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The Orient Express appeared as a technologically advanced (for its time) train in the book Behemoth, by Scott Westerfeld. Thea Stilton and the Mystery on the Orient Express by Elisabetta Dami; Madness on the Orient Express is an anthology of horror stories, all connected to the Orient Express, edited by James Lowder.
On 4 October 1883, the Gare de l'Est saw the first departure of the Orient Express for Istanbul. The Gare de l'Est is the terminus of a strategic railway network extending towards the eastern part of France, and it saw large mobilizations of French troops, most notably in 1914, at the beginning of World War I.
The terminal restaurant became a meeting point for journalists, writers and other prominent people from the media in the 1950s and 1960s. The same restaurant, today called "Orient Express", is a popular spot among tourists. The station is preserved in its original state, but the areas around the terminal building have largely changed since 1890.
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The historic train service Orient Express will set sail with a new yacht in 2026.
The Trans-Siberian Railway, [a] historically known as the Great Siberian Route [b] and often shortened to Transsib, [c] is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. [1]
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.
Famous for its railway station which was the eastern terminus of the Orient Express, Sirkeci remains one of the main travel hubs for Istanbul, connecting suburban train, tram and ferry systems. The Sirkeci Station of the Turkish State Railways is the terminating node of the European railway network leading into Istanbul from Bucharest, Romania.