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It looks like the Etangs de Mer on the coastal line between Montpellier and Perpignan. Look for the station called "Leucate la...

Far south of Paris in March 1970 heading toward the Pyrenees from Narbonne.

Waterloo International definitely had C&I facilities which I passed through several times. Each time I passed through St. Pancras...

In the pre tunnel days, the boat trains for France mostly left from Victoria (I think they ran from Charing Cross for a period too, not...

The views from the deck are worth it, and Sicily a fabulous island to visit. Traffic in Palermo is completely crazy, most exciting place...

I don't recall that scenario myself, but my memory is unreliable these days. I seem to recall that we just freely boarded the Eurostar...

Yes they used shunters, steam and then later diesel. An alternative method if you didn't want to use shunters would have been to use a...

While on the topic of the Night Ferry, here is a page with some very rare photos: It is indeed odd to see continental stock in a...

That is one that is definitely on my bucket list, should be such fun to get shunted onto a ferry while aboard a train!

That the ferries were so cheap, as low as £1 for passengers without cars, was fun, and seeing the chalky cliffs. We met people on a...

I loved the sea-going ferries in Europe. I have also taken ferries Stavanger to Newcastle, and Bergen to Thurso, with a stop in...

There are also various ferries still operating from some of the ports on the south coast, including Plymouth to Santander (in Spain) but...

The same rail-sail offer to Ireland applies to the Harwich ferry also. I have taken this route myself several times. Starting from...

One ferry that I believe still runs is the Stena Line crossing between Harwich and Hook of Holland. This could be fairly efficient for...

I guess if one is not a frequent traveller, and having experienced the E.B. in sleeper, one might not realise the Borealis is a...