La Flèche d'Or
La Flèche d’Or was a luxury boat train of the Chemin [de Fer du Nord] and later SNCF. It linked Paris with Calais, where passengers took the ferry to Dover to join the Golden Arrow of the Southern [Railway |Southern Railway] and later British Railways, which took them on to London.
In popular culture
- La Flèche d'Or appeared as the backdrop to a photoshoot by Audrey Hepburn's character in the 1957 movie Funny Face with Fred Astaire.