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The Maharajas' Express, often also referred to as the Orient Express of the Orient was voted "The World's Leading Luxury Train" Seven times in a row at The World Travel Awards from 2012 through 2018. [2] [3] Maharajas' Express also received recognition from the Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Travel Award in 2022. [4]
Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits [a] (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃paɲi ɛ̃tɛʁnɑsjɔnal de vaɡɔ̃ li]; transl. "International Sleeping-Car Company") is a Belgian-founded French company known for providing and operating luxury trains with sleepers and dining cars during the late 19th and the 20th centuries, most notably the Orient Express.
The Orient Express is a usable engine and caboose in the mobile game Tiny Rails (2016). In Euro Truck Simulator 2 (2012) there is an achievement called Orient Express requiring players to complete deliveries between the following cities: Paris-Strasbourg, Strasbourg-Munich, Munich-Vienna, Vienna-Budapest, Budapest-Bucharest, Bucharest-Istanbul.
The Orient Express is a private luxury train service and luxury hospitality company operated by Accor. It will carry passengers between Paris and Istanbul , like the original Orient Express , beginning in late 2026. [ 2 ]
Belmond Ltd. (formerly Orient-Express Hotels Ltd) is a hospitality and leisure company that operates hotels, train services and river cruises and safaris worldwide. [3] In 2024, the company has 47 properties in 28 countries and territories, with 32 hotels, six tourist trains, seven river cruise boats and two safaris.
The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE) is a private luxury train service from London to Venice and other European cities. It is currently owned by Belmond . These VSOE services are not to be confused with a regularly scheduled train called the Orient Express , which ran nightly between Paris and Bucharest – in the last years of operation ...
The Orient Express was launched 4 October 1883. [3] Later, he bought the Mudanya–Bursa line and sold it to the French in 1891. He also bought the Smyrna–Kasaba Railway in 1893 and also sold it to the French the following year. [5] In June 1900, Nagelmackers won the four-in-hand (mail coach) driving event during the International Horse Show ...
After the demise of the service the carriages were sold to Orient-Express Hotels for an undisclosed price in 2005, for use on its trains overseas. [ 11 ] [ 13 ] Twenty of the carriages remained in storage at the North Ipswich Railway Workshops , with Queensland Rail stating an Orient Express holding company owned them, while an Orient Express ...