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Orient Express and what it relates to. Every line is an evidence-backed relation, and the arrangement is fixed — this address draws this picture, today and next year.

passes_through — The concession covered Ottoman Europe — Thrace, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Bosnia — and its construction difficulties were Balkan ones.concerns — The 19 May 1977 departure was the last through Paris–Istanbul working; the name survived on shorter services for another thirty-two years.connected_to — The eastern object of the service, reached by steamer from Varna from 1883 and entirely by rail from 1 June 1889.connected_to — Sirkeci was the through service's European terminus from 1890, though it did not exist for the inaugural train of 1883.depends_on — The Ottoman trunk line built under the Hirsch concession is the track the service ran on east of Belgrade; the through journey of 1889 became possible only when it was continuous.operated_by — The Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits supplied the carriages, catering and staff and contracted with national railways to haul them.originates_in — Every version of the service began at Paris — Gare de l'Est from 1883, Gare de Lyon for the post-1919 Simplon route.passes_through — Both the pre-1914 and post-1919 alignments crossed southeastern Europe, and both were rerouted by changes there rather than by anything in Western Europe.affects — The Simplon bore gave the post-1919 service a southern path through Switzerland and Italy when the Munich–Vienna corridor became politically unavailable.located_in — The terminal stands on the Golden Horn shore of the historic peninsula in Fatih.derived_from — The charter train reuses the earlier service's name, its restored 1920s Wagons-Lits carriages and part of its Simplon alignment, but is a separate commercial operation begun in 1982.IstanbulIstanbulParisParisThe last Direct Orient Express leaves Paris for IstanbulThe last Direct Orient Ex…Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-LitsCompagnie Internationale …The BalkansThe BalkansChemins de fer Orientaux (Oriental Railway)Chemins de fer Orientaux …Orient ExpressOrient ExpressVenice Simplon-Orient-ExpressVenice Simplon-Orient-Exp…Simplon TunnelSimplon TunnelSirkeci Terminal, IstanbulSirkeci Terminal, Istanbul
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  1. Chemins de fer Orientaux (Oriental Railway) · passes_through · The Balkans

    The concession covered Ottoman Europe — Thrace, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Bosnia — and its construction difficulties were Balkan ones.

  2. The last Direct Orient Express leaves Paris for Istanbul · concerns · Orient Express

    The 19 May 1977 departure was the last through Paris–Istanbul working; the name survived on shorter services for another thirty-two years.

  3. Orient Express · connected_to · Istanbul

    The eastern object of the service, reached by steamer from Varna from 1883 and entirely by rail from 1 June 1889.

  4. Orient Express · connected_to · Sirkeci Terminal, Istanbul

    Sirkeci was the through service's European terminus from 1890, though it did not exist for the inaugural train of 1883.

  5. Orient Express · depends_on · Chemins de fer Orientaux (Oriental Railway)

    The Ottoman trunk line built under the Hirsch concession is the track the service ran on east of Belgrade; the through journey of 1889 became possible only when it was continuous.

  6. Orient Express · operated_by · Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits

    The Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits supplied the carriages, catering and staff and contracted with national railways to haul them.

  7. Orient Express · originates_in · Paris

    Every version of the service began at Paris — Gare de l'Est from 1883, Gare de Lyon for the post-1919 Simplon route.

  8. Orient Express · passes_through · The Balkans

    Both the pre-1914 and post-1919 alignments crossed southeastern Europe, and both were rerouted by changes there rather than by anything in Western Europe.

  9. Simplon Tunnel · affects · Orient Express

    The Simplon bore gave the post-1919 service a southern path through Switzerland and Italy when the Munich–Vienna corridor became politically unavailable.

  10. Sirkeci Terminal, Istanbul · located_in · Istanbul

    The terminal stands on the Golden Horn shore of the historic peninsula in Fatih.

  11. Venice Simplon-Orient-Express · derived_from · Orient Express

    The charter train reuses the earlier service's name, its restored 1920s Wagons-Lits carriages and part of its Simplon alignment, but is a separate commercial operation begun in 1982.