Orient Express
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The Orient Express is a legendary long-distance luxury passenger train service that historically connected Western and Eastern Europe and became famous through its appearances in literature and film.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orient Express canonical | 17 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
long-distance train
ⓘ
luxury passenger train service ⓘ named train ⓘ |
| countryServed |
Austria
ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Italy ⓘ Romania ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ Turkey ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
icon of the golden age of railways
ⓘ
symbol of luxury rail travel in Europe ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Murder on the Orient Express
ⓘ
Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film) ⓘ Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film) ⓘ numerous films and television adaptations ⓘ various detective and spy novels ⓘ |
| featuredInAuthor | Agatha Christie ⓘ |
| featuredInWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
international intrigue
ⓘ
romanticized train travel ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1883 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Art Deco interiors
ⓘ
fine dining on board ⓘ luxurious sleeping cars ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with espionage during wartime
ⓘ
crossing multiple European borders ⓘ influence on popular culture depictions of trains ⓘ |
| operator | Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits ⓘ |
| originalEndStation |
Constantinople (probable)
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
Istanbul ⓘ |
| originalStartStation |
Gare de l'Est
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris Gare de l'Est
|
| route |
Paris–Bucharest
ⓘ
Paris–Budapest ⓘ Paris–Istanbul ⓘ Paris–Vienna ⓘ |
| serviceType |
dining car service
ⓘ
international rail service ⓘ sleeper train ⓘ |
| status | historical train service ⓘ |
| usedRollingStock |
Wagons-Lits restaurant cars
ⓘ
Pullman sleeping car ⓘ
surface form:
Wagons-Lits sleeping cars
|
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.