THE'auto-train is a transport service for cars by accompanied rail allowing the traveler to transport his car, generally at night and in the same train.
Understand
Restrictions
Carriers only accept vehicles in running order and for which the driver can present the vehicle's papers. The vehicle must respect the dimensions specified by the carrier, mainly widths and heights.
Germany
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Hamburg_Altona_autozug_IV.jpg/220px-Hamburg_Altona_autozug_IV.jpg)
Generality
All trains are operated by Austrian Railways ÖBB.
Destinations
International service
Australia
Generality
- Great Southern Rail ,
61 8 8213 4401
The maximum height of vehicles is set at 2 000 mm.The maximum width of vehicles is fixed at 2 200 mm.
Destinations
Austria
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Optima_Express_Schild.jpg/220px-Optima_Express_Schild.jpg)
Generality
- Auto am Zug - ÖBB
Destinations
Domestic service
- Graz - Feldkirch
- Villach - Feldkirch
- Vienna - Feldkirch
- Bockstein - Mallnizt-Overvellach Passage of the Tauern tunnel under the Alps one train per hour, journey by 11 min.
International service
- Vienna - Hamburg-Altona
- Vienna - Dusseldorf
- Vienna - Livorno
- Vienna - Verona
- Villach - Erdine operated by Optima Tours
United States
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Auto_TrainAutoracks_Front.jpg/220px-Auto_TrainAutoracks_Front.jpg)
Generality
- Auto train - Amtrak
Terminals
- 1 Lorton 8006 Lorton Road, Lorton, VA 22079 –
Waiting room.
- 2 Sanford 600 South Persimmon Avenue, Sanford, FL 32771 –
Waiting room.
Destinations
Lorton (Virginia) - Sanford (Florida)
Finland
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Kolari_car_loading_site_20080607.jpg/220px-Kolari_car_loading_site_20080607.jpg)
Generality
- VR
Destinations
- Helsinki - Rovaniemi
- Helsinki - Kolari
- Helsinki - Oulu
- Helsinki - Kemijärvi
- Tampere - Kolari
- Tampere - Rovaniemi
- Turku - Rovaniemi
- Turku - Kolari
France
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Autozug_Narbonne.jpg/220px-Autozug_Narbonne.jpg)
Generality
- SNCF auto-train
Unlike other countries, in France, vehicles and passengers do not travel on the same train.
- Eurotunnel – Operates the link in the Channel Tunnel in just 35 min of Calais To Folkestone.
Destinations
Domestic service
- Paris-Bercy - Biarritz - seasonal service
- Paris-Bercy - Brive-la-Gaillarde - seasonal service
- Paris-Bercy - Bordeaux
- Paris-Bercy - Toulouse
- Paris-Bercy - Narbonne
- Paris-Bercy - Avignon
- Paris-Bercy - Marseilles
- Paris-Bercy - Lyon
- Paris-Bercy - Toulon
- Paris-Bercy - Frejus
- Paris-Bercy - Nice
- Paris-Bercy - Briancon - seasonal service
- Bordeaux - Avignon
- Bordeaux - Marseilles
- Bordeaux - Lyon
- Bordeaux - Toulon
- Bordeaux - Frejus
- Bordeaux - Nice
- Biarritz - Avignon - seasonal service
- Biarritz - Marseilles - seasonal service
- Biarritz - Lyon - seasonal service
- Biarritz - Toulon - seasonal service
- Biarritz - Frejus - seasonal service
- Biarritz - Nice - seasonal service
International service
Italy
Generality
There is no line between two Italian cities. The lines to theAustria are operated by ÖBB.
Terminals
- 3 Livorno
- 4 Verona
Destinations
International service
UK
Generality
- Eurotunnel – Operates the link in the Channel Tunnel in just 35 min of Folkestone To Calais.
Destinations
International Service
Slovakia
Generality
- Autovlak - Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko
Destinations
Domestic service
- Bratislava - Humenna - daily night service
International service
- Prague - Kosice - two daily services, one night and one day.
- Prague - Poprad - daily night service
- Prague - Humenna - daily night service
Slovenia
Generality
- Slovenske železnice
All vehicles are accepted if they have a height of 3 m and a width of 2,4 m maximum. The Bohinjska Bistrica, Podbrdo, Most na Soči line passes through Slovenia's longest railway tunnel, the Bohinj tunnel. It connects Upper Carniola in the north of the country with the coast in the south.
Destinations
Domestic service
Swiss
Generality
- CFF (Federal Railways)
Destinations
Domestic service
- Kandersteg - Goppenstein - To link the canton of Bern to the canton of Valais.
- Göschenen - Airolo - To connect the canton of Uri to the canton of Ticino by the Saint-Gotthard tunnel (longest railway tunnel in the world).
Czech Republic
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Praha_hlavní_nádraží,_autovlak.jpg/220px-Praha_hlavní_nádraží,_autovlak.jpg)
Generality
- Autovlak - ČD
Terminal
- 5 Praha hlavní nádraží – The terminal has a waiting room for registrations.
Destinations
International service
- Prague - Kosice - two daily services, one night and one day.
- Prague - Poprad - daily night service
- Prague - Humenna - daily night service
Turkey
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Optima_Express_Autowaggons_Heckansicht.jpg/220px-Optima_Express_Autowaggons_Heckansicht.jpg)
Generality
- Optima Tours – Private carrier.