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It hosts the Sirkeci railway station, the easternmost terminus of the Orient Express, a historic long-distance passenger train service in Europe that operated between Paris and Istanbul in the period between 1883 and 2009. [2] The neighborhood consists mostly of commercial and tourist-oriented buildings. A combination of small shops, hans ...
Sirkeci railway station (Turkish: Sirkeci garı), listed on maps as Istanbul railway station (Turkish: İstanbul garı), is a railway terminal in Istanbul, Turkey. The terminal is located in Sirkeci , on the tip of Istanbul's historic peninsula , right next to the Golden Horn and just northwest of Gülhane Park and the Topkapı Palace .
Orient Express (1934), film adaptation of Graham Greene's Stamboul Train. Orient Express (1944), German film about a murder on the train. Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948), film by the Rank Organisation, story by Clifford Grey. A stolen diplomatic document is the quest of various groups on the Orient Express from Paris to Trieste.
Matt Hind/Orient Express Train travel is not as glamorous as it used to be. In the States, riding the rails means crowded coach cars, cramped sleepers and quick-serve food. But, look beyond our ...
English: Historical map of the Orient-Express with various destinations Français : Différents trajets de l'Orient-Express au cours du temps Հայերեն: Orient-Express Historic Routes (en).svg
Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits [a] (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃paɲi ɛ̃tɛʁnasjɔnal de vaɡɔ̃ li], lit. ' 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 preparing for its first launch in decades — a luxury sleeper train in Italy. Dubbed La Dolce Vita, the new Orient Express trains will start operating in Spring 2025.
The CO, along with the Hungarian State Railways and the Bulgarian State Railways - BDZ, inaugurated the first train from Istanbul to Vienna. [5] One of the most famous trains in history, the Orient Express, started her first run from Paris to Istanbul on 1 June 1889. This train was operated by CIWL, an