If you travel between Hamburg (Germany) to Copenhagen (Denmark) by train, you will be treated with a 45 minutes ferry ride..mostly now with these ex DB diesel powered ICE TD (tilting diesel) high speed 4 cars consist operated by the Danish State Railways (DSB)..can give some pretty interesting sight while loading, unloading and on board.
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It's interesting to note that the main Danish isles have rail connections via bridges to the mainland, but this ferry provides a more direct route for Hamburg-Copenhagen.
Well a bridge was in discussion for a very long time on this strech..but now it's basically finalised that an 11 miles tunnel (immersed type) will be built and could be in operation by 2020 at a cost of 5 billions Euros (Denmark will have to foot the bill in it's enterely)
Thats really interesting, thanks for posting.
Wow! Didn't know that rail-ferry line was still being used. Thanks. In 1979 or 1980 we travelled in a couchette (6 bunk sleeper compartment) from the Netherlands to Copenhagen. I'm pretty sure that is the route via ferry which we took. The rail cars were chained to the to the ship's floor.
Wow! Didn't know that rail-ferry line was still being used. Thanks. In 1979 or 1980 we travelled in a couchette (6 bunk sleeper compartment) from the Netherlands to Copenhagen. I'm pretty sure that is the route via ferry which we took. The rail cars were chained to the to the ship's floor.
rail-ferry are still being used around the globe, mostly freight....closer from us CN operate the Aquatrain...between British Columbia and Alska..OK it's a barge pull by a tugboat for the 4 days journey (freight only).
http://www.cn.ca/en/shipping-n...rain-cnworldwide.htm
Here is info about the tunnel project planned to replace the current ferry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link
Freight trains run via a longer, different route through an underwater tunnel, no ferry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Belt_Bridge
I did some quick research and did not find any other train ferry in current operation that carries an actual passenger train.
I did some quick research and did not find any other train ferry in current operation that carries an actual passenger train.
No..it seem it's the last one in service...the other, to my knowledge, between mainland Italy and Sicily was canceled at the beginning of 2012.
So yup..about 8-10 years left until they all are history.
I didn't know that there were diesel powered ICE trains, all I've ever ridden or seen were electric. Obviously, an electric would have had to been switched with a diesel for this kind of operation.
John
I didn't know that there were diesel powered ICE trains, all I've ever ridden or seen were electric. Obviously, an electric would have had to been switched with a diesel for this kind of operation.
John
Not a real success story for these diesel ICE...only 20 set built and plagued with issues and high cost of running them...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE_TD
By the way Happy New-Year to you John
Sincerely
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