List of luxury trains
This list of luxury trains offers an incomplete selection of current and historical luxury trains (regular train connections, feeder services or tourist offers) worldwide and is sorted according to their names.
Current luxury trains
In planned operation
| train | operator | from | to | continent | Walkway | Remarks | frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Train / Bloutrein | SAR Transnet |
1923 | today | Africa | Pretoria - Cape Town | further destinations were Hoedspruit, Port Elizabeth, Victoria Falls until 2004 |
Every day |
| The Canadian |
CPR VIA Rail Canada |
1955 | today | America | Toronto - Vancouver | 2–3 train pairs / week | |
| Desert Express | TransNamib | 1998 | today | Africa | Windhoek - Swakopmund | 1 train pair / week | |
| The Ghan | Central Australian Railway | 2004 | today | Australia | Adelaide - Alice Springs - Darwin | 1–2 train pairs / week |
Tourist / rail cruise
Historic luxury trains
#
| train | operator | from | to | Walkway | Remarks | frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20th Century Limited | New York Central RR | 1902 | 1967 | New York City - Chicago | night Train | Every day |
B.
| train | operator | from | to | Walkway | Remarks | frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin-London-Express | Mitropa | 1922 | 1926 | Berlin Schlesischer Bf – Hannover Hbf– Osnabrück – Oldenzaal – Hoek van Holland |
Ferry connection to Harwich (-London) | Every day |
| Brighton Belle |
Southern Rly. British Rail |
1933 | 1972 | London Victoria– Brighton | Pullman Express , electric multiple unit | Every day |
C.
- Calais-Mediterranée Express → Train Bleu
- City of Los Angeles , historically (from 1936 to 1971), Los Angeles - Chicago uz, operator: Union Pacific Railroad in cooperation with Chicago & North Western , then Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
- City of San Francisco , historically (from 1936 to 1971), Oakland - Chicago uz, operator: Union Pacific Railroad in cooperation with Chicago & North Western , then Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
E.
| train | operator | from | to | Walkway | Remarks | frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edelweiss | CIWL | 1928 | 1939 | Amsterdam – Brussels – Luxembourg – Strasbourg – Basel | as express train / TEE until 1979 |
Every day |
| Étoile du Nord | CIWL | 1927 | 1939 | Paris - Amsterdam | as D / TEE / EC / IC 1946-1995 |
Every day |
G
| train | operator | from | to | Walkway | Remarks | frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Golden Arrow / Flèche d'Or |
Nord, Southern Railway, SNCF, BR | 1929 | 1972 | London - Paris | With a change between train and canal ferry in Dover and Calais | 1 train pair / day |
| Gotthard Pullman Express | CIWL | 1927 | 1931 | Basel / Zurich - Milan |
|
1 train pair / day |
H
| train | operator | from | to | Walkway | Remarks | frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Cities Hiawatha | Milwaukee Road | 1935 | 1972 | Chicago - Milwaukee - St. Paul - Minneapolis | 1–2 train pairs / day | |
| Olympian Hiawatha | Milwaukee Road | 1947 | 1961 | Chicago - Milwaukee - St. Paul - Minneapolis - Seattle / Tacoma | 1 train pair / day |
L.
| train | operator | from | to | Walkway | Remarks | frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lusitania or Lusitânia | CIWL (later CP and RENFE ) | 1943 | 1995 | Lisbon - Madrid etc. |
N
| train | operator | from | to | Walkway | Remarks | frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Express | CIWL | 1896 | 1997 | changing routes (Paris - Russia or Paris - Poland / Scandinavia) | night Train | did not operate between 1939 |
| North Coast Limited | NP | 1900 | 1971 | Chicago - Twin Cities - Fargo - Spokane - Tacoma - Seattle | night Train | On the Chicago - Minneapolis / Saint Paul section operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad |
O
- Oiseau Bleu
- Olympian Hiawatha
- Orange Blossom Special
- Orient-Express , since 1883, Paris - Istanbul uz (in the course of history with different routes in between)
- Ostend-Cologne-Pullman-Express , London - Cologne uz
- Ostend-Vienna-Express , historical (from 1894 to 1993), Ostend - Vienna uz
R.
S.
- Simplon-Orient-Express (Paris-Venice-Istanbul; CIWL ; continuously until 1939, then normal express train)
- Simplon Express (Paris-Venice-Trieste from 1906 to 1919)
- Sud Express
T
| train | operator | from | to | Walkway | Remarks | frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train Bleu (Calais-Mediterranée Express) | CIWL | 1886 | 2007 | Calais - Franco-Italian Riviera | night Train | did not operate between 1939 and 1947 |
W.
| train | operator | from | to | Walkway | Remarks | frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna-Nice-Cannes-Express | CIWL | 1896 | 1939 | Vienna - Franco-Italian Riviera | night Train | three times per week |
literature
- George Behrend: History of Luxury Trains. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1977, ISBN 3-280-00918-9 .
- Wilfried Biedenkopf: Across old Europe. The international train and through car runs as of the summer of 1939. Publishing house and office for special traffic literature Röhr, Krefeld 1981, ISBN 3-88490-110-9 .
- Albert Mühl: International luxury trains . EK-Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1991, ISBN 3-88255-673-0 .
- Albert Mühl, Jürgen Klein: Traveling in luxury trains. The International Sleeping Car Society. EK-Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 2006, ISBN 3-88255-696-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.telegraph.co.uk Classic Train Journeys
- ↑ www.travelweekly.co.uk Royal Rails: On board the Maharajas' Express , Times of India , April 3, 2010. Accessed October 24, 2015.
- ↑ Five-star train starts its maiden voyage , Spiegel-Online.de, May 3, 2017