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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 4 (August 1, 1929)

The Ocean-going Train Ferry

The Ocean-going Train Ferry.

Modern transportation devices include no more useful piece of equipment than the ocean-going train ferry. We have several interesting examples of the train ferry in Europe, notable among these being that connecting Harwich with Zeebrugge, and the very efficient Baltic train ferries linking Sweden with Germany. Now, new train ferry routes are contemplated, the most important being a train ferry to connect the port of Immingham, in Lincolnshire, with Gothenburg, in Sweden. It is proposed that two ferries be employed for the purpose of making three return journeys across the North Sea every week between the points named. The ferries would be about 445ft. long, and be equipped with turbine machinery of 7,200 h.p., giving a normal speed of 16 1/2 knots. Each would be capable of accommodating about sixty fully loaded goods wagons, or 300 passengers. Through running of freight between England and Sweden would be of the greatest service, and in view of the marked success that has been achieved by the Harwich-Zeebrugge ocean-going train ferry, there would seem to be a distinct future for new links of this type connecting Britain with the Continent.

In “Gallant Little Belgium.” Grand Place, Brussels.

In “Gallant Little Belgium.”
Grand Place, Brussels.