780 The Golden Arrow - The Flèche d’Or
The Golden Arrow - The Flèche d’Or
The Golden Arrow and the French equivalent French train the Fleche d’Or was a luxury boat train between London and Paris.
The Flèche d’Or was introduced in 1926 as an all-first-class Pullman service between Paris and Calais. On 15 May 1929, the Southern Railway introduced their equivalent The Golden Arrow between London Victoria and Dover while simultaneously launching a new first class only ship, the Canterbury, for the ferry crossing he train usually consisted of 10 British Pullman cars, hauled by one of the Southern Railway’s Lord Nelson class locomotives, and took 98 minutes to travel between London and Dover.
Because of financial pressures on both the French and British economy by 1931 ordinary first- and third-class carriages were added, while the Canterbury was modified to allow other classes of passenger. The train service ceased at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939. It resumed after the war on 15 April 1946, initially running with the pre-war Pullmans and the Trianon Bar car, a converted twelve-wheeled Pullman and the Southern Railway flagship, the Invicta replaced the Canterbury from 10 October 1946. In 1951, a new set of Pullmans was built, as part of British Railways' celebration of the Festival of Britain. In 1961, with the Kent Coast electrification scheme, the train became electric-hauled. This allowed an acceleration to 80 minutes for the down service and 82 minutes for the up service.but a decline in demand for rail travel between London and Paris saw the last Golden Arrow run on 30 September 1972, and in its later years only the first class section was advertised as a Pullman service.
Many thanks for a fantabulous 36,908,800 views
Shot at the Bluebell Lines, Sheffield Park Station, Fletching 09:06:2015 Ref 106-780
780 The Golden Arrow - The Flèche d’Or
The Golden Arrow - The Flèche d’Or
The Golden Arrow and the French equivalent French train the Fleche d’Or was a luxury boat train between London and Paris.
The Flèche d’Or was introduced in 1926 as an all-first-class Pullman service between Paris and Calais. On 15 May 1929, the Southern Railway introduced their equivalent The Golden Arrow between London Victoria and Dover while simultaneously launching a new first class only ship, the Canterbury, for the ferry crossing he train usually consisted of 10 British Pullman cars, hauled by one of the Southern Railway’s Lord Nelson class locomotives, and took 98 minutes to travel between London and Dover.
Because of financial pressures on both the French and British economy by 1931 ordinary first- and third-class carriages were added, while the Canterbury was modified to allow other classes of passenger. The train service ceased at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939. It resumed after the war on 15 April 1946, initially running with the pre-war Pullmans and the Trianon Bar car, a converted twelve-wheeled Pullman and the Southern Railway flagship, the Invicta replaced the Canterbury from 10 October 1946. In 1951, a new set of Pullmans was built, as part of British Railways' celebration of the Festival of Britain. In 1961, with the Kent Coast electrification scheme, the train became electric-hauled. This allowed an acceleration to 80 minutes for the down service and 82 minutes for the up service.but a decline in demand for rail travel between London and Paris saw the last Golden Arrow run on 30 September 1972, and in its later years only the first class section was advertised as a Pullman service.
Many thanks for a fantabulous 36,908,800 views
Shot at the Bluebell Lines, Sheffield Park Station, Fletching 09:06:2015 Ref 106-780