Other formats

    TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 6 (September 1, 1937.)

International Express Services

International Express Services.

Record business this season is reported on all the long-distance international expresses traversing the European continent. There are three outstanding long-distance trains crossing Europe from east to west. These are respectively the “Nord Express,” the “Orient Express,” and the “Simp-lon-Orient Express.” The “Nord Express” connects Calais and Ostend with Brussels, Cologne, Hanover, Berlin and Warsaw. A more southerly route is taken by the “Orient Express”— Calais, Strasburg, Stuttgart, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Budapest, and Bukarest. Further south still, the “Simplon-Orient” links France with Lausanne, Milan, Venice, Bukarest, Belgrade, Sofia and Istanbul (Constantinople). Budapest, the beautiful capital of Hungary, is one of the most important of European junctions. Hungary, which is so well-served by long-distance train services, is growing in popularity as a tourist haunt.