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
Aquitaine (train) its dining car was staffed by the "Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits" (CIWL). Aquitaine (train) The Aquitaine was an express train that linked Bordeaux and Paris, France, between 1971 and about 1990. Operated by the "Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français" (SNCF), it was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE) until 1984 and then a two-class "Rapide" until discontinued, circa 1990. The train was named after the region of Aquitaine, of which Bordeaux is the capital. The "Aquitaine"'s core route was the long Paris–Bordeaux railway. Initially, the train ran non-stop, but by the time it was discontinued, it had the