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Silver Arrow (rail-air service)

Silver Arrow
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BAC 1-11s operated the air mode of some Silver Arrow services
Overview
Service type Intermodal passenger
Status Discontinued
Locale England–France
First service 18 May 1956 (1956-05-18)
Last service c 1994
Successor Eurostar
Route
Start Victoria station, London
End Gare du Nord, Paris

The Silver Arrow (French: Flèche d’Argent) was an intermodal passenger transport service linking Victoria station in London with Gare du Nord in Paris, via Le Touquet Airport, northern France. In operation between 1956 and the opening of the Channel Tunnel, it used a combination of rail and air transport, and, for some of its existence, also buses.


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