Golden Arrow (train) Golden Arrow (train) The ' () was a luxury boat train of the Southern Railway and later British Railways. It linked London with Dover, where passengers took the ferry to Calais to join the ' of the Chemin de Fer du Nord and later SNCF which took them on to 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 the equivalent between London Victoria and Dover while simultaneously launching a new first class only ship, the , for the ferry crossing.The train usually consisted
Parsifal (train) three train-pairs; the others were EC "Molière" and EC "Gustave Eiffel", providing a morning, afternoon and evening EuroCity service in both directions. However, the "Gustave Eiffel" soon lost its EC status, after only one year. On 14 December 1997 the "Parsifal" was replaced by the Paris – Cologne Thalys service. Parsifal (train) The Parsifal was an express train that linked Paris with Dortmund in Germany and later Cologne. The train was named after Wagner's opera inspired by the legendary knight Percival. The "Parsifal" was launched on 3 October 1957 as second TEE-service between Paris and the Ruhr. The "Parsifal" was