Silver Arrow (rail-air service)

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 Gatwick Airport and 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]

Silver Arrow
BAC 1-11s operated the air mode of some Silver Arrow services
Overview
Service typeIntermodal passenger
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleEngland–France
First service18 May 1956 (1956-05-18)
Last servicec 1994
SuccessorEurostar
Route
StartVictoria station, London
EndGare du Nord, Paris

See also

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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