Trans-Han Motorail Express
| Trans-Han Motorail Express Đường sắt động cơ xuyên Hán 跨汉人车同行铁路 | |
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 Trans-Han Motorail Express train in 1990 | |
| Overview | |
| Service type | International rail |
| Status | Operating |
| Locale | Baltanla, Monsilva |
| First service | 30 October 1983 |
| Current operator(s) | Trans-Han Motorail Express Corporation |
| Ridership | 1,923,300 (FY20) |
| Route | |
| Termini | Mitrea Amking Luhai |
| Service frequency | Twice daily, each way |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | Coach class, Sleeper service |
| Disabled access | Train lower level, all stations |
| Sleeping arrangements |
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| Auto-rack arrangements | 400 vehicle capacity |
| Catering facilities | Dining car, on-board Café |
| Observation facilities | Lounge car, small windows on most cars |
| Baggage facilities | Overhead racks |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock |
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The Trans-Han Motorail Express is an 855-mile (1,376 km) scheduled daily train service for passengers and their automobiles operated by the Trans-Han Motorail Express Corporation (THMEC), a joint subsidiary of Baltanla National Railways and the Monsilvan Railways Administration. The trains operated by the express are motorail trains which allow passengers to bring their personal vehicles with them to their destination. The service runs from Mitrea, Baltanla to Amking and Luhai, Monsilva.
Passengers ride in coach seats or private sleeping car rooms while their vehicles are carried in enclosed automobile-carrying freight cars called autoracks. The train can carry up to 420 vehicles. The train also includes lounge cars and dining cars. The THME allows its passengers to avoid driving on the major highways within Baltanla and Monsilva, including the main highway connecting the two nations, whilst bringing their cars with them. It has the highest revenue of any train in BNR's Long Distance Service Lines.
The service operates as train number 52 northbound and number 53 southbound. The train operates non-stop between its Seattal and Amking and Luhai terminals, except for a brief stop in Vinh Trang, for servicing and a crew change of the engineer and conductors.
Consist
The Motorail Express uses Baltanla National Railway’s bi-level Superliner equipment. A typical consist includes two DTB Genesis locomotives in the front, a transition sleeper car, three sleeping cars, a sightseer lounge car, a full-service dining car, five sleepers, a cafe dining car, four coaches, and up to 68 autoracks.
Superliner sleeping cars have deluxe bedrooms on the upper level, roomettes on the upper and lower levels, one "family bedroom", and one "accessible bedroom". Coach cars have reclining seats on both levels. The Sightseer Lounge car has wrap-around windows on the upper level and an informal café on the lower. One dining and lounge car is reserved for sleeping car customers, while another also serves coach passengers.
BNR calls the Motorail Express, whose total length is roughly 1.2-mile (1.9 km), the longest passenger train in the world.
