Talk:Orient Express
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[edit] redundancy
"Direct Orient Express" and "Homonym" sections have redundant information. I would suggest leaving the end of the Direct Orient Express as the end of that section, and then note that a service called the Orient Express continues, in the next section, with all the info. Also, I wouldn't title the section "Homonym", but perhaps something like "The Orient Express Today".
[edit] World War One
This paragraph mentions that the treaty of Saint-Germain forced Austria to accept the train, which obviously did not run through Vienna. However, did it pass through Austria at all? It is not mentioned in the text. It should be the case, otherwise the clause in the treaty would be useless, however a train running through Milan, Venice and Triest does not pass the new Austrian territory after World War One. - 84.114.147.101 13:32, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikilinking Dates?
Every date in this article is wikilinked. Is this really necessary? --81.66.138.25 16:58, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- No. Only full dates need to be linked, so users' date preferences will work, as in 8 August 2006. Go ahead and unlink the years, I agree they're annoying and of no real worth. --Guinnog 17:15, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Route map
This article would really be enhanced greatly by the inclusion of map or maps to show the route(s) of the service. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.130.69.200 (talk • contribs) 06:53, October 4, 2006.
- It seems to me that a good starting point for reference material would be the route map included in the advertising poster. Duplicate that route line on a more complete map of the region. Slambo (Speak) 13:00, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Orient Express today
"One interesting feature of the current Orient Express train is its heterogeneous assembly of rolling material coming from France, Germany, Austria, and previously, Hungary and Romania, which allowed people to easily compare the choices of these countries and to choose the one that suited one most. Of course, the sleeping car and the wagon-restaurant previously belonging to the Compagnie Internationale de Wagons-Lits are sometimes there too."
As you can see in the German version of the article, the Orient Express consists of ÖBB cars only, although there are come CNL through carriages from Dortmund to Vienna, also the dining car comes from Dortmund and not from Strasbourg. The sleeping cars do not belong to the CIWL, the CIWL only provides services in those cars. Could somebody who understands German well correct the English version?
88.117.72.207 10:05, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hong Kong
I saw from this website that the Orient Express had also made a trip to Hong Kong in 1988. I think we should include the trip in this article. [1] 69.255.197.173 (talk) 23:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
