Grand European Expresses - The Story of the Wagons-Lits

Grand European Expresses (1962) examines the complex organisation that was required to run European trains de luxe, with sleeping cars with clean bedding and conductors and dining cars with food and drink in the right place at the right time across many different nations, systems and time-zones.

List of contents

1. The European Scene 2. The Night Ferry 3. The Orient Express 4. The Arlberg-Orient Express 5. The Blue Train 6. The Nord-Sud Concept 7. The Nord Express Today 8. The Sud Express 9. The Rome Express 10. The Oberland Express 11. The Peninsular Express and the Boat Trains 12. 'No Train Tonight' 13. The Grand Expresses Beyond Europe 14. The Italia Express and the Roma-Milano 15. How Wagons-Lits is Run 16. The New Grand European Expresses

Product details

• Authors: George Behrend
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032584522
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3258452-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Social & cultural history, The environment, History of Science, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Transport industries, Archaeology by period / region, Human Geography, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Tourism industry, Railway transport industries, Retail and wholesale industries