Paris–Istanbul

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international railway route rail corridor

Paris–Istanbul is the historic trans-European rail corridor linking the French capital with the former Ottoman and modern Turkish capital, famously traversed by the luxury Orient Express.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Istanbul–Calais route of the Orient Express 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international railway route ⓘ
rail corridor ⓘ
associatedWith interwar European travel culture ⓘ
luxury train travel ⓘ
connects Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsCapitalOf France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance featured in literature and film via the Orient Express ⓘ
symbol of romantic long-distance rail travel ⓘ
endPoint Istanbul, Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
famousFor being the route of the Orient Express ⓘ
function capital-to-capital connection ⓘ
gainedProminenceIn late 19th century ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasThroughServices various successor international trains after the classic Orient Express ⓘ
historicallyOperatedAcross multiple national railway systems ⓘ
historicallyServedBy Orient Express NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole linking Western Europe with the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linking Western Europe with the Republic of Turkey ⓘ
locatedIn Europe ⓘ
modeOfTransport rail ⓘ
notableStationAlongRoute Bucharest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Budapest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Strasbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf trans-European rail network NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPoint Paris, France NERFINISHED ⓘ
status historic route ⓘ
terminus Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
traverses Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor long-distance international travel ⓘ
passenger rail transport ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orient Express → route → Paris–Istanbul ⓘ
Mary Debenham → settingOfActivity → Paris–Istanbul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Istanbul–Calais route of the Orient Express