Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃paɲi ɛ̃tɛʁnasjɔnal de vaɡɔ̃ li], lit. 'International Sleeping-Car Company') is a Belgian-founded...
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luxury train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL) that operated until 2009. The train traveled the...
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It resumed in 1947, ceasing in 1980. It was operated by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits until 1977 and then British Rail. The Night Ferry was introduced...
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the Pullman Company; lounge cars were operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits in France, and the British Pullman Car Company in Great...
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had bought two original carriages at an auction when the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits withdrew from the Orient Express service, passing the service...
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civil engineer and businessman, famous for founding the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits and creating the Orient Express. Nagelmackers was born...
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motels in the United States). In 1991, it acquired the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, which owned Pullman Hotels and Resorts, Altea, and Europcar...
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passenger Monsieur Bouc, director of the train operator Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL). Other passengers include American widow Caroline...
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used throughout the First World War in that capacity for Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, the company best known for operating the Orient Express...
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Mountains in Southern Turkey. It was launched in 1930 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits and originally connected Istanbul with Aleppo, Tripoli...
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Sleeping car (redirect from Wagon-lits)
as well as windows for the upper berths. In Europe, the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (French for "International Sleeping Car Company") first...
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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...
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Details and changes are in the article regarding the hotel. Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits Georges Nagelmackers A. Mühl, 125 Jahre/Ans/Years CIWL...
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railway entrepreneur Georges Nagelmackers founded the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (lit. International Sleeping-Car Company, also CIWL). The...
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build the equivalent of the Pullman Company in Europe, the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL). The fast-growing railroad networks led the rail...
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needed] Around that time he met Xavier Bouc, director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. Recounted in the short story The Kidnapped Prime Minister...
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Lisbon and Madrid, and which originally was operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits and ran north of Paris to Calais. After 1994, the Sud Express...
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company, Dornier-Werke, leased factory facilities from the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, which, like the railway workshops, were located south...
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written by Alan Bennett. Number 69 was the head office of Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits until 1988 At no. 158 there is the Musée Jacquemart-André...
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Valley Railway near Peterborough also lent their original Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits rolling stock to the studio. In August 2010, production...
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Battista Diatto, began building railway carriages for Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits and the Orient Express. In 1905 Guglielmo's grandsons,...
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his posters advertising travel, for clients such as the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. He was a pioneer of airbrush arts. His creations for the...
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Syrian Railways (section Freight wagons)
Taurus Express was inaugurated in February 1930 by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, the same company that operated the Orient Express and Simplon...
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and platform at Toronto Union Station. February 15 – The Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits operates the first Taurus Express between Istanbul and...
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Poirot meets a very close friend Bouc, who works for the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. The train is stopped when a landslide blocks the line...
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Express were luxury sleeper express trains operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. The first went from Paris to Amsterdam while the second...
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called Carlson Travel Network, and the travel agency of Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (literally sleeping car), founded by Georges Nagelmackers...
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line between north Shanghai and Wusong. December 4 – The Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits is founded in Brussels. The Atjeh Staats Spoorwegen, a...
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Tripoli line to Beirut. The service was operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits and was discontinued in 1972.[citation needed] In 1933...
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June 24 – Georges Nagelmackers, Belgian founder of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, the company known for the Orient Express trains (d. 1905)...
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