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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Orient Express to abandon London: what does this mean for travellers?

Belmond

Extra red tape at borders caused by Brexit means the UK part of the Orient Express experience will shortly be axed.

Europe’s most notable train departed from Paris for the first time on 4 October 1883. Its destination was the city of Giurgiu on the Romanian side of the Danube, just across the river from Bulgaria.

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