CHANNEL TRAIN FERRY.
■ , '— '.' ; ■ HARWICH TO ZEEBRUGGE. A train ferry is being established between ; Harwich and Zeebrugge. : It will be possible to send goods without breaking bulk from an English factory to any part of Europe, except Russia and the Iberian Peninsula, where the gauges are not of the European size. It is hoped to have the ferry running by' August. The company has purchased three of the ! ferry steamers which used to ply between Richborough and the Continent.' ' The work will employ from ■ 500 to' 600 men, and will cost about £60,000. It is anticipated that the traffic in the easly I stages , will amount. to 150,000 tons each [way.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18347, 13 March 1923, Page 7
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110CHANNEL TRAIN FERRY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18347, 13 March 1923, Page 7
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