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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

Auto-train terminal at Hamburg-Altona station.

Map of auto-train in Germany and in Austria

Generality

All trains are operated by Austrian Railways ÖBB.

Destinations

International service

• Hamburg-Altona - Vienna
• Hamburg-Altona - Innsbruck
• Dusseldorf - Vienna
• Dusseldorf - Innsbruck

Australia

Wagon carrying train car The Ghan connecting Adelaide To Darwin.

Generality

• Great Southern Rail ,   61 8 8213 4401 (last updated Oct 2019)

The maximum height of vehicles is set at 2 000 mm.The maximum width of vehicles is fixed at 2 200 mm.

Destinations

• Adelaide - Perth
• Adelaide - Darwin

Austria

Terminal Villach.

Generality

• Auto am Zug - ÖBB  (last updated Oct 2019)

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

Lorton Terminal

Generality

• Auto train - Amtrak  (last update Dec. 2015)

Terminals

• 38.709-77.22051 Lorton 8006 Lorton Road, Lorton, VA 22079 – Waiting room. (last update Dec. 2015)
• 28.8067-81.28862 Sanford 600 South Persimmon Avenue, Sanford, FL 32771 – Waiting room. (last update Dec. 2015)

Destinations

Lorton (Virginia) - Sanford (Florida)

Finland

Terminal Kolari.

Generality

• VR  (last update Dec. 2015)

Destinations

• Helsinki - Rovaniemi
• Helsinki - Kolari
• Helsinki - Oulu
• Helsinki - Kemijärvi
• Tampere - Kolari
• Tampere - Rovaniemi
• Turku - Rovaniemi
• Turku - Kolari

France

Unloading at Narbonne.

Generality

• SNCF auto-train  (last updated Sep 2015)

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. (last update Dec. 2016)

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

• Calais - Folkestone

Italy

Panel in Italian and German indicating the direction from the terminal to Verona.

Generality

There is no line between two Italian cities. The lines to theAustria are operated by ÖBB.

Terminals

• 43.552910.33583 Livorno  (last update Dec. 2015)
• 45.428310.97784 Verona  (last update Dec. 2015)

Destinations

International service

• Livorno - Vienna - seasonal service
• Verona - Vienna - seasonal service

UK

Generality

• Eurotunnel  – Operates the link in the Channel Tunnel in just 35 min of Folkestone To Calais. (last update Dec. 2016)

Destinations

International Service

• Folkestone - Calais

Slovakia

Generality

• Autovlak - Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko  (last updated Oct 2019)

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  (last updated Oct 2019)

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

• Bohinjska Bistrica - Podbrdo -
• Bohinjska Bistrica - Most na Soči -
• Podbrdo - Most na Soči -

Swiss

Generality

• CFF (Federal Railways)  (last update Dec. 2016)

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

The wagons carrying the cars and their passengers are detached from the train and transported to the terminal at the station of Prague.

Generality

• Autovlak - ČD  (last updated Oct 2019)

Terminal

• 50.085114.43945 Praha hlavní nádraží  – The terminal has a waiting room for registrations. (last update Dec. 2015)

Destinations

International service

• Prague - Kosice - two daily services, one night and one day.
• Prague - Poprad - daily night service
• Prague - Humenna - daily night service

Turkey

Interior of the wagon for the vehicles of the Optima express train

Generality

• Optima Tours  – Private carrier. (last updated Oct 2019)

Destinations

International service

• Villach - Erdine

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