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280908
ORIENT ON TRACK
kitchen and found room for
wine cellars and linen storage,
re-upholstered the seats and beds,
and brought the train up to today’s
safety standards.
Of course, these improvements
are not obvious to the eye, but they
are felt in the smooth running of the
train.
More apparent to passengers is the
careful restoration of the interiors,
especially in the three dining cars,
which feature the work of several Art
Deco designers, including Rene
Lalique, whose panels of glass
depicting bacchanalian maidens
decorate the exotically named Cote
d’Azur restaurant carriage.
We have three sit-down meals to
eat before reaching the English
Channel – when our journey will be
rudely interrupted as we are
disgorged on to a coach to travel on
the Eurotunnel before joining the
equally attractive British Pullman for
the final leg of our journey – so
passengers get the chance to take a
closer look at his work and that of
the other craftsmen, over dinner or
lunch here and in the Etoile du Nord
and Chinoise dining cars.
This tourist train is no imposter: if
the authenticity of the carriages isn’t
persuasive enough, its inspiration is
TTTo PPPaaageee 333
This year is the 125th anniversary of the Orient Express. But is today’s luxury service the real
heir of the famous European rail route? That’s a moot point, saysKATE SIMON

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Contained in galleries: Infrastructure development in South African and elsewhere in Africa 7 Oct 2018

280908<br />
ORIENT ON TRACK<br />
kitchen and found room for<br />
wine cellars and linen storage,<br />
re-upholstered the seats and beds,<br />
and brought the train up to today’s<br />
safety standards.<br />
Of course, these improvements<br />
are not obvious to the eye, but they<br />
are felt in the smooth running of the<br />
train.<br />
More apparent to passengers is the<br />
careful restoration of the interiors,<br />
especially in the three dining cars,<br />
which feature the work of several Art<br />
Deco designers, including Rene<br />
Lalique, whose panels of glass<br />
depicting bacchanalian maidens<br />
decorate the exotically named Cote<br />
d’Azur restaurant carriage.<br />
We have three sit-down meals to<br />
eat before reaching the English<br />
Channel – when our journey will be<br />
rudely interrupted as we are<br />
disgorged on to a coach to travel on<br />
the Eurotunnel before joining the<br />
equally attractive British Pullman for<br />
the final leg of our journey – so<br />
passengers get the chance to take a<br />
closer look at his work and that of<br />
the other craftsmen, over dinner or<br />
lunch here and in the Etoile du Nord<br />
and Chinoise dining cars.<br />
This tourist train is no imposter: if<br />
the authenticity of the carriages isn’t<br />
persuasive enough, its inspiration is<br />
TTTo PPPaaageee 333<br />
This year is the 125th anniversary of the Orient Express. But is today’s luxury service the real<br />
heir of the famous European rail route? That’s a moot point, saysKATE SIMON

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