Dover - the Golden Arrow

Dover

The Golden Arrow

Many of the ferries between Dover and Calais conveyed railway carriages by day and night . The famous Golden Arrow and Paris Night Ferry coaches were shunted onto the steamers that continually plied the route .

This 1934 poster for Southern Railways shows the railway and the car ferries leaving simultaneously . It was not until HS1 , the channel tunnel and the TGV lines were constructed in the late 20 ^th century that the travel times illustrated on this poster were bettered !

Artwork by Kenneth Shoesmith

Code number 65504

The outside dimensions of these posters are 70cm x 50cm ( 27.6 inches x 19.7 inches ), designed to fit a standard IKEA frame.