Meaning of "train ferry" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF TRAIN FERRY

train ferry  [treɪn ˈfɛrɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRAIN FERRY

Train ferry is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRAIN FERRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Train ferry

A train ferry is a ship designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train ferries are sometimes referred to as "car ferries", as distinguished from "auto ferries" used to transport automobiles. The wharf has a ramp, and a linkspan or "apron", balanced by weights, that connects the railway proper to the ship, allowing for the water level to rise and fall with the tides. While railway vehicles can be and are shipped on the decks or in the holds of ordinary ships, purpose-built train ferries can be quickly loaded and unloaded by roll-on/roll-off, especially as several vehicles can be loaded or unloaded at once. A train ferry that is a barge is called a car float or rail barge.

Definition of train ferry in the English dictionary

The definition of train ferry in the dictionary is a ship designed to carry railway vehicles.

TRANSLATION OF TRAIN FERRY

Find out the translation of train ferry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of train ferry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «train ferry» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 火车轮渡
• Translator English - Spanish: tren de ferry
• English: train ferry
• Translator English - Hindi: ट्रेन नौका
• Translator English - Arabic: قطار العبارة
• Translator English - Russian: паром
• Translator English - Portuguese: trem balsa
• Translator English - Bengali: ট্রেন ফেরি
• Translator English - French: train-ferry
• Translator English - Malay: Feri keretapi
• Translator English - German: Eisenbahnfähre
• Translator English - Japanese: 列車フェリー
• Translator English - Korean: 열차 페리
• Translator English - Javanese: Sepur Ferry
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đoàn vận chuyển qua sông
• Translator English - Tamil: ரயில் ஃபெர்ரி
• Translator English - Marathi: रेल्वे फेरी
• Translator English - Turkish: Tren feribotu
• Translator English - Italian: treno traghetto
• Translator English - Polish: prom kolejowy
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пором
• Translator English - Romanian: feribot
• Translator English - Greek: σιδηροδρομικό πορθμείο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: trein veerboot
• Translator English - Swedish: tågfärja
• Translator English - Norwegian: jernbaneferge

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAIN FERRY»

Discover the use of train ferry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to train ferry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

International Train-Ferry Wagons in Colour for the Modeller ...

This exciting new volume concentrates on development of the train ferry wagon from the mid 1970s through to the present day, examining its impact on the ever changing railway scene.

David Ratcliffe, 2009

The Kentucky Encyclopedia

Only a few have carved niches for themselves: Shryock's ferry, the St. Louis Transfer Train ferry, the ferry at Henderson, Clay's ferry, and the Valley View ferry across the Kentucky River between Fay- ette and Madison counties. Except for those ...

John E. Kleber

Interior Landscapes, Second Edition

First Cavalry Division soldiers died that night on the train ferry. Our battalion was lucky; we had been ordered to the Imperial National Forest. Monday, September 27, 1954, the New York Times reported that more than a thousand people had ...

Vizenor

Ferries: Southern Europe

LOGl DORO Train ferry. built ln Fincanticri-Cantieri Navali ltaliani S.p.A. at Palermo. ltaly for the company. This ships function is to serve as a back-up to the GARlBMJ)1 on the Golfo Aranci service. Logudoro is an inland district in northern  ...

John May, William Mayes, 2004

England

Routes include Amsterdam—London (via Hook of Holland and Harwich). Travelling between Ireland and England, the main train-ferry-train route is Dublin to London, via Dun Laoghaire and Holyhead. Ferries also run between Rosslare and ...

David Else, 2010

The Key System: San Francisco and the Eastshore Empire

SCHEDULES FERRY SERVICE from SAN FRANCISCO Train -Ferry Service from Metropolitan Oakland TO TREASURE ISLAND Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday From San Francisco Ferry service from the Ferry Building ...

Walter Rice, Emiliano Echeverria, 2007

Cycling Britain

Travelling between Ireland and Britain, the main train-ferry-train route is Dublin to London, via Dun Laoghaire and Holyhead. Ferries also run between Rosslare and Fishguard or Pembroke (Wales), and Belfast or Larne and Stranraer ...

Etain O'Carroll, Aaron Anderson, Marc Di Duca, 2009

Stated Choice Methods: Analysis and Applications

That is, we know: • auto > bus, train, ferry, carpool, and • bus = train = ferry = carpool. Thus, we can say that these data are very 'weakly ordered', and a complete preference ordering cannot be determined for this consumer from this one ...

Jordan J. Louviere, David A. Hensher, Joffre D. Swait, 2000

Europe on a Shoestring

Travelling between Britain and Ireland the main train–ferry–train route is London to Dublin via Holyhead and Dun Laoghaire. Ferries also run between Fishguard or Pembroke (southwest Wales) to Rosslare (southeast Ireland) with train ...

‎2009

Hiking in Italy

TransporT summary page CABLE CAR great introduction to vie ferrate; thrilling 51-rung ladder 48 CABLE CAR sustained via ferrata in a wonderful alpine setting 51 TransporT summary page TRAIN, FERRY, CAR picturesque villages of the ...

Brendan Sainsbury, 2010