Car shuttle train

Under a car train or a car-train ( Swiss ) is defined as the transport driving capabilities, and an authorized motor vehicles for the transport with another vehicle.

  • 2.1 car train in Germany
  • 2.2 car train in Switzerland
  • 2.3 Autoverladung in Austria
  • 2.4 Autoverladung in France and the UK
  • 2.5 Autoverladung in Slovenia

Autoverladung by ship

  • See car ferry

Autoverladung by Hovercraft

From 1968 to 2000 there was a car-train by hovercraft between Calais and Dover.

Car train by train

There are car shipments by train (sometimes also called the rail terminal ), which operate regularly in the shuttle and those for which a long-term advance booking is necessary. The latter are called car trains. There are regular car shipments by rail are particularly present in the Alps to transport vehicles by rail tunnels and thus sparing them the arduous journey over a mountain pass, at best allow only where parallel roads are missing or are closed in winter. They are also noted in contrast to car passenger transport services in many road atlases. In the lowlands, the car shipments are the only ones in the shuttle permanently Town Car shipments to Sylt on the Hindenburg causeway and through the Channel Tunnel. The vehicles drive on the car dolly and the driver or the driver and the passengers remain in the vehicle, to ensure a rapid discharge at the destination. For drivers of motorcycles and bicycles a closed carriage is carried along with two-wheel compartment.

To be distinguished from the car train is the rolling road ( piggyback ), in which the driver also accompany their vehicles, but is only open to the heavy traffic.

Car train in Germany

(see also: Auto Train # terminals) Sylt Shuttle ( Owner: DB long-distance ) transport motor vehicles on railroad cars across the Hindenburgdamm between Niebüll and Westerland on Sylt.

Car Transport in Switzerland

In Switzerland, is normally understood by Car Transport transport by train (mostly through tunnels ). A special feature is to be noted that the trip across the Oberalp more than 1 hour to complete and the car carriers have no shelters, so the escorts in the passenger cars of the train travel. The same was true for the 2011 car-train set on the Albula. The car transport is one of Switzerland for passenger, whereas the piggyback transport (transport by truck and driver ) is attributed to the transport of goods.

  • Autoverlad Simplon Brig ( VS) to Sierre (Italy ) through the Simplon, operated by the SBB
  • Lötschberg: Kandersteg (BE ) Goppenstein (VS ), no road connection, operated by BLS
  • Kandersteg (BE) Sierre (Italy): Lötschberg and Simplon (BLS )
  • Furka: Upper Forest ( VS ) Realp (UR) through the Furka Base Tunnel, operated by the MGB
  • Vereina car: Klosters Selfranga (GR ) Sagliains ( GR) through the Vereina tunnel, instead of the drive over the Flüelapass, operated by the Rhaetian
  • Autoverlad Albula: Thusis ( GR) -Samedan (GR ) on the Albula Railway as an alternative to the Julier Pass, operated by the Rhaetian Railway, was discontinued at the end of the winter season 2011.
  • Until the opening of the Gotthard road tunnel in 1980 was also a car-train through the Gotthard railway tunnel between Göschenen and Airolo. After the disastrous fire of 24 October 2001 in road tunnels of this car transport was resumed for several weeks., Is again set up a temporary car-train in discussion when the Gotthard road tunnel rehabilitated and therefore must be locked.
  • Until 1974, the RhB offered between Davos Glarus and meadows to a regular car transport needs, because the 1874 and State Street was often blocked by the Zügenschlucht due to avalanche danger. The waiting of the then operated stations flat cars were given the timetable trains. The opened in 1974, 2.7 km long land water tunnel made ​​the car-train redundant.

Autoverladung in Austria

  • Tauernschleuse Bockstein (Salzburg) - Mallnitz - Obervellach (Carinthia ): Auto Tauernbahn ( ÖBB)

Station Mallnitz Tauernschleusse

Car train in France and the UK

Via the channel tunnel motor vehicles in closed railway wagons of Sangatte ( Pas -de -Calais, France) to Cheriton (Kent, UK) to be driven.

Autoverladung in Slovenia

Most na Soci intermediate ( S. Lucia Tolmein ) and Bohinj Bistrica ( Feistritzwerke - Lake Bohinj ) are transported to the Bohinj railway cars on open flat cars behind diesel locomotives. Between Apparition Hill and Bohinj Bistrica go through this the 6327 m long Bohinj tunnel.

Autoverladung by plane

From 1948 to about 1980, there were several routes in Europe, where a car-train by plane, were first performed with the Bristol 170, then by Aviation Traders ATL -98.

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