Silver Arrow (rail-air service)

This article is about the intermodal passenger transport service. For other uses, see Silver Arrow.
Silver Arrow

BAC 1-11s operated the air mode of some Silver Arrow services
Overview
Service type Intermodal passenger
Status Discontinued
Locale England–France
First service 18 May 1956 (1956-05-18)
Last service c 1994
Successor Eurostar
Route
Start Victoria station, London
End Gare du Nord, Paris

The Silver Arrow (French: Flèche d’Argent) was an intermodal passenger transport service linking Victoria station in London with Gare du Nord in Paris, via Le Touquet Airport, northern France. In operation between 1956 and the opening of the Channel Tunnel, it used a combination of rail and air transport, and, for some of its existence, also buses.[1]

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References

Notes

  1. Smith 2015, p. 47.

Bibliography

  • Broncard, Yves (January 2011). "La « Flèche-d'Argent » (1956-1980) et la « Flèche Corse » (1964-1969): Les services combiné de la SNCF avec la Compagnie Air Transport (CAT)" [The « Silver Arrow » (1956-1980) and the « Corsican Arrow » (1964-1969): The combined services of the SNCF together with Compagnie Air Transport (CAT)]. Historail (in French). La Vie du Rail (16): 36–99. ISSN 1957-5971. 
  • Smith, Ron (April–May 2015). "The classic 'Railair' service". Locomotives International (95): 46–47. ISSN 1353-7091. 
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