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What if there were trains to transport the car you're in so you aren't driving to far away destinations?

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1. There are, namely the Chunnel from Britain to France.
2. Such services exist in several countries. In the United States, Amtrak operates the Auto Train from outside Orlando, Florida to outside of Washington, DC. You ride in comfortable coach or sleeper cars, while the autos are pulled in special carriers at the rear of the train. There is a demand for additional such services, but Amtrak hasn't had the money to purchase the special equipment to get them going.
3. Amtrak has the auto train for east coast people. do not have to drive the car is transported and the passenges can enjoy a comfortable train ride. long time like the early 1970s been around.
4. In the UK we used to have a Motorail service similar to the Amtrak Auto Train, though they often worked in conjunction with long distance sleeper services. However, distances between cities in the UK are more modest than in the US so anyone wanting to take their car long distance would tend to drive. The last such service ran in 2005 as part of First Great Western's "Night Riviera" service. The "Le Shuttle" service that runs from Folkestone to Calais via the Channel Tunnel is not quite the same thing. This is basically a cross-Channel car ferry that just happens to run on rails. It hardly counts as a long distance trip and is not the type of journey that you could otherwise drive.
5. Although it's not very well-known or much-used, VIA Rail, Canada's national rail carrier, offers a service where they'll arrange to have your car carried with you, either with an attached freight car, or transported by a separate company such as CN or CPR. I've never used this service, and don't know how efficient it is. As other have said, there's also the Auto Train run by Amtrak which goes from Virginia, near D.C., to a suburb of Orlando. This is a non-stop trip, and is primarily used by northerners who migrate to the south during the winter.