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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.
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.
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 Chemins de fer Orientaux (English: Oriental Railway; Turkish: Rumeli Demiryolu or İstanbul-Viyana Demiryolu) (reporting mark: CO) was an Ottoman railway company operating in Rumelia (the European part of the Ottoman Empire, corresponding to the Balkan peninsula) and later European Turkey, from 1870 to 1937. [1]
In 1936 the company owned 663 locomotives, 1561 coaches and 15.092 goods wagons. [4]Beypore Railway Station at Chaliyam, Malabar District, which, for a short period, was the western terminus of Madras Railway Map of the Madras and South Mahratta Railway lines
Sanyo-Himeji Station opened on 19 August 1923 as Himeji-ekimae Station (路駅前駅). [1] It was renamed Dentetsu Himeji Station (電鉄姫路駅) on 20 November 1943.. The station was burned down in 1946, and by 1954 the station was rebuilt into an elevated structure.
Great Western Railway, Windsor and Ascot Railway - from Windsor & Eton Central to Ascot, was begun in 1892 with the purchase and fencing of land and some minor works, but the rival London and South Western Railway prevented a junction for through traffic and improved its own services. The GWR did not proceed with the scheme.
Chūō-rinkan Station is served by the Odakyu Enoshima Line and forms the western terminus of the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line extending from Shibuya Station (Oshiage Station if including the Hanzomon Line) in Tokyo. It is 35.3 km from the Tokyo terminus of the Odakyu Enoshima Line at Shinjuku Station.