La Flèche d’Or (train)
La Flèche d’Or (English: The Golden Arrow) was a luxury boat train of the Chemin de Fer du Nord and later SNCF. It linked Paris with Calais, where passengers took the ferry to Dover to join the Golden Arrow of the Southern Railway and later British Railways, which took them on to London.
See also
- Night Ferry – sleeper train between London and Paris/Brussels (1936-1980)
- Eurostar – train service via the Channel Tunnel (since 1994)
References
- Piggott, Reginald; Thompson, Matt (2012). Mile by Mile London to Paris: the entire railway journey by historic Golden Arrow and modern Eurostar mapped for the interested traveller. London: Aurum. ISBN 9781845137724.
External links
Media related to La Flèche d'Or at Wikimedia Commons