Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Simplon Orient Express, 1920

The Simplon Orient Express (not to be confused with the modern-day Venice Simplon Orient Express) started running in 1883, taking a southerly route from Calais and Paris Gare de Lyon to Milan, Venice, Trieste, Zagreb, Belgrade, Sofia and Istanbul, with an alternate for Athens. Simplon is the mountain pass route taken through Switzerland.

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