 10
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