Taking the car to Italy, but not driving it there?

[andy400]

How close can I get to Italy with the car, but without having to drive it all the way down there? Someone told me that it is possible to get to the South of France on a train with the car, but don't know the truth of this.

[XJSJohn]

yup autorail unfortunately not, seems that the Autorail service will not be running for summer 2010 due to there being a recessioin or some such ...

http://www.raileurope.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=493

[sawman]

you could get to bilbao on a boat, but i'm not sure if thats much closer to italy!

[andy400]

XJSJohn said:

yup autorail unfortunately not, seems that the Autorail service will not be running for summer 2010 due to there being a recessioin or some such ...

http://www.raileurope.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=493

Arse! How annoying is that!?

[SimonV8ster]

Pay somebody else to drive it there ? What car is it ? I fancy a drive

[andy400]

SimonV8ster said:

Pay somebody else to drive it there ? What car is it ? I fancy a drive

Toyota Landcruiser. It would be a nice, easy and comfortable drive, but it would hardly be exciting!

[fatboy b]

andy400 said:

SimonV8ster said:

Pay somebody else to drive it there ? What car is it ? I fancy a drive

Toyota Landcruiser. It would be a nice, easy and comfortable drive, but it would hardly be exciting!

Start early - get to Interlaken in first day. Stay 2 nights. Head out of Interlaken early on departure day across the pass and you'll be in Italy be teatime. Drive it!

[Amateurish]

You can take the motorail from s'Hertogenbosch in Holland (3 hours from Calais) to Italy:

http://www.eetc.nl/motorail/ukast.pdf

[andy400]

Amateurish said:

You can take the motorail from s'Hertogenbosch in Holland (3 hours from Calais) to Italy:

http://www.eetc.nl/motorail/ukast.pdf

That looks brilliant until you get down to the bottom and discover that a Landcruiser is too tall!

Bugger.

[Engineer1]

silly question but are you sure they don't have commercial vehicle spaces as well similar to the channel tunnel?

[andy400]

Engineer1 said:

silly question but are you sure they don't have commercial vehicle spaces as well similar to the channel tunnel?

My guess is not, as it appears to be essentially a tourist train. I agree that it's worth checking though, so will!

TBH I will probably end up just flying and hiring a car. Wanted to explore the possibilities first.

[sleep envy]

andy400 said:

How close can I get to Italy with the car, but without having to drive it all the way down there? Someone told me that it is possible to get to the South of France on a train with the car, but don't know the truth of this.

you can get to italy, in fact you can get the train from calais to milan

[964Cup]

Just drive it. It's about 10.5 hours from North London to the Italian end of the Mont Blanc tunnel including the Chunnel crossing and 2 fuel stops; adjust as necessary for your starting point.

[Louis.]

sleep envy said:

andy400 said:

How close can I get to Italy with the car, but without having to drive it all the way down there? Someone told me that it is possible to get to the South of France on a train with the car, but don't know the truth of this.

you can get to italy, in fact you can get the train from calais to milan

What is the name of the train ? Is it one of the ones mentioned above ?

[sleep envy]

now you're asking!!

not done it for a good 20 years but Railsavers go from Den Bosch (NL) to either Livorno or Alessandria

all I'm finding is that motorail (France) is discontinued

http://www.seat61.com/Motorail.htm