The Mont Cenis was an international express train linking Lyon in France with Milan in Italy. The train was named after the mountain range through which...
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The Mont Cenis Pass Railway operated from 1868 to 1871 (with some interruptions) during the construction of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps between...
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The Mont d'Ambin Base Tunnel, also known as the Mont Cenis Base Tunnel, is the largest engineering work of the Lyon–Turin rail link project. Once completed...
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served by Pullman, which made it possible to use the shorter Mont Cenis Railway. The train was to be named Rome Express. In order to serve British customers...
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the French Culoz–Modane railway it is often called "Fréjus Railway" or "Mont Cenis Railway". A major landslide in August 2023 forced its closure for most...
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and Signal du Petit Mont-Cenis, while southwards it continues with Col de Bellecombe (2,475 m) and Pointe de Bellecombe. The Mont Froid, according to...
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Second Battle of the Alps (section Mont Cenis)
under Italian occupation. Codenamed Operation Izard, the attack on the Mont Cenis pass began on the 5 April. It was carried out by the 3,000 men of the...
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Palatino Express (redirect from Rome Express (train))
Marseilles, Nice, San Remo and Genoa, instead of via Mont Cenis and Turin. In 1897 the route reverted to Mont Cenis. Following the name change to Palatino Express...
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called "Fréjus Railway" or "Mont Cenis Railway". Despite running under the Fréjus Pass, it is sometimes called the Mont Cenis Railway because, from antiquity...
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example: the locomotives' shoes were replaced after each journey on the Mont Cenis Pass Railway. Extra brake shoes were fitted to specially designed or adapted...
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Alps along the flanks of Mont Blanc. The pass was used by Napoleon Bonaparte to cross 40,000 troops in 1800. The Mont Cenis pass has been a major commercial...
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covered by mountains: Mont Blanc Massif Belledonne Massif Lauzière massif Aiguilles d'Arves Massif Massif des Cerces Aravis Range Mont Cenis Massif Bauges Massif...
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September 17 – The Fréjus (or Mont Cenis) Tunnel (13.7 km (8.5 mi)) is opened carrying the Fréjus railway beneath Mont Cenis in the Alps and connecting Modane...
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of Italy, the Maremma, and the Genoa and Voltri. He frequently crossed Mont Cenis, between Italy and France, by road, and this reportedly inspired him to...
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elephant Jumbo, provided by a zoo in Turin, from France over the Col du Mont Cenis into Italy. After the Carthaginian defeat in the First Punic War of 264–241...
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wagons traveling a distance of 175 km between France and Italy by the Mont Cenis Tunnel (aka Fréjus rail tunnel). The service has been operated since 2003...
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The Settebello was a famous Italian high-speed express train that linked Milano Centrale in Milan with Roma Termini station in Rome, via Bologna and Florence...
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Rätia is a EuroCity train service that linked Hamburg in Germany with Chur in Switzerland via Dortmund, Cologne, Mannheim, Basel and Zurich, following...
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Transalpin (redirect from Transalpin (train))
The Transalpin is a EuroCity express train linking Zürich (Switzerland) with Graz (Austria) via Liechtenstein. Introduced in 2013, it is operated by the...
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Savoie between the Vanoise massif to the north and between the Massif du Mont-Cenis [fr] and the Massif des Cerces to the south. Crossed by the Arc river...
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passing through the Mont Cenis Tunnel the train reached Modane station, where two additional cars were coupled to the train before the journey onward...
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Poland, has been the name of two distinct EuroCity international express trains, each of them originating and terminating in Warsaw. The first Varsovia...
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top-importance routes through the Alps (e.g. Simplon, San Bernardino, Brenner, Mont Cenis), namely in 1830, the first Saint-Gotthard Pass road was established after...
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The Vindobona is an international named passenger train which began service in 1957 between Berlin and Vienna via Dresden and Prague. In later years the...
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express train service between Germany and Switzerland, which was in operation from 1954 to 2016. Its name reflected the notion that the Comet train and an...
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Hungaria (Hungária) is a EuroCity train which runs between Budapest Nyugati and Hamburg - Altona, currently running with coaches of MÁV. It is numbered...
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The Helvetia was an express train that, for most of its existence, linked Hamburg-Altona station in Hamburg, Germany, with Zürich HB in Zurich, Switzerland...
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were practicable for motor vehicles: the Little Saint Bernard Pass, the Mont Cenis, the Col de Montgenèvre, the Maddalena Pass (Col de Larche) and the Col...
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Trans Europ Express (category Train-related introductions in 1957)
At the height of its operations, in 1974, the TEE network comprised 45 trains, connecting 130 different cities, from Spain in the west to Austria in the...
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