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
1972 Paris–Roubaix 1972 Paris–Roubaix The 1972 Paris–Roubaix, the 70th edition of the Paris–Roubaix race taking place on 16 April 1972, marked the real beginning of Roger De Vlaeminck's mastery of the cobbles of the north. De Vlaeminck had already placed second two years earlier, but in 1972 there was no stopping Mr. Paris-Roubaix. Most of the race were undertaken under terrible weather condition with low temperatures and rain. The usual spectacle in the Arenberg Forest was there once more, and this year enhanced by the conditions that made the passage very difficult. A massive 40 rider crash took amongst others Eddy Merckx