Meaning of ferry van | Babel Free

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A railway goods van intended for train ferry traffic to and from continental Europe.

UK, dated

Examples

“More than one exporter had complained that ferry vans were in desperately short supply⟳ and that the B.R. fleet of 400 new vans (over 150 of which are now in service) would fall⟳ far short of immediately foreseeable requirements. [...] The solution to the exporters' demand⟳ for more stock⟳ of this kind, it was said, lay⟳ in the quicker turnround of the Continental ferry wagons bringing imports to this country.”

“A grey morning in Tonbridge in 1977 sees No. 33208 rattle through the station with a long train⟳ of ferry vans and wagons from the train⟳ ferry at Dover.”

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