2007-07-18 10:50:25 · 9 answers · asked by jamie s 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
Is that the one that used to leave the all important bow doors open on their ships? Went bust I think...bow doors are a bit of essential kit when crossing water...
2007-07-18 10:54:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that British Rail got rid of Sealink after the tunnel opened as there was no need to transfer passengers by ferry to the continent. However the new tunnel makes illegal entry much easier, which is why the French wanted the thing to get rid of the camp at Calais to over here.
2007-07-20 14:34:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sealink was the shipping arm of British Rail.
There was also a French part of Sealink, which was a branch of the French railway operator SNCF.
The UK part of Sealink was bought by Scandinavian firm Stena in the 1990s.
For a while their ships were branded "Stena Sealink" but are now just branded "Stena Line"
In the late 1990s Stena and P&O merged their Dover-Calais services, and these are now all operated under the P&O brand. The Stena name is still used on other routes (e.g Irish Sea crossings). See http://www.stenaline.co.uk/stena_line/gb/stena_line_uk.html
The French-owned part of Sealink was re-branded to become "SeaFrance" in 1996.
2007-07-19 06:03:22 · answer #3 · answered by Neil 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If I remember correctly, Sealink were part of British Rail,they both sank.
Wrong sort of leaves for BR
Wrong sort of water for Sl
Like the rest of the Nationalised industries, sold off by Maggie T and crew to line the pockets of the already rich. Sold off, we already bloody owned them.
The whole country is up for sale!!
2007-07-18 19:24:45 · answer #4 · answered by Rabid Dog 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The are now called Stena Line, although many Sealink routes did not transfer to Stena Line as Stena decided to close them. With the double S midget logo they were called Sealink Stena Line, then Stena Sealink Line and then Stena Line. Stena Line introduced the HSS to many of sealinks routes and was originally was meant to be in Stena Sealink livery (i think).
2007-07-19 15:02:01 · answer #5 · answered by davidleeis14 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find out the history from the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealink
In short it was an extension of British Rail to get trains into mainland Europe. It is was then taken over and is now known as Stena Line.
2007-07-18 18:08:48 · answer #6 · answered by UK_Andrew 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Our darling Maggie sold sealink to an off shore company called stenna at scrap value.Good to have friends in high places.
2007-07-18 17:55:11 · answer #7 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sold off with the rest of the nations silver by the politicians who are supposed to look after it.
2007-07-20 19:03:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they sank?
2007-07-18 17:53:57 · answer #9 · answered by L 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋