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This is the original "Orient Express" route. Operates three days a week, composed of ten to twelve cars. London to Istanbul first-class fare is about £35 ($171); dinners cost about 10s each. Second class tickets, not available at all times, are £25 ($121); second-class dinners are about 7s. Times are taken from the 1937 schedule -- actual times change slightly over the years.
First-class Pullman accommodation in Europe averages 4.5d per mile traveled, plus 15s - 20s per night for sleeping berth. 3d per mile for second-class, plus 10s - 12s per night for sleeping berth. Third class is about 1.5d per mile, plus 6s per night for sleeping berth.
p.m. times in italics
|
day
|
arrive
|
depart
|
notes
|
---|
Paris: Gare de l'Est
|
A
|
--
|
7:55
|
---|
Strasbourg
|
B
|
2:00
|
2:05
|
---|
Carlsruhe
|
B
|
3:59
|
4:00
|
---|
Stuttgart
|
B
|
5:29
|
5:31
|
---|
Munich
|
B
|
8:24
|
~8:30
|
---|
Salzburg
|
B
|
10:29
|
10:35
|
---|
Linz
|
B
|
~12:30
|
1:25
|
connection with Ostend Orient Express
|
---|
Vienna: West
|
B
|
3:10
|
3:20
|
---|
Bratislava
|
B
|
5:07
|
5:10
|
---|
Budapest
|
B
|
8:14
|
8:20
|
---|
Szeged
|
C
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Belgrade
|
C
|
7:00
|
7:05
|
---|
Sofia
|
C
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Istanbul: Sirkeci
|
?
|
?
|
--
|
connect with Taurus Express
|
---|
|
day
|
arrive
|
depart
|
notes
|
---|
Istanbul: Sirkeci
|
A
|
--
|
?
|
connect from Taurus Express
|
---|
Sofia
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Belgrade
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Szeged
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Budapest
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Bratislava
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Vienna: West
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Linz
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Salzburg
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Munich
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Stuttgart
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Strasbourg
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
---|
Paris: Gare de l'Est
|
?
|
?
|
--
|
---|
Minor stops for water, fuel, customs officials, etc. not shown.
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