boat-train
boat-train is the alternative form of boat train.
Meaning of boat train
Noun
boat train (plural boat trains)
- A travel service with a train timed to arrive at a ferry port in time for the onward travel by ferry (or vice versa). Alternatively, a service scheduled to connect with the arrival or departure of an ocean liner.
- In 1906 the cross-channel service was inaugurated between Fishguard and Rosslare Harbour. For this the Great Southern & Western Railway built two boat trains of corridor stock, with a restaurant car (57½ ft. in length), to run between Rosslare and Cork.1943 July and August, “Restaurant-Car Services in Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 210
Forms of boat-train
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Questions about boat-train
- What is boat-train the alternative form of?
- Boat-train is the alternative form of boat train.
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