Orient Express Train Dining Car
Offering customers the same level of luxury with fine cuisine served fresh on board by talented chefs a steward service and on.
Orient express train dining car. It is currently owned by belmond which operates 45 luxury hotels restaurants tourist trains and river cruises in 24 countries it was agreed in december 2018 for the service to be acquired by lvmh in a transaction initially expected to close in the first half of 2019. The venice simplon orient express is the most storied set of carriages in the world. L oriental was originally a pullman kitchen car. It later joined the lusitania express.
When purchased for the venice simplon orient express the car was updated and refitted with black lacquer panels. For the last 30 years dinner aboard the venice simplon orient express has been carefully thought out by executive head chef christian bodiguel and his team. What do i wear on the venice simplon orient express train. The british pullman is a day train and the sister train to the famous belmond venice simplon orient express sleeper train that crosses europe and follows routes similar to that of the original orient express.
The belmond british pullman. Apart from the two kitchen dining cars the eastern oriental express has an observation lounge car at the rear of the train and in the centre a piano bar car and a saloon car. Several routes in the past concurrently used the orient express name or slight variations. The route and rolling stock of the orient express changed many times.
The museum was opened in 1977 by the german society for railway history is located in the bochum dahlhausen railway operating company which was closed in 1969. Built in birmingham in 1927 in the etoile du nord style it ran a luxurious service between paris and amsterdam. To comply with italian and other european regulations venice simplon orient express train operates a no smoking policy on board both the belmond british pullman and the continental train. Whilst an after lunch nap and afternoon tea in your compartment can be nice you ll spend most of your day in one of these sociable cars.
Dining car 4095 l oriental. Uk orient express tickets. The venice simplon orient express or vsoe is a private luxury train service from london to venice and other european cities. The orient express was a long distance passenger train service created in 1883 by compagnie internationale des wagons lits ciwl.
A dining and sleeping car of the orient express is on display at the railway museum in bochum dahlhausen germany 23 april 2014. It promises to take you not just across europe but to transport you back in time. Using fresh ingredients many sourced along the route christian creates dishes that combine classic french cuisine with innovative twists.