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>The Denmark-Germany ferries on that route are ~150 m long, and fit a train of up to 100 m length (or something in that ballpark). Whew! >https://de.wikipedia
by vram22 8y ago
>The Denmark-Germany ferries on that route are ~150 m long, and fit a train of up to 100 m length (or something in that ballpark).
Whew!
>https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:2017-08-22-ICE_TD_Puttga.. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:2017-08-22-ICE_TD_Puttga....
High-tech.
>Larger ferries on other routes have multiple rails next to each other, and long trains are split up across those.
Great idea.
- Symbiote 8y agoOr low-tech -- the first train ferries like this ran in 1842. As the Wikipedia article says, there are very few routes left in Europe, although there used to be a lot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_ferry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_ferry
- vram22 8y agoInteresting, didn't know. It felt like high-tech to me, anyway, since I had not seen or heard of train ferries before, although I did know about ferries that can take cars (automobiles) on board. Been on one such ferry in Goa, and my parents had been on some while visiting the US and Canada, I forget in which city.