boat train

a train scheduled to carry passengers to or from a landing point: The boat train to Paris was waiting at Cherbourg.

Origin of boat train

First recorded in 1880–85

The boat-train moves into Charing Cross, and, after an absence of ten years, he finds himself once more in London.

A Handful of Stars |Frank W. Boreham
He then left with the intention of catching the evening boat-train to Paris.

Science and the Criminal |C. Ainsworth Mitchell
Anyway, I was on that boat-train when it pulled out of London.

The Glory of the Trenches |Coningsby Dawson
A lesser woman might have taken the boat-train to London and proceeded to Windles at her ease on the following afternoon.

The Girl on the Boat |Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Two days later, as I intended to write you but didn't, I caught the boat-train for Cherbourg.

The Prairie Wife |Arthur Stringer

boat train

a train scheduled to take passengers to or from a particular ship