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

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 • Dec. 20, 2025

Its nondescript gray building sits across the street from a recycling plant and down the street from the Orient Express restaurant in its distinctive train car.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

The Orient Express was a passenger train service originally running from Paris to which other terminal city?

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2023

In the 2002 book "Orient Express", Russian official Konstantin Pulikovsky described a three-week journey to Moscow by Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2023

"Was that the summer we spent in Beirut or, no, I'm thinking of the time we sailed from Cyprus and took the Orient Express to Istanbul."

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris