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unusual facts about Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits


Edmund Charles Wyldbore Smith

Wyldbore-Smith served as vice-president of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (International Sleeping-Car Company) and vice-president of the Federation of British Industries.


Georges Nagelmackers

Georges Nagelmackers (24 June 1845 – 10 August 1905) was the founder of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, the company known for the Orient Express trains.

Luxury trains

Another person credited with the beginning of the luxury train travel was Georges Nagelmackers, founder of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Wien Südbahnhof

Until 1914, the CIWL express from St. Petersburg to Cannes stopped there; a remnant of this line, the Vienna-Cannes express continued to travel to and from the Südbahnhof until 1939.


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