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Western terminus of the Orient Express and of most of its successors, and a useful reminder that a "terminus" in a city with several main-line stations is a commercial decision rather than…
48.9, 2.4 · approximate · settled from antiquity; rail terminus from the 1840s
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- A place in: Luxury Rail Across Continents · 7 places
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- is located in of Gare de l'Est, Paris — The station stands in the Xe arrondissement and serves the eastward main lines through Strasbourg.
- is originates in of Orient Express — Every version of the service began at Paris — Gare de l'Est from 1883, Gare de Lyon for the post-1919 Simplon route.
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