passenger-car ferry

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• Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company — The Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company was the Grand Trunk Western Railroad s (AAR reporting mark GTW) subsidiary company operating its Lake Michigan railroad car ferry operations between Muskegon, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from… …   Wikipedia

• Ferry — For other uses, see Ferry (disambiguation). Main article: Merchant ship A ferry (or ferryboat) is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry (or ferry) primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as… …   Wikipedia

• ferry — 1. noun the Block Island ferry from New London Syn: passenger boat, passenger ship, ferry boat, car ferry; ship, boat, vessel; historical packet, packet boat 2. verb the new cars were ferried to the island Syn: transport, convey, carry, ship …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Ferry railway — Railroad Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• passenger — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ business class, coach (= the cheapest seats in a plane or train) (AmE), economy class, first class ▪ front seat ▪ back seat (esp. AmE), rear seat (esp. BrE …   Collocations dictionary

• ferry — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ car, passenger ▪ cross Channel (BrE) VERB + FERRY ▪ get, ride (AmE), take …   Collocations dictionary

• Car sharing — This article deals with the short term rental of cars. For the shared use of cars by persons with similar travel needs see Carpool. Flexcar (now Zipcar) carsharing vehicles in their reserved spots, Atlanta, Georgia. Car sharing or Carsharing (in… …   Wikipedia

• passenger — 01. A number of [passengers] on the ferry threw up when the boat met with high waves. 02. Attention all [passengers] on flight 404; please proceed to gate number five immediately in preparation for boarding. 03. An unwanted [passenger] was found… …   Grammatical examples 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 were …   Wikipedia

• Night Ferry — 1953 British Railways poster for the Night Ferry illustrating loading of coaches on ferry …   Wikipedia

• Renfrew Ferry — The Renfrew Ferry is a ferry service in Scotland linking the North and South banks of the River Clyde between the area of Yoker in Glasgow and the town of Renfrew in Renfrewshire. It is the last Clyde Crossing this far upsteam to remain… …   Wikipedia