"Golden Arrow (train) The ' () was a luxury boat train of the Southern Railway and later British Railways. It linked London with Dover, where passengers took the ferry to Calais to join the ' of the Chemin de Fer du Nord and later SNCF which took them on to Paris. The ""Flèche d’Or"" was introduced in 1926 as an all-first-class Pullman service between Paris and Calais. On 15 May 1929, the Southern Railway introduced the equivalent between London Victoria and Dover while simultaneously launching a new first class only ship, the , for the ferry crossing.The train usually consisted"
"2011, but continued interest from passengers and discussion on social media led to the short lived re-introduction of the train in 2012. Palatino Express The Palatino Express or Rome Express is a historic express train operating between Paris, France, and Rome, Italy, since 1890. Under the name ""Rome Express"" the pre-war service operated daily until interrupted by the Second World War. The British film ""Rome Express"" (1932) derived its title and its setting from the train. The service was resumed after the war, and has operated with the name ""Palatino Express"" since 1969. The original ""Rome Express"" route operated from"
"Internationale des Wagons-Lits"" (CIWL). Stanislas (train) Stanislas was an express train that linked Paris and Strasbourg in France. Introduced in 1971, it was operated by the ""Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français"" (SNCF). The train was named after Stanisław I Leszczyński (French: ""Stanislas Leszczynski""), King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine and a count of the Holy Roman Empire. It was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE) until 1982, and then a two-class ""Rapide"" until its discontinuance in about 1988. The ""Stanislas""'s route was the long Paris–Strasbourg railway, with just the following stops: The ""Stanislas"" was introduced on 26 September"
"Stanislas (train) Stanislas was an express train that linked Paris and Strasbourg in France. Introduced in 1971, it was operated by the ""Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français"" (SNCF). The train was named after Stanisław I Leszczyński (French: ""Stanislas Leszczynski""), King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine and a count of the Holy Roman Empire. It was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE) until 1982, and then a two-class ""Rapide"" until its discontinuance in about 1988. The ""Stanislas""'s route was the long Paris–Strasbourg railway, with just the following stops: The ""Stanislas"" was introduced on 26 September 1971, to complement an"
"existing TEE service, the ""Kléber"", which, since 23 May 1971, had run from Strasbourg to Paris in the morning and had returned to Strasbourg in the evening. Initially, the ""Stanislas"" departed from Paris as TEE 63 at 11:05 (later 11:00) and arrived in Strasbourg at 14:50. The return ""Stanislas"", TEE 62, left Strasbourg at 17:10 and reached Paris at 21:00. On 26 September 1982, both the morning TEE trains between Paris and Strasbourg were discontinued. The evening TEE 62 service was renamed ""Kléber"", so that the remaining TEE service on the route – one run per day in each direction"
"Palatino Express The Palatino Express or Rome Express is a historic express train operating between Paris, France, and Rome, Italy, since 1890. Under the name ""Rome Express"" the pre-war service operated daily until interrupted by the Second World War. The British film ""Rome Express"" (1932) derived its title and its setting from the train. The service was resumed after the war, and has operated with the name ""Palatino Express"" since 1969. The original ""Rome Express"" route operated from Calais-Maritime, a coastal railway station providing a direct connection between cross-channel ferries from England and the French railway network, via Paris, Aix-les-Bains,"
"Étendard (train) The Étendard was an express train that linked Paris and Bordeaux in France. Introduced in 1968, it was operated by the ""Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français"" (SNCF), and was initially a Rapide"". The train's name, ""L'Étendard"" (literally, ""The Standard"") is the French word for ""banner"", and commonly refers to military banners, as carried on parades and into battle. From 1971 to 1984, the ""Étendard"" was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE), and between 1973 and 1975, the southbound service was an international train linking Paris with Spain. It reverted to being a two-class ""Rapide"" in June"
"departed from both Paris and Toulouse at 7:45 a.m. and operated daily except Sundays. The other departed in the late afternoon and ran seven days a week. Both trains were TEEs and both were normally called simply ""Le Capitole"", although the morning train was sometimes referred to informally as """"Le Capitole"" (du matin)"" (the ""morning ""Capitole""""). Each train included a 48-seat restaurant car operated by the Wagon-Lits Company. In 1982, the southbound morning train and northbound evening train were downgraded to a two-class ""Rapide"", while the northbound morning train and southbound evening train remained a first-class-only Trans Europ Express. All"
"and the French train from Dunkirk to Paris, conveyed normal second class coaches of their own railway. The passengers travelling by these walked on and off the ship in the standard way. In addition the British train conveyed one of a pair of standard Mk 1 Brake Composite carriages, which had been modified with a French-style gangway connection at one end. This provided the guard's compartment in Britain and enabled the guard to walk through the train. Until the Eurostar service began on 14 November 1994, the Night Ferry had been the only through passenger train between Great Britain and"
"its dining car was staffed by the ""Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits"" (CIWL). Aquitaine (train) The Aquitaine was an express train that linked Bordeaux and Paris, France, between 1971 and about 1990. Operated by the ""Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français"" (SNCF), it was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE) until 1984 and then a two-class ""Rapide"" until discontinued, circa 1990. The train was named after the region of Aquitaine, of which Bordeaux is the capital. The ""Aquitaine""'s core route was the long Paris–Bordeaux railway. Initially, the train ran non-stop, but by the time it was discontinued, it had the"
"Kléber (train) Kléber was an express train that linked Strasbourg and Paris, France, between 1971 and 1988. It was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE) operated by the ""Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français"" (SNCF). The train was named after Jean Baptiste Kléber, a Strasbourg-born French general during the French Revolutionary Wars. The ""Kléber""'s route was the long Paris–Strasbourg railway, with just the following stops: The ""Kléber"" was introduced on 23 May 1971. Initially, it departed from Strasbourg as TEE 60 at 07:50 and arrived in Paris at 11:40. The return train, TEE 61, left Paris at 17:20 and"
"L'Oiseau Bleu (train) L'Oiseau Bleu (or the Oiseau Bleu) was an international express train linking Antwerp with Paris. The train was named after the play ""L'Oiseau Bleu"" as a tribute to its author, the Belgian Nobel prize laureate Maurice Maeterlinck. The ""Oiseau Bleu"" started as a luxury train operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits as their second Pullman service between Belgium and France. Timetable of 1929: Due to good loading figures the service was extended to Amsterdam on 15 May 1935, making the ""Oiseau Bleu"" the ""mirror"" of the ""Étoile du Nord"". The outbreak of World War II interrupted"
"14 September 1962. During the spring of 1963, BUA commenced additional scheduled services linking Gatwick with Lourdes/Tarbes, Barcelona, Palma and Genoa. At that time, the BUA group operated a fleet of 94 aircraft, which carried 1.8 million passengers, close to 200 million lb (90,000 t) of freight and 130,000 cars on an annualised basis. On 26 May 1963, BUA began a twice-daily rail-air-rail service between the city centres of London and Paris. The service, which was marketed as ""Silver Arrow"" in the UK and as ""Flèche d'argent"" in France, was a joint operation between British Rail (BR), BUA and Société"
"service lasted from 1936 to 1980, using the same rolling stock throughout its history. Before the introduction of high-speed Eurostar services, this was the only through service. The train's cross-channel segment between Dover and Dunkirk was via train-ferries. The Londres-Vichy Pullman Express ran between London and Vichy in France primarily to serve visitors to Vichy's famous thermal baths. Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits operated the service from 14 May 1927 until 19 September 1930. Basic data is listed. Further details are in the article regarding the specific train. The 1918 Armistice with Germany was signed in CIWL #2419 (""""). Returned to"
"than those in Western Europe. In Paris there was a connecting service to the ""Sud Express"" (Southern Express) to Lisbon. This train service enabled people to travel across Europe in what was, by the standards of the time, a very fast and comfortable manner. After World War I the train was diverted to Warsaw instead to Saint Petersburg. After World War II the ""iron curtain"" and air travel caused the end to this famous train. Since World War II the name ""Nord Express"" has been used for the initially luxury and since 1951 ordinary night train between Paris and Copenhagen."
"Simplon Orient Express. This was replaced in 1962 by a slower service called the Direct Orient Express, which ran daily cars from Paris to Belgrade, and twice weekly services from Paris to Istanbul and Athens. In 1971, the Wagon-Lits company stopped running carriages itself and making revenues from a ticket supplement. Instead, it sold or leased all its carriages to the various national railway companies, but continued to provide staff for the carriages. 1976 saw the withdrawal of the Paris–Athens direct service, and in 1977, the Direct Orient Express was withdrawn completely, with the last Paris–Istanbul service running on May"
"reached Strasbourg at 21:10. Between the Winter 1973/74 timetable and its 1980/81 counterpart, the train ran 15 minutes later in each direction. On 26 September 1982, the morning TEE 60 service was discontinued. Its name was transferred to the evening TEE 62 Strasbourg–Paris service, which had previously been the TEE ""Stanislas"". The latter became the ""Rapide"" Stanislas, keeping its same late morning departure time from Paris and taking over ""Kléber"" morning schedule from Strasbourg. The TEE 62, now renamed ""Kléber"" (ex-TEE ""Stanislas""), continued to leave Strasbourg at 17:10 and arrive in Paris at 21:00. The TEE 62 / TEE 61"
"three train-pairs; the others were EC ""Molière"" and EC ""Gustave Eiffel"", providing a morning, afternoon and evening EuroCity service in both directions. However, the ""Gustave Eiffel"" soon lost its EC status, after only one year. On 14 December 1997 the ""Parsifal"" was replaced by the Paris – Cologne Thalys service. Parsifal (train) The Parsifal was an express train that linked Paris with Dortmund in Germany and later Cologne. The train was named after Wagner's opera inspired by the legendary knight Percival. The ""Parsifal"" was launched on 3 October 1957 as second TEE-service between Paris and the Ruhr. The ""Parsifal"" was"
"for French workers. Second-class and third-class sleeping cars were added to the Blue Train to carry middle and working class French people on holiday to the South of France. In 1938, the Popular Front government nationalized the private railway companies in France, including PLM. After 1938, ""le train bleu"" was run by the new French national railway company SNCF as an ordinary night express train. Service was interrupted during the Second World War but resumed in 1949, when the train officially took the name ""Le Train Bleu"". Scheduled airline service began between Paris and Nice in 1945, which took away"
"1984 and was discontinued entirely with the introduction of TGV service between Paris and Bordeaux, in 1990. The ""Étendard""s core route was the long Paris–Bordeaux railway. The train normally ran daily except Sundays southbound and daily except Saturdays northbound. Starting in 1973, the ""Étendard""s southbound route was extended along the Bordeaux–Irun railway line to terminate in Irun, Spain, and its northbound route was extended to start in Hendaye, France, stations located on opposite sides of the French–Spanish border. During the summer timetable periods, these extensions were served on all operating days (six days a week), except certain holidays. During other"
"Arbalète (train) The Arbalète (alternatively written L'Arbalète) was an express train that linked Paris-Est in Paris, France, with Zürich HB in Zurich, Switzerland. Introduced in 1957, it was operated by the SNCF and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS). The train was named after the crossbow used by William Tell to hit the apple on his son's head. Originally, and for 22 years, the ""Arbalète"" was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE). On 27 May 1979, it became a two-class InterCity (IC) train, and on 31 May 1987, it was included in the then-new EuroCity (EC) network. It was discontinued in"
"first-class-only domestic Trans Europ Express (TEE) running between Paris and Marseilles. It was discontinued in 1978. The Geneva–Marseille ""Rhodanien"" was made up of SNCF diesel multiple unit railcars, in a two- to five-car formation, in each case with a power car at each end. These vehicles had previously been used on TEE trains. The Paris–Marseille train was formed of passenger cars, hauled by an SNCF 1.5 kV DC, Class CC 6500 electric locomotive. The passenger cars were a rake of SNCF Mistral 69-type , and were initially an A4Dtux, three A8tu, two A8u and a Vr. From 1 June 1975,"
"four A8u, two A8tu, one A3rtu and a Vru. Throughout ""Le Lyonnais""s existence, its dining car was staffed by the CIWL. Le Lyonnais (train) Le Lyonnais, or the Lyonnais, was an express train that linked Paris and Lyon in France. Introduced in 1968, it was operated by the ""Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français"" (SNCF). The train is named after the geographical area known as the Lyonnais, a historical (former) French province, whose name came from the city of Lyon. Initially, ""Le Lyonnais"" was a ""Rapide"". From 1969 to 1976, it was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE). It"
"Le Train Bleu The Calais-Mediterranée Express was a luxury French night express train which operated from 1886 to 2003. It gained international fame as the preferred train of wealthy and famous passengers between Calais and the French Riviera in the two decades before World War II. It was colloquially referred to as Le Train Bleu in French (which became its formal name after World War II) and the Blue Train in English because of its dark blue sleeping cars. In December 1883 the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL) created its second luxury train after the Orient Express introduced in June"
"of Corail coaches. Although domestic TEE-services were allowed from 1965 the ""Trains d'affaires"" were not upgraded until 1978. Together with the upgrading to TEE the trains were named. The morning service pair was named ""Faidherbe"", departing 7:01 from Lille and 7:30 from Paris. Faidherbe (train) The Faidherbe was an express train that linked Gare du Nord in Paris, France, with Lille in the North of France. The train was named after the Lille born governor of Senegal, General Louis Faidherbe. One year before the creating of the TEE-network the French railway SNCF introduced three ""Trains d'affaires"" to link Paris with"
"Le Lyonnais (train) Le Lyonnais, or the Lyonnais, was an express train that linked Paris and Lyon in France. Introduced in 1968, it was operated by the ""Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français"" (SNCF). The train is named after the geographical area known as the Lyonnais, a historical (former) French province, whose name came from the city of Lyon. Initially, ""Le Lyonnais"" was a ""Rapide"". From 1969 to 1976, it was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE). It was then downgraded back to a ""Rapide"" until 1981, when it was replaced by a TGV. ""Le Lyonnais""s route was the"
"viable and aspirational mode of transport for the individual traveller. ""Le Train Bleu"" (lit. ""the blue train""), officially the Calais-Méditerranée Express, was a luxury French night express train which carried wealthy and famous passengers between Calais and the French Riviera from 1922 until 1938. It was colloquially referred to as ""le train bleu"" in French and the Blue Train in English because of its dark blue sleeping cars, and became formally known as ""Le Train Bleu"" after World War II. It was created by a private French railroad company, the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la"
"September 1997, replaced by a TGV service that was routed via Pontarlier and Bern instead of Mulhouse and Basel. Arbalète (train) The Arbalète (alternatively written L'Arbalète) was an express train that linked Paris-Est in Paris, France, with Zürich HB in Zurich, Switzerland. Introduced in 1957, it was operated by the SNCF and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS). The train was named after the crossbow used by William Tell to hit the apple on his son's head. Originally, and for 22 years, the ""Arbalète"" was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express (TEE). On 27 May 1979, it became a two-class InterCity (IC)"
"board the TEE ""Cisalpin"" to Milan calling at around 6 p.m. On 28 May 1972, the DMUs were replaced by ""Gran Conforto"" coaches built by FIAT and hauled by electric locomotives. Despite attempts to improve the schedule, passenger numbers never reached a level as high as in the first three years, and eventually the ""Lemano"" was downgraded to a two-class InterCity service, on 23 May 1982. On 22 January 1984, the TGV-service Lausanne – Paris started, and the Paris – Milan services were split in two. The TGVs ran between Paris and Lausanne, and connecting InterCity trains using the same"
"1964 to just over 9 hours in June 1969. Le Mistral (train) Le Mistral, or the Mistral, was an express train between Paris and Nice in France. Introduced in 1950, it was operated by the ""Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français"" (""French National Railway Corporation"") (SNCF), and was regarded as the company's flagship train. The train was named after the Mistral, a strong, cold and usually dry regional wind blowing from north or northwestern France to the coast of the Mediterranean around the Camargue region. The ""Mistral"" began its existence in 1950 as a mostly steam locomotive-hauled ""Rapide"" (express"
"The Palatine The Palatine was the name given to an express passenger train, introduced by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1938: the 10.00 from Manchester Central to London St Pancras and the return working, the 16.30 from St Pancras to Manchester Central. A matching service, the 10.30 from St Pancras to Manchester Central, and the 16.25 from Manchester Central to St Pancras, introduced in the same year, was named the ""Peaks Express"". Both services were suspended at the outbreak of World War II. However British Railways resurrected the ""Palatine"" name postwar for the 07.55 from St Pancras and"
"The service frequency increased further and on 1 January 1907 started to run daily. It was suspended between 11 December 1937 and 1 August 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War. It was again suspended on 1 November 1940 due to the Second World War. It restarted between Paris and Lisbon in March 1945. A 1939 crash near Tolosa, Spain on 29 March killed, amongst others, the artist Romilly Fedden and his novelist wife Katharine Waldo Douglas. On 11 September 1985, a ""Sud Express"" train collided head-on with another train near Moimenta-Alcafache station. The locomotives exploded and the train, carrying"
"the luxury passenger train from London to Paris, Golden Arrow/Fleche d'Or, by Southern Railway and French Northern Railway began. For transport of passengers' baggage four containers were used. These containers were loaded in London or Paris and carried to ports, Dover or Calais, on flat cars in the UK and “CIWL Pullman Golden Arrow Fourgon of CIWL” in France. In the early 1950s McLean decided to attempt use of the containers commercially. By 1952, he was developing plans to carry his company's trucks on ships along the U.S. Atlantic coast, from North Carolina to New York. It soon became apparent"