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The Blue Train is a luxury train that travels an approximately 1,600-kilometre (990 mi) journey in South Africa, between Pretoria and Cape Town. [1] It is one of the most luxurious train journeys in the world.
Le Train Bleu (restaurant) or The Blue Train, a restaurant; Blue Train, a nickname for the U.S. Postal Service cycling team; The Mystery of the Blue Train, a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie set on Le Train Bleu; Blue Train, a 2010 Serbian film on life after the death of Tito
From 1948 to 1963, it served as the Blue Train spare and during this time- in October 1957- it was renumbered no. 795. From 1961 to 1963, this car actually worked on the Trans-Karroo Express while remaining a spare Blue Train duty. In 1963, the Blue Train was provided with two new lounge cars, thus releasing the old ones including spare No. 795.
The train bleu ("blue train") service resumed on 16 November 1920 between Paris and Menton with pre-war carriages, operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits using the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM). The whole route was served again on 9 December 1922.
However, the Blue Train is an exclusively 1st-class luxury service, on which a considerable premium is payable. The Trans Karoo conveyed 3rd class, 2nd class, and 'ordinary' 1st class passengers. Those travelling 1st class on the Trans Karoo had private sleeping compartments (converted to seating accommodation during the day) with washing ...
Coltrane never recorded "Moment's Notice" after the version on Blue Train, [3] but other soloists have treated it as a standard, particularly since the 1970s. [3] It has been recorded by such artists as McCoy Tyner (on Supertrios, 1977, and Passion Dance, 1978), Chick Corea (with various ensembles over the years, a recorded version released on Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton - In Concert, 1978 ...
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Adult Contemporary radio picked up the album track "The Blue Train" which reached 31 on that chart and lasted for ten weeks in the chart's Top 40. Album track "Feels Like Home" was incorporated into Randy Newman's musical Randy Newman's Faust, which opened later in 1995, and has been subsequently covered by a number of artists.