Orient Express

Routes of the Orient Express 1883-1914

Orient-Express poster (1888)

The Orient Express is the name for a passenger train (and its route). Originally it ran from Paris to Istanbul. The final service was an overnight train between Strasbourg and Vienna (it joined with the sleeper from Amsterdam in Karlsruhe). The service ended in 2009.

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Orient Express Media

logo CIWL (c)wagons-lits diffusion, Paris
l'Orient Express vers 1930 (c) wagons-lits diffusion
The first Orient Express in 1883
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Badge of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits on a car of the Orient Express
Étiquette à bagage, (c)wagons-lits diffusion, paris.jpg

étiquette à bagage, archives CIWL, (c)wagons-lits diffusion, paris
CIWL ORIENT EXPRESS TAURUS, (c) wagons-lits diffusion.jpg

w:Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits poster for Venice-Simplon-Express / Taurus-Express.
The Sirkeci Terminal in Istanbul
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Poland, in 2007
poster CIWL (c) wagons-lits diffusion, Paris