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Official Website - Discover the world with Orient Express. Mythical train and symbol of luxury travel, its heritage is revealed today through rare objects, and tomorrow in a collection of hotels across the globe.
The Orient Express was a long-distance passenger luxury train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL) that operated until 2009.
Beginning in 2025, The Orient Express will invite travelers to relive the legend aboard 17 original Orient Express cars dating back to the 1920s and 1930s, adorned with exceptional décor – a set of cars formerly known as the ‘Nostalgie-Istanbul-Orient-Express.’
Discover the Orient Express Route of the original train as well as the Simplon Orient Express & Alberg Orient Express. Full map of all routes across Europe
Orient-Express, luxury train that ran from Paris to Constantinople (Istanbul) for more than 80 years (1883–1977). Europe’s first transcontinental express, it initially covered a route of more than 1,700 miles (about 2,740 km) that included brief stopovers in such cities as Munich, Vienna, Budapest,
Orient-Express unveiled the midnight blue cars of the first Simplon-Orient-Express train. For the first time ever, Paris connected Istanbul via Milan and Venice, and crossed the Simplon tunnel. This technological feat opened a new route through the Alps.
R: Roberto Sorin / Shutterstock.com. The Orient Express is arguably the most famous train line in the Western world, operating for over 80 years from 1883 to 1977. A fortunate enough passenger could travel 2,740 kilometres in utter luxury from Paris to Istanbul, with multiple stops across the European continent.
