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Dover–Dunkerque train ferry

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69:, freight being shipped between the Channel ports led to a time-consuming process of shipping from source, unloading onto a ship, re-loading onto rail wagons and then onward delivery on the continent. This ran a significant cost of finance, time and also was detrimental in the amount of labour required to handle the transhipment. During the First World War, despite many innovative efforts to get military supplies to the front (such as small barges sailing across the Channel), the British military established a train ferry at 120:, which could be as much as 23 feet (7 m) in Dover Harbour, a separate dock was created which was protected against the extremes of tidal difference. Additionally, the dock was specially constructed with concrete in the water and a substrate of chalk removed from beneath it. The geological problems of building on the grey chalk (which was found to be riddled with cavities) was a problem that presented itself to the builders of the Channel Tunnel, a venture which brought the train ferry service to an end. 22: 157:, which was capable of a two-hour journey time between the two ports, which resulted in the possibility of up to four sailings each way per day. Loading and unloading at both terminals was undertaken with two locomotives each drawing a train of railway wagons on or off at the same time. This was to prevent the ship shifting under the weight change when wagons were taken away or added. The 498:
The train ferry carried its last cargo in December 1995. The opening of the Channel Tunnel prompted the demise of the train ferry to and from Dover, as most flows were re-routed through the tunnel, though its freight loadings have seen lower tonnages than the train ferry carried. Part of the reason
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was built with an open section at the stern of the ship (as were most other train ferry vessels); this allowed for the transport of dangerous goods which could dissipate fumes if they leaked, but also that the wagons that contained the dangerous goods were more accessible in case of emergencies.
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ferry service for trains across the channel to Dunkerque. Dunkerque was chosen above other French ports because of its recently refurbished docks. Initial lightly loaded freight services started in 1936, but a full service for freight did not begin in earnest until 1937, with the Night Ferry
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Whilst this process was by no means unique in Britain (at least two water crossing train ferries were in operation across the Firths of Forth and Tay until their respective bridges were built), train ferries on the open sea was new to the British railway system.
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to France and Spain. Total tonnage of freight carried between Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom in 1993 was almost 706,000 tonnes (778,000 tons). A further 200,000 tonnes (220,000 tons) was transferred between the UK and other countries in Europe.
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were installed at Admiralty Pier at Dover. This allowed loading and unloading of the ferry whatever the water level as the linkspan was adaptable for the height variances of the tide. At the same time, a single ship was introduced, the
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for the lower tonnages was down to uncertainty with illegal immigrants, but also crucially, the dangerous goods that the train ferry carried were banned from travelling through the tunnel, so these loads were lost to road transport.
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However, even by 2003 Norfolkline forecast a sharp increase in demand for transport on this route, especially with tourists, and as a result sought to aim at a more passenger-oriented market with the route, and ordered three
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This is date when the vessel was scrapped, sold on or moved permanently away from the train ferry route. Some vessels remained in Sealink or other railway operator control, but did not carry railway vehicles
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and road freight. The new service operated by Norfolkline quickly proved to be a breakout success, as the initial one-ship operation expanded to four vessels within five years of the new service opening.
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to Norfolkline, however these were heavily oriented towards road freight, as shown by their high lane metres but low pax capacity. It was in October 2005 that the first of the three newbuilds – the
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suffix, alongside being repainted into DFDS' house livery. Today, the service continues as a three-ship service under the DFDS banner, as one of two routes operated by the company across the
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train ferry in 1924, using the former ferries and docking equipment as produced for the British military at Southampton and Richborough during the First World War. In 1933, the
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between 1991 and 1995. Traffic imported into Dover via the train ferry included, fruit, chemicals and nuclear fuels between the continent and the BNFL complex at
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bought Norfolkline, and subsequently inherited the Norfolkline network, including the Dover-Dunkerque service. The triplets were then renamed, ditching the
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Ferries for train passengers existed in many locations; train ferries that actually carried coaches, locomotives and wagons only operated from Dover and
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revived the service. However, whilst the old service was tailored to the needs of the rail freight market, this new service was instead aimed at
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to enable trains and wagons to be taken onto a ferry without having to transfer the goods from wagons. Other crossings were also established at
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The Night Ferry was suspended in September 1939 due to the Second World War and was resurrected in 1946. It ceased running completely in 1980.
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The train ferry dock at Dover has since been partially infilled and was in use as an aggregate terminal in the late 1990s/early 2000s.
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passenger service ended in 1980. The last Dover to Dunkerque wagon-freight ferry service became redundant upon the opening of the
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as mine-laying ships as the advantage of having rails set into the deck, allowed for easy transport onto the ship of the mines.
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After being used on the train ferry route on a rolling basis with other routes, she was sold to another ferry company in 1993
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Interchangeability with other train ferries was not common; the Harwich to Zeebrugge train ferry used other ships (
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Freight arriving and departing from the Dover ferry terminal was brought into Dover, or forwarded on, via
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Mapping the railways : the journey of Britain's railways through maps from 1819 to the present day
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As for the Dover-Dunkerque service in general, the railway ferry shut down in 1995, however in 2000
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The train ferry route utilised a number of ships in its near 60-year history. For the purposes of
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Exports included china clay from the south west of England to Switzerland and steel products from
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that operated between the United Kingdom and Europe. The route connected the English port of
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Night Ferry : a tribute to Britain's only international through train, 1936-1980
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to the continent. This excludes the wartime shipping of military stores from the
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The Night Ferry service last ran in September 1939 due to the onset of the
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Harris, Colin; Hart, Malcolm; Varley, Paul; Warren, Colin, eds. (1996).
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The Dover to Dunkerque train ferry has appeared in TV, films and books;
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Wolmar, Christian (23 December 1995). "Electric rail plans 'shelved'".
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Dover District Heritage Strategy; Appendix 1, Theme 4.1 Communications
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Only operated on the Dover to Dunkerque route for two years 1972–1974
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during the Second World War. She was sold in 1969 but laid up in 1973
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started on a train ferry terminal in the port at Dover to allow a
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Freight-train formations in colour for the modeller and historian
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A Pictorial Postcard History of Harwich, Dovercourt and Parkeston
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Compton, Gerald (2001). "3; Transport". In Yates, Nigel (ed.).
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Train ferry that operated between the United Kingdom and Europe
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The allocation history of B.R. diesels and electrics. Volume 6
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when freight was carried directly through the Channel Tunnel.
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Freightmaster review : a decade of change 1995 to 2004
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Stothard, Peter, ed. (13 October 1997). "New Train Ferry".
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Index


train ferries
Dover
Dunkerque
Night Ferry
Channel Tunnel
First World War
Richborough
Southampton
Newhaven
Liverpool
London and North Eastern Railway
Harwich
Zeebrugge
Southern Railway
tides
Second World War
Royal Navy
Boulogne
linkspan
MS Nord Pas-de-Calais
British Rail's
wagonload
Speedlink
Railfreight Distribution
Sellafield
Teesside
TOPS
Class 99
Twickenham Ferry

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