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The amount of storage space you'd need for each car would likely make this too expensive for all but a handful of people.
by TulliusCicero 5y ago
The amount of storage space you'd need for each car would likely make this too expensive for all but a handful of people.
- R0b0t1 5y agoNo, this exists between DC and Orlando on Amtrack. I considered contacting Amtrack to charter a car train to my location to another. They'll probably do it for enough money and it's not that much money. What you need to know to argue is, say, they're not losing all of the berths on a vehicle transport car if you want to move one car. They're having you pay the upkeep for that one trip which is not the same as the fully loaded vehicle car.
- tomc1985 5y agoThey do it with the Eurotunnel, though I can't remember if I saw anything but trucks and busses on it
- ErikCorry 5y agoCars too. These are pretty big trains though, don't fit through normal bridges. The auto trains that go across Europe are much narrower and take a lot longer to load and unload. They are pretty expensive and only used for very long distances. Most of the time it makes more sense to rent a car at your destination.
- sofixa 5y ago> These are pretty big trains though, don't fit through normal bridges Normal bridgdes where? They fit perfectly fine on the French loading gauge (max train dimensions), but the British one is much smaller on most lines.
- c_hackett 5y agoWith Eurotunnel Shuttle services you drive on with a road vehicle, remain with the vehicle for the transit and then drive off at the other terminal. Europorte runs freight operations through the tunnel. Finally Eurostar is the pure passenger service running the likes of London to Paris.