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motorail

(ˈməʊtəreɪl)

a rail service carrying cars and their drivers as well as ordinary passengers

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motorail

[ˈməʊtəreɪl] N → motorraíl m

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Gheorghe Chilian, Ionut Crecea and Ion Ruset admitted a charge of attempted theft from the Motorail Logistics Park at Long Marston, near Stratford-upon-Avon.

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The once popular Motorail link from Calais to southern France was axed some years back.

Getting there was a breeze

The car is typical of those carried on British Railways Motorail services in wagons of this type during the late 1950s and 1960s.

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These workers suffered appalling conditions without taking direct action until 9 June 1980 when those on day shift imposed bans on the lifting of and cleaning under the carriage seats of the Brisbane and Motorail Express Trains.

Managing diverse commodities? From factory fodder to business asset

EDIRNE, Apr 15, 2010 (TUR) -- Austria-Turkey motorail train services will begin on April 19.

(GEN) AUSTRIA-TURKEY MOTORAIL TRAIN SERVICES TO BEGIN IN APRIL

French Motorail has one-way Calais-Brive fares for a car and up to six passengers from pounds 340 this summer.

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Q I WOULD like to go by overnight motorail from Belgium to Salzburg instead of driving.

Am I on the right track? INSIDE GUIDE

Meanwhile Rail Europe's 2008 Motorail Service takes your car all the way to the Med from pounds 340 single (car and up to six passengers) from May.

TRAVEL: The right track

Which is how my wife and I found ourselves one Friday evening in a well-crammed estate car at the Motorail terminal in Calais awaiting the Avignon-bound overnight sleeper train.

'Shire luxury

Although the Motorail concept is basically the same today as the day it was introduced, standards of comfort on board have greatly improved over the years.

holidays: Let the train take the strain; Heading to the south of France but not looking forward to the long drive? Then let the train take the strain. TIM WARE reports on the improved motorail links making the going even easier

But as we are a party of six with four youngsters, would it be cheaper to go by rail then hire a car locally or even to take our own people carrier on the Motorail to Brive?

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UNDER heavy attack from the low cost airlines, French Rail's Motorail service- which carries both cars and their passengers all the way to the Med - is slashing prices this summer by around 20% for the next few weeks.