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The Venice Simplon-Orient Express train is a work of art in itself - a true Art Deco icon that is famous the world over.
Romance, glamour, adventure and the mystery of the past are all intimately bound up in journeys that visit some of the most alluring continental cites. Few trains still exist from a more gracious, elegant age of travel. This lovingly maintained train is a worthy inheritor of the legend that is 'Orient Express'.
Air-conditioned vintage cabins, delicious afternoon teas and exquisite dining with lively on-board entertainment make a journey aboard this icon, the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, one of the world's finest travel experiences.
The General Manager of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, Pascal Deyrolle, says, "“Dinner, much like the 1920 era, is theater. People come here for the atmosphere—you have afternoon tea, dress for dinner and enjoy a postprandial drink in the bar car. It’s very similar to the aristocratic life of the old days.”
Yes I know there are 3 pics of the same train in virtually identical positions, but I can't get enough of a solo 37 working the "Orient Express"! LoL. 37419 leads 5Z39 Cadder Yard - Edinburgh Waverley "Northern Belle" ECS at Greenhill Upper Jnct with 37423 and 37602 out of sight on the rear. These two locos then worked the train to Oban.
Weinfelden 23.07.2014: Für die damalige Mitropa AG baute die Waggonfabrik Wumag in Görlitz ab 1935 insgesamt 60 Speisewagen der Bauart WRüge 35. Der Wagen 1140 erhielt bei der Deutschen Bundesbahn Minden-Deutz Drehgestelle der Bauart 330 und eine Klimaanlage. 1982 wurde der Wagen an die Intraflug AG in der Schweiz verkauft und kam danach zum Nostalgie Istanbul Orient Express. Nach der Auflösung des Zuges befindet sich der Wagen weiterhin in Weinfelden. Weitere Informationen zu dem Wagen findet man hier : www.grand-express.eu/pages/PDFs/Wagons/1140 mitropa.pdf .
For the former Mitropa AG the wagon factory Wumag in Görlitz bulit in 1935 a total of 60 dining cars of the type WRüge 35. The car was 1140 gets from the Deutsche Bundesbahn Minden-Deutz bogies of the type 330, and air conditioning. 1982, the car was sold to the Intraflug AG in Switzerland and came after the Nostalgia Istanbul Orient Express. After the dissolution of the train, the car is still in Weinfelden. For more information about the car can be found here: www.grand-express.eu/pages/PDFs/Wagons/1140
Pera Palas Hotel on Meşrutiyet Street in Tepebaşı opened in 1895 to host high-class passengers of the Orient Express train. The hotel was designed in neo-classical style by architect Alexandre Vallaury who was living in Pera, a distinguished neighbourhood with a view of the Golden Horn, at the time. The hotel received well-known and even royal guests including Queen Elizabeth II, Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock, and Ernest Hemingway among many others. After 1917, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk stayed on numerous occasions in room 101, which in 1981 was converted into a museum, displaying Atatürk’s personal properties. Pera Palas was recently restorated and re-opened in 2010.
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Tepebaşı’nda, Meşrutiyet Caddesi üzerinde yer alan Pera Palas Oteli, 1888’de Paris-İstanbul seferlerine başlayan Orient Express’in yolcularına hizmet vermek üzere 1895’te açıldı. Haliç manzarasına bütünüyle hâkim olan otel, mimar Alexandre Vallaury tarafından, 19. yüzyıl sonu Pera mimarisinin tipik bir örneği olarak neo-klasik üslupta tasarlandı. Pera Palas, Kraliçe II. Elizabeth gibi kraliyet ailesi mensupları ile Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock, Ernest Hemingway gibi birçok ünlüyü ağırladı. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1917’den sonra otelin 101 numaralı odasında pek çok kez konakladı; oda, 1981’de Atatürk’ün şahsi eşyasının sergilendiği bir müzeye dönüştürüldü. 2000’li yıllarda restore edilen otel, 2010’da yeniden hizmete açıldı.
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This 1929 carriage and chef-prepared, steward-served fine dining available from:
Train Chartering
Private Rail Cars
Luxury Train Club
These are the routes on which the Orient Express has run over time.
The modern day Venice Simplon-Orient-Express currently runs:
London - Paris - Venice on the Simplon route;
Venice - Paris - London on the Arlberg route.
The 'secret' Orient Express formed of genuine heritage cars is based in Paris and is used exclusively by SNCF French railways for its supported charites and for its own corporate use.
The Pullman Orient Express is an authentic train in the style of the genuine Orient Express. The decor, staff uniforms and cuisine are faithful to the original 1920s / 1930s trains.
Train Chartering and Deutsche Bahn worked together on what was probably the longest branded Train over the longest distance in Europe for at least 20 years.
Train Chartering was retained by a UK agency on behalf of a major multinational client. There were just 8 weeks between project briefing and the first journey.
The Train travelled through Germany, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, France and the Balkans to Istambul in Turkey.
Branded & themed Trains are ideal for high profile marketing & PR events.
Contact Train Chartering to discuss your requirements for multi- or single country B2B, B2C or MICE activities.
Certainly the best-known luxury train, travelling on the ‘Orient Express’ is considered an essential rite of passage for anyone seeking sophisticated experiences and life-long memories.
The legendary Orient Express train is a work of art in itself and a true Art Deco icon that is famous the world over. Romance, adventure and the mystery of the past are all intimately bound up in journeys that visit some of the most alluring continental cites. As with many trains of this style, it is evocative of a more gracious, elegant age of travel. Delightful vintage cabins, gastronomic cuisine with delicious afternoon teas and exquisite four course dinners along with lively on-board entertainment make a journey aboard this iconic train one of the world’s finest travel experiences.
Photos: VSOE Ltd
Orient Express è il nome di un treno passeggeri a lunga distanza messo in servizio dalla Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits che collegava Parigi Gare de l'Est a Istanbul. Iniziato nel 1883, il servizio si interruppe per le guerre mondiali fra 1914 e 1921 e fra 1939 e 1945, per cessare definitivamente nel 1977 a causa della concorrenza dei trasporti aerei. Oggi l'Orient-Express è un servizio quotidiano Parigi-Vienna.
Il suo percorso è cambiato molte volte, e molti di questi in passato si sono fregiati del suo nome. Il nome del treno è divenuto sinonimo di viaggio di lusso.
Il nome "Orient Express" ricorre anche per la linea ferroviaria inaugurata nel 1948 che collega Stoccolma a Bucarest, la Balt-Orient-Express.
Nel 1982 venne inaugurato il Venice-Simplon Orient Express, servizio ferroviario privato effettuato con carrozze ristrutturate degli anni '20 e anni '30, da Londra e Parigi per Venezia. Il servizio si svolge ora una volta alla settimana da marzo a novembre ed è rivolto ai turisti facoltosi, con biglietti che costano più di 1200 sterline a persona da Londra a Venezia. Vengono effettuati anche due viaggi all'anno sul percorso Parigi - Budapest - Bucarest -Istanbul, e un viaggio all'anno su quello Istanbul - Bucharest - Budapest - Venezia.
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This 1929 carriage and chef-prepared, steward-served fine dining available from:
Train Chartering
Private Rail Cars
Luxury Train Club