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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by martin.knoepfel The British Railways have indeed smaller clearances than Continental Europe. For example, it is not possible to run bilevels in suburban trains, which is a large problem in a town like London. The rolling stock runnig through the Chunnel from France to the UK has to be built to the British clearances or is limited to the Chunnel and a few miles beyond like the truck-hauling freight cars. There are some freight cars designed for trains to the UK, for example low-slung two-axle container-cars. A sleeper trains used to connect London to Paris via ferry. It used cars built to the British clearances. The engines did not cross the Channel. The Eurostar high-speed-trains are visibly smaller than the French TGV's (and equipped with electric shoes for the Southern Regions third rail). The high-speed-track from the British side of the Chunnel to London is not yet completed (2007?) [/quote] With the low clearances on the British side, is there then no TOFC at all in Britian? Someone had mentioned that there was also no bi-modal trailers running on British rails, so does that mean that all truckload stuff goes by container? I suppose you could run TOFC using well cars, but you guys don't have those either!
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