A car shuttle train, or (sometimes) car-carrying train, is a shuttle train used to transport accompanied cars (automobiles), and usually also other types of road vehicles, for a relatively short distance.
Car shuttle trains usually operate on lines passing through a rail tunnel and connecting two places not easily accessible to each other by road. On car shuttle train services, the occupants of the road vehicles being carried on the train usually stay with their vehicle throughout the rail journey.
As such, car shuttle train services are to be contrasted with Auto Train or Motorail services. Unlike a car shuttle train, an Auto Train or Motorail train is a passenger train on which, except in France,[1] passengers can take their car or automobile along with them. On Auto Trains or Motorail trains, passengers are carried in normal passenger cars or in sleeping cars on longer journeys, while the cars or automobiles are loaded separately into autoracks, car carriers, or flatcars that normally form part of the same train.
Accompanied road vehicles are carried in closed railway wagons through the Channel Tunnel between Sangatte (Pas-de-Calais, France) and Cheriton (Kent, United Kingdom). The car shuttle train is unique in that it is fully enclosed, and allows for double decker buses to travel in the same wagons as other regular passenger vehicles. Trucks going on the train travel in separate wagons that resemble cage-like frames, however.
Until the opening of the Gotthard Road Tunnel in 1980, there was also a car shuttle train through the Gotthard Rail Tunnel between Göschenen and Airolo. Following the catastrophic fire in the road tunnel on 24 October 2001, this car shuttle train resumed operations for a few weeks.[5]
United Kingdom
The Great Western Railway introduced a car shuttle service in 1924 to transport cars and their passengers through the Severn Tunnel between Pilning and Severn Tunnel Junction, which operated from 1926 until 1966. The service survived until it was made redundant by the Severn Bridge in 1966.[6][7]Motorail also operated on several British Rail routes from 1955 to 2005.[8]
^Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn - Fahrplan Autoverlad Oberalp July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^Media release UVEK: Official reopening of the Gotthard Road Tunnel 2004-08-31 at the Wayback Machine(in German)
^OS Nock (1967). History of the Great Western Railway: 1923-48 v. 3. London: Ian Allan Ltd. p. 42. ISBN0-7110-0304-1.
^Holland, Julian (2012). More Amazing & Extraordinary Railway Facts. David & Charles. ISBN9781446356838.
^Holmes, Godfrey (17 June 2018). "When Trains Takes the Strain: Why the UK Needs a Motorail Comeback". Independent.
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Not to be confused with Auto Train or Motorail A car shuttle train or sometimes car carrying train is a shuttle train used to transport accompanied cars automobiles and usually also other types of road vehicles for a relatively short distance Interior of a Eurotunnel Shuttle train Car shuttle trains usually operate on lines passing through a rail tunnel and connecting two places not easily accessible to each other by road On car shuttle train services the occupants of the road vehicles being carried on the train usually stay with their vehicle throughout the rail journey As such car shuttle train services are to be contrasted with Auto Train or Motorail services Unlike a car shuttle train an Auto Train or Motorail train is a passenger train on which except in France 1 passengers can take their car or automobile along with them On Auto Trains or Motorail trains passengers are carried in normal passenger cars or in sleeping cars on longer journeys while the cars or automobiles are loaded separately into autoracks car carriers or flatcars that normally form part of the same train Contents 1 By country 1 1 Austria 1 2 Between France and the United Kingdom 1 3 Germany 1 4 Slovakia 1 5 Slovenia 1 6 Switzerland 1 7 United Kingdom 1 8 United States 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBy country EditAustria Edit Autoschleuse wagons in Mallnitz Bockstein Salzburg Mallnitz Obervellach Carinthia Autoschleuse Tauern Railway Tunnel operated by the Austrian Federal Railways OBB Between France and the United Kingdom Edit Main article Eurotunnel Shuttle Accompanied road vehicles are carried in closed railway wagons through the Channel Tunnel between Sangatte Pas de Calais France and Cheriton Kent United Kingdom The car shuttle train is unique in that it is fully enclosed and allows for double decker buses to travel in the same wagons as other regular passenger vehicles Trucks going on the train travel in separate wagons that resemble cage like frames however Germany Edit The SyltShuttle operated by DB Fernverkehr and Autozug Sylt operated by Railroad Development Corporation transports road vehicles on railway wagons over the Hindenburgdamm from Niebull Schleswig Holstein to Westerland in Sylt or in the opposite direction Slovakia Edit ZSSK offers car shuttles trains autovlak motorail from Humenne Kosice Poprad to Prague and Bratislava 2 Slovenia Edit Car shuttle trains operate on the Bohinj Railway between Bohinjska Bistrica and Most na Soci through the Bohinj Tunnel to Podbrdo 3 Switzerland Edit Autoverlad in Kandersteg The following car shuttle trains operate in Switzerland mostly through tunnels Andermatt UR Sedrun GR Oberalp only during winter while the road is closed 4 MGB Brig VS Iselle di Trasquera Italy Simplon BLS Kandersteg BE Goppenstein VS Lotschberg no road connection BLS Kandersteg BE Iselle di Trasquera Italy Lotschberg and Simplon BLS Oberwald VS Realp UR Furka Base Tunnel MGB Klosters Selfranga GR Sagliains GR Vereina Tunnel instead of the drive over the Fluelapass RhB until 2011 Thusis GR Samedan GR Albula Railway including the Albula Tunnel as an alternative to the Julierpass RhB Until the opening of the Gotthard Road Tunnel in 1980 there was also a car shuttle train through the Gotthard Rail Tunnel between Goschenen and Airolo Following the catastrophic fire in the road tunnel on 24 October 2001 this car shuttle train resumed operations for a few weeks 5 United Kingdom Edit The Great Western Railway introduced a car shuttle service in 1924 to transport cars and their passengers through the Severn Tunnel between Pilning and Severn Tunnel Junction which operated from 1926 until 1966 The service survived until it was made redundant by the Severn Bridge in 1966 6 7 Motorail also operated on several British Rail routes from 1955 to 2005 8 United States Edit From the 1960s to 2000 the town of Whittier Alaska could be reached by vehicle by way of a train shuttle through the Whittier tunnel In 2000 the expanded Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel opened to shared vehicular and rail traffic citation needed See also Edit Roads portal Trains portalAccompanied combined transport Intermodal passenger transport Lorry Rail S A Modalohr Motorail Rail transport Road transport Rolling highwayReferences Edit In France Motorail passengers and their vehicles are transported on two separate trains List of fares valid for carriage on the motorail from 15th December 2019 PDF Trains magazine February 2009 p75 Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Fahrplan Autoverlad Oberalp Archived July 7 2011 at the Wayback Machine Media release UVEK Official reopening of the Gotthard Road Tunnel Archived 2004 08 31 at the Wayback Machine in German OS Nock 1967 History of the Great Western Railway 1923 48 v 3 London Ian Allan Ltd p 42 ISBN 0 7110 0304 1 Holland Julian 2012 More Amazing amp Extraordinary Railway Facts David amp Charles ISBN 9781446356838 Holmes Godfrey 17 June 2018 When Trains Takes the Strain Why the UK Needs a Motorail Comeback Independent External links Edit Media related to Transport of vehicles by rail at Wikimedia Commons Urban commuter concept increased range for electric vehicles by using trains BLS Lotschberg Car Transport in English DB Autozug SyltShuttle in German Eurotunnel in English OBB Autoschleuse Tauernbahn in English RhB Car transporter Albula Vereina in English SBB Autoverlad Brig Iselle in German TransportGator Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Car shuttle train amp oldid 1112908852, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
