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In Russia I believe there are still coaches that are detached from one train and attached to another. This way you can go from Moscow all the way to Bar, Monten
by guard-of-terra 11y ago
In Russia I believe there are still coaches that are detached from one train and attached to another. This way you can go from Moscow all the way to Bar, Montenegro all in one coach (unless they changed something).
Of course, trains do stop before detaching-attaching takes place.
They also change axles at gauge border.
- gtufano 11y agoIn Italy this (not with moving coaches, of course) is business as usual for long range trains going to Sicily. A single train is break up in two after being ferried to Messina by ship, a part going west towards Palermo and a second part going southwest towards Catania.
- atomwaffel 11y agoOh yes, but those are through coaches[1] and they're still fairly common, especially for sleeper trains. The whole fun with slip coaches is that they'd be detached while the train was moving. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_coach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_coach