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5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-06-04 21:05:25
Description: The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d'Orient, departed Paris. The Orient Express was created by Georges Nagelmackers, a wealthy Belgian and the founder of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits that specialised in luxury travel. A number of biographers refer to him being inspired to create the trans-continental route after seeing George Pullman’s lavish sleeper cars in the United States. Having returned to Belgium where he began work on his vision, Nagelmackers’ first successful long-distance railway journey saw him transport guests on a 2,000km return trip aboard the first ‘Train Eclair de luxe’ – the luxury lightning ...
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