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A daily train from Paris or London, to Warsaw, Poland; through coaches will carry passengers on other trains to the Soviet Union from Warsaw or Riga. From Riga, gauge changes to 5' Russian standard, and connecting trains (coaches not operated by Wagon-Lits) travel east to Leningrad and Moscow. Wagon-Lits coaches operate over the rest of the Nord Express network, though they are sometimes not every coach on the train.
The train merges and splits several times; the schedules below have been very simplified east of Berlin. From Paris, heading east, the train is:
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1 or 2 fourgons (baggage cars)
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sleeper, bound for Warsaw
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sleeper, came down from Calais, bound for Warsaw
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sleeper, bound for Berlin
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restaurant car, bound for Berlin
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sleeper, bound for Berlin and Riga (on the D1 express)
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sleeper, bound for Copenhagen (detaches at Hannover)
Two coaches join the train from Ostend; three times a week, one of those coaches is detached at Berlin and heads south to Prague, and eventually to Bucharest. Also at Berlin the original restaurant car is detached, and a fresh one joins for the trip to Warsaw. One sleeper coach from Paris is attached to the D1 express train in Berlin, for the trip to Riga. From Riga a connection can be made on the broad gauge to Moscow.
The locomotives are usually Chemins de Fer du Nord "Superpacifics" in France; Class 01 in Germany since the late 1920s; in Poland the train is drawn by Pd5 or Pk class engines. As far east as Warsaw, the train operates at speeds up to 75 miles per hour.
Many minor stops for water, fuel, customs officials, engine changes, etc. are not shown.
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p.m. times in italic
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day
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arrive
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depart
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notes
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Paris
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A
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--
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3:00
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1 or 2 fourgons, 5 sleepers, & restaurant car from Gare du Nord
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Liege
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A
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11:11
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--
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connect to train from London, see below
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p.m. times in italics
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day
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arrive
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depart
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notes
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London
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A
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--
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3:00
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from Victoria and Liverpool stations, towards Dover
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Dover
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A
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~4:30
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4:55
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rail ferry to Ostend
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Ostend
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A
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~8:00
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8:38
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arrive by steamer from Dover; customs inspections takes place
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Brussels
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A
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9:54
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22:10
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Nord station
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Liege
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A
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11:25
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~11:40
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coaches from Paris are attached
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Aix-la-Chapelle
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B
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12:43
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~12:50
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Cologne
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B
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1:43
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1:45
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just to take on, or drop off, mail bags (and customs agents and secret police)
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Hamm
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B
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~3:20
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3:29
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one of Europe's largest rail yards (big WW2 target)
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Hanover
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B
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5:30
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5:39
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connecting trains to Vienna and Prague
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Berlin
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B
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8:43
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~8:50
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Friedrichstraße Bahnhoff -- the main "westerly" station
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Berlin
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B
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8:55
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9:25
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Schlesischer Bahnhof (now Ostbahnhof) - for trains to Warsaw & Moscow, see below
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Eydtkuhnen
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B
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7:23
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~7:35
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in East Prussia, near Lithuania; formerly where gauge change took place
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Riga
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C
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6:29
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~7:15
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in Latvia; change to broad gauge train; a train connects from here to Moscow
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Tallinn
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C
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6:57
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~8:00
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in Estonia; between here and Leningrad there's a customs stop at Valka
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Leningrad
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D
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1:20
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--
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Baltiysky station
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p.m. times in italic
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day
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arrive
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depart
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notes
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Berlin
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B
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--
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9:14
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Schlesischer Bahnhof (now Ostbahnhof)
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Poznan
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B
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12:39
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~12:44
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in Poland
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Warsaw
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B
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4:32
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4:37
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in Poland
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Niegoreloje
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C
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1:21
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~3:00
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customs station on the Poland-Soviet border; gauge change
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Moscow
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C
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3:55
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--
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Belorusskaya Station
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p.m. times in italic
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day
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arrive
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depart
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notes
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Moscow
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B
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--
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5:50
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Belorusskaya Station
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Niegoreloje
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C
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~6:51
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8:20
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customs station on the Poland-Soviet border; gauge change
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Warsaw
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C
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1:21
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1:28
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in Poland
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Poznan
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C
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5:16
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~3:00
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in Poland
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Berlin
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C
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9:08
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--
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Schlesischer Bahnhof (no Ostbahnhof) -- for further schedule see below
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p.m. times in italics
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day
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arrive
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depart
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notes
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Leningrad
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A
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--
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2:35
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from Baltiysky station; between here and Tallinn there's a customs stop at Valka
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Tallinn
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B
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~9:00
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~10:00
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in Estonia
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Riga
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B
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~8:15
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~9:00
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in Latvia; change to standard gauge train
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Eydtkuhnen
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C
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8:27
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8:29
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in East Prussia, near Lithuania; formerly where gauge change took place
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Berlin
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C
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6:53
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9:08
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Schlesischer Bahnhof -- trains to Warsaw; now Ostbahnhof
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Berlin
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C
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~9:17
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9:22
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Friedrichstraße Bahnhoff
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Hanover
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D
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12:13
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12:27
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connecting trains to Vienna and Prague
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Hamm
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D
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~2:10
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2:20
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Cologne
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D
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4:00
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4:02
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just a brief stop to take on or drop off mail bags (and secret police)
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Aix-la-Chapelle
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D
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~5:04
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5:11
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Liege
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D
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~6:48
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7:02
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coaches from here to Paris are detached
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Brussels
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D
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8:18
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8:38
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Nord station
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Ostend
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D
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9:55
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~10:33
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depart on rail ferry to Dover
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Dover
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D
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2:20
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~2:50
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arrive by ferry from Ostend; British customs inspections (note the 30 min delay)
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London
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D
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4:20
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--
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at Victoria or Liverpool stations
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p.m. times in italic
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day
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arrive
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depart
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notes
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Liege
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D
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--
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7:02
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detached from train to London, see above
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Paris
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D
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~3:15
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--
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to Gare du Nord
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