Motorail was the brand name for British Rail's long-distance services that carried passengers and their cars. During its latter years of operation, it...
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through a rail tunnel and connecting two places not easily accessible to each other by road. On car shuttle train services, unlike on motorail services...
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Kensington (Olympia) station (redirect from Kensington Olympia Motorail)
Bank) in nearby Blythe Road. Until 1986, apart from Motorail services, this was the only British Rail service regularly stopping at the station. It was...
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introduced by British Rail in 1966 for its long-haul express passenger services (see British Rail brand names for a full history). In 1986, the British Railways...
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British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948...
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The British Rail Class 81 is a class of AC electric locomotives that formerly operated on the West Coast Main Line of the London Midland Region of British...
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rail journey. As such, car shuttle train services are to be contrasted with Motorail services. Unlike a car shuttle train, an Auto Train or Motorail train...
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British Rail was the brand image of the nationalised railway owner and operator in Great Britain, the British Railways Board, used from 1965 until its...
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Aberdeen railway station (category Railway stations served by ScotRail)
8 April 2014 British Rail Motorail Service 1968. [[British Rail]. 1967. Marglotta, Cheryl (27 May 1995). "Anger and sadness as Motorail bites dust". Aberdeen...
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service on the West Coast Main Line, hauling former First Great Western Motorail wagons; two years later, a similar trial service was conducted using a...
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Tauern Railway Tunnel (redirect from Tauern Rail Tunnel)
has long used the Tauern Railway Tunnel was the Autoschleuse or Tauern Motorail car shuttle train service, launched amid the First World War, which carries...
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General utility van (category British Rail coaching stock)
Miscellaneous Van). Wikimedia Commons has media related to British Rail Mk1 GUV. Network Rail takes on Motorail vans The Railway Magazine issue 1378 January 2016...
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SNCF Connect (category International rail transport)
Val d'Isère. Motorail services carry cars and motorbikes using car transporters attached to the train. Operating from May to September, Rail Europe's French...
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Great Western Railway (train operating company) (category Use British English from November 2015)
February 1996 as Great Western Trains, as part of the privatisation of British Rail. In December 1998, it became First Great Western after FirstGroup bought...
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Fishguard and Goodwick railway station (category Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail)
Following its closure in 1964 (1980 for Motorail), it reopened on 14 May 2012 following investment from Network Rail and Pembrokeshire County Council. The...
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Piggyback (transportation) (section Rail)
Car float Double-stack rail transport Ferry Fireman's carry Hupac Konkan Railway Corporation Loading gauge Modalohr Motorail Pichi Richi Railway Roadrailer...
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Caledonian Sleeper (redirect from First ScotRail Sleeper)
services was transferred within British Rail from InterCity West Coast to ScotRail. During the mid-1990s, British Rail had proposed to cease operating...
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passenger trains and used only for stabling empty trains, as is the former Motorail unloading bay alongside. At the far end of this track is the old Fish Dock...
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The Ghan (category Motorail)
Granville, in the late 1960s and early 1970s for the Indian Pacific, plus a motorail wagon. The average length of the train is 774 metres (2,539 ft). Two Pacific...
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Edinburgh Waverley railway station (category Incompatible parameters in rail line template)
auspices of the North British, the LNER, British Railways (rebranded as British Rail after 1965), Railtrack and latterly Network Rail. From its opening in...
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West London line (category Use British English from March 2017)
network map. Historical West London line operators In 1966 British Rail launched Motorail, a long-distance accompanied car train which transported passengers...
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Senior Railcard (category British Rail fares and ticketing)
concessionary fare schemes available on Britain's railway network. During the early 1970s, some of British Rail's Regions offered a series of small, localised...
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New South Wales XPT (category Interstate rail in Australia)
recommended operating a reduced rail service, all with XPTs. During February 1990, both the Brisbane Limited and Pacific Coast Motorail were withdrawn and replaced...
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Nightstar (train) (category Abandoned rail transport projects in the United Kingdom)
Eurostar service). After rejection of various British ideas for the service that was to become the British Rail Class 373 Eurostar train—which eventually...
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Stirling railway station (Scotland) (category Railway stations served by ScotRail)
1968 Stirling East Station and Stirling Station were formally merged. A Motorail service ran between London and Stirling until 1989. In 2008, the travel...
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that were formerly passenger brake vehicles). By the end of the 1960s, British Rail-built carriages were entering departmental stock and being allocated...
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DB AutoZug (category Rail freight transport in Germany)
DB AutoZug GmbH was a German rail transport company that provided automobile (Motorail) and night passenger train services for Deutsche Bahn AG. It was...
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al Pacífico Railroad in Mexico still uses cabooses to accompany their motorail trains between Chihuahua and Los Mochis. Cabooses have also become popular...
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Progress and the Brisbane Limited. They were also used on the Gold Coast Motorail to Murwillumbah. With the demise of locomotive-hauled trains, the majority...
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Covered carriage truck (category British Rail coaching stock)
CCT were banned from Motorail services in the mid-1960s. These vans were designed to be used for carrying motor cars in Motorail but the tight clearances...
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