The history of the Orient Express train goes back some 140 years, when a man named Georges Nagelmackers invited passengers to join him on a 2,000-kilometer rail trip spanning three days. A success, the locomotive went on to operate for subsequent decades, but in 2009, the last train with the Orient Express name departed from Vienna on December 10. Fast-forward to 2017, the hospitality company Accor bought a 50% percent stake, and five years later announced that together with French rail operator...
The history of the Orient Express train goes back some 140 years, when a man named Georges Nagelmackers invited passengers to join him on a 2,000-kilometer rail trip spanning three days. A success, the locomotive went on to operate for subsequent decades, but in 2009, the last train with the Orient Express name departed from Vienna on December 10. Fast-forward to 2017, the hospitality company Accor bought a 50% percent stake, and five years later announced that together with French rail operator...
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