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LeShuttle [1] (formerly Eurotunnel Le Shuttle and also known as The Shuttle) is a railway shuttle service between Calais in France and Folkestone in the United Kingdom. It conveys road vehicles (including cars, bicycles and motorcycles) and passengers (including some animals) by rail through the Channel Tunnel .
Getlink, formerly Groupe Eurotunnel, is a European public company based in Paris that manages and operates the infrastructure of the Channel Tunnel between France and the United Kingdom, operates the LeShuttle railway service, and earns revenue on other trains that operate through the tunnel (Eurostar passenger and DB Schenker freight). [2]
Tendering for the locomotive procurement began in 1989. The specification included; a top speed of 160 km/h (100 mph); a terminal-to-terminal travel time of 33 minutes pulling a 2,100-tonne (2,067-long-ton; 2,315-short-ton) train; an axle load limit of 22.5 tonnes (22.1 long tons; 24.8 short tons); an operating temperature range between −10 °C (14 °F) and 45 °C (113 °F); [6] a loading ...
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Car shuttle train. LeShuttle, the car-carrying trains used in the Channel Tunnel; S (New York City Subway service), three shuttle train routes 42nd Street Shuttle, shuttle train between Grand Central and Port Authority; Franklin Avenue Shuttle; Rockaway Park Shuttle; Amtrak Hartford Line, formerly named the New Haven–Springfield Shuttle
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Unimog 405/UGN road–rail vehicle used as a rail car mover A Volvo L70F loader fitted with Aries Hyrail road–rail vehicle conversion and train braking system. A railcar mover (also called a shunt vehicle in Australia, the UK, and in Canada, or the trademarks Trackmobile or ShuttleWagon) is a road–rail vehicle (capable of travelling on both roads and rail tracks) fitted with couplers for ...
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