Orient Express

American  

noun

1. an express passenger train in service between Paris and Istanbul from 1883 until 1977, using various routes. Some or parts of the routes continue to be served by regular service and by rail tours.

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Example Sentences

Guests on the Orient Express Corinthian ship have access to custom tailoring as well as a library with 1,500 books.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here, the curators mingle artifacts from the historic Orient Express train service, which got an Art Deco upgrade in the 1920s and ’30s, with newly designed neo-Art Deco carriage interiors from a planned Paris-to-Istanbul relaunch in 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal

Think Orient Express but with more Shiraz and less black tie: The Aurora and Australis suites come with queen beds, butler service and free-flowing Champagne.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Orient Express it wasn’t, but every meal hit.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last week, they celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary with a trip on the Orient Express from Paris, where they met in 2005, to La Cervara in Portofino, where they held their wedding ceremony, in a medieval monastery.

From BBC