ORIENT EXPRESS

Ever since it took to the rails in 1883 the Orient Express has been known as the finest train in Europe; the "Grand Hotel on Wheels" Anyone of importance travelled on this famous train. Following its withdrawal in 1977 it has been totally restored at a cost of 16.5 millon Euros. Now the Orient Express runs once more.
We have painstakingly recorded all the minutiae of the rebuilding of carriages and the recreation of the sybaritic luxury of the service. We have captured the beauty of the journey, including a spectacular crossing of the Alps partly observed from our own helicopter.
With my co presenter of the world famous BBC "Making Tracks" series, Mary-Jean Hasler, I travelled on the restored Orient Express all the way from London to Venice via Paris. This exclusive film is the result of close cooperation between Bahnorama and Orient Express Ltd and is the official report about the "V.S.O. E.". The DVD is available from www.bahnorama.com.

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Film & Animation

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• Venice
• Orient
• Express
• Bob
• Symes
• Alpine
• Crossing
• Luxury
• Train
• Travel