The following are a list of named CIWL expresses in Chronological order as well as their primary routes. Where the name served multiple destinations over the years (such as the Nord Express), the train in its original conception has been used.
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Train |
Route |
Introduced |
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Train Eclair |
Paris-Vienna |
1882 |
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Calais-Nice-Rome Express |
Calais-Paris-Nice-Rome |
1883 |
|
Paris-Istanbul |
1883 |
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|
Calais-Nice Express |
Calais-Paris-Nice |
1884 |
|
Calais-Méditerranée Express |
London-Calais-Paris-Nice |
1886 |
|
Trouville Express |
Paris-Trouville |
1886 |
|
Paris-Madrid and Lissbon |
1887 |
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|
Club Train |
London-Dover-Calais-Paris |
1889 |
|
Hendaye-Luchon Express |
Hendaye-Luchon |
1889 |
|
Marseille-Nice Express |
Marseille-Nice |
1889 |
|
Méditerranée Express |
Paris-Lyon-Marseille-San Remo |
1889 |
|
Paris-Bordeaux Express |
Paris-Bordeaux |
1889 |
|
Peninsular Express |
Calais-Brindisi |
1890 |
|
Rome Express |
Calais-Paris-Florence and Rome |
1890 |
|
Pyrénées Express |
Paris-Biarritz and Luchon |
1891 |
|
Suisse Express |
Calais-Laon-Reims-Lucerne |
1891 |
|
Ostende-Wien Express |
Ostend-Vienna |
1894 |
|
Calais-Interlaken-Engadine Express |
Calais-Interlaken and Coire |
1895 |
|
Ostende-Karlsbad Express |
Ostend-Carlsbad |
1895 |
|
Ostende-Wien-Constantza Express |
Ostend-Vienna-Constanța |
1895 |
|
Ostende-Wien-Triëst Express |
Ostend-Vienna-Triëst |
1895 |
|
Gibraltar Express |
Paris-Algeciras |
1896 |
|
Ostend and Paris-Berlin-St. Petersburg |
1896 |
|
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Wien-Nizza-Cannes Express |
Vienna-Nice-Cannes |
1896 |
|
Bombay Express |
Calais-Marseille |
1897 |
|
Nord Süd Brenner Express |
Berlin-Verona-Milan-Cannes |
1897 |
|
Riviera Express |
Marseille-Menton |
1897 |
|
Caïro-Luxor Express |
Caïro-Luxor |
1898 |
|
Luchon Express |
Paris-Luchon |
1898 |
|
St.Petersburg-Wien-Nice-Cannes Express |
St.Petersburg-Vienna-Nice-Cannes |
1898 |
|
Royan Express |
Paris-Royan |
1898 |
|
Trans-Siberian Express |
Moscow-Tomsk |
1898 |
|
Amsterdam-Mons Express |
Amsterdam and The Hague-Mons |
1899 |
|
Berlin-Budapest(Oriënt) Express |
Berlin-Budapest-Constantinopel |
1900 |
|
Carlsbad Express |
Paris-Carlsbad |
1900 |
|
New York Express |
Paris-Cherbourg |
1900 |
|
Transatlantique Express |
Paris-Le Havre |
1900 |
|
Amsterdam-Engadine Express |
Amsterdam-Frankfurt-Basle-Coire |
1901 |
|
Berlin-Schweiz Express |
Berlin-Switzerland |
1901 |
|
Ostende-Suisse Express |
Ostend-Strassburg-Basle-Lucerne |
1901 |
|
Berlin-Neapel Express |
Berlin-Napels |
1902 |
|
Napoli-Palermo Express |
Napels-Palermo |
1902 |
|
Tunis-Oran Express |
Tunis-Constantine-Algiers-Oran |
1902 |
|
Paris-Aix les Bains Express |
Paris-Aix-les-Bains |
1903 |
|
Berlin-Marienbad-Karlsbad-Wien Express |
Berlin-Mariënbad-Karlsbad-Vienna |
1904 |
|
Cabourg Express |
Paris-Cabourg |
1904 |
|
Dauphiné-Savoie Express |
Paris-Evian and Chambéry and Geneva |
1904 |
|
Oberland-Léman Express |
Paris-Saint-Maurice and Berne |
1904 |
|
Paris-Barcelone Express |
Paris-Barcelona |
1904 |
|
Vichy Express |
Paris-Vichy |
1904 |
|
Oberland Express |
Calais-Paris-Interlaken |
1906 |
|
Simplon Express |
Calais-Paris-Milan-Venice |
1906 |
|
Ägypten Express |
Berlin-Napels |
1907 |
|
Berlin-Karlsbad-Marienbad Express |
Berlin-Karlsbad-Mariënbad |
1907 |
|
Danmark Express |
Berlin-Warnemünde-Gedser-Kopenhagen |
1907 |
|
LLoyd Express |
Hamburg-Genoa |
1908 |
|
Roma-Firenze-Cannes Express |
Rome-Florence-Cannes |
1908 |
|
Côte d'Argent Express |
Paris-Biarritz-Hendaye |
1910 |
|
Ostende-Bad Kissingen Express |
Ostend-Bad Kissingen |
1910 |
|
Andalus Express |
Madrid-Sevilla |
1911 |
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Berlin-Engadin Express |
Berlin-Basle-Coire |
1911 |
|
Gotthard Express |
Berlin-Basle-Milan-Genoa |
1911 |
|
LLoyd & Riviera Express |
Hamburg-Genoa and Berlin-Ventimiglia |
1911 |
|
Maroc Express |
Madrid-Algeciras |
1911 |
|
Wien-Roma-Napoli Express |
Vienna-Rome-Napels-Palermo and Taormina |
1911 |
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Berlin-Tirol-Roma Express |
Berlin-Merano-Rome |
1912 |
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Wien-Tirol-Riviera Express |
Vienna-Bolzano-Cannes |
1913 |
|
Simplon Oriënt Express |
Calais-Paris-Milan-Triëst-Bucharest and Istanbul and Athens |
1919 |
|
Boulogne/Paris/Ostende-Strasbourg-Vienne Express |
Boulogne and Paris and Ostend-Strassburg-Vienna |
1920 |
|
Boulogne/Paris/Ostende-Strasbourg-Prague-Varsovie Express |
Boulogne and Paris and Ostend-Prague-Warschau |
1920 |
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Paris-Carlsbad-Prague Express |
Paris-Carlsbad-Prague |
1921 |
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Pyrénées Côte d'Argent Express |
Paris-Biarritz-Irun |
1921 |
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Trans Mandchuria Express |
Vladivostok-Harbin-Changchun |
1921 |
|
Trouville Deauville Express |
Paris-Trouville-Deauville |
1923 |
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Wien-San Remo-Nizza-Cannes Express |
Vienna-San Remo-Nice-Cannes |
1923 |
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Suisse Arlberg Express |
Paris and Calais-Vienna |
1924 |
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Engadine Express |
Paris and Calais-Coire |
1925 |
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Milano-Nizza Express |
Milan-San Remo-Cannes |
1925 |
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Paris-London |
1926 |
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Milano-Montecatini Express |
Milan-Montecatini |
1926 |
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Milano-Venezia Express |
Milan-Venice |
1926 |
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Anatolie Express |
Haydarpaşa-Ankara |
1927 |
|
Calais-Bruxelles Pullman Express |
Calais-Brussels |
1927 |
|
Deauville Pullman Express |
Paris-Deauville |
1927 |
|
Étoile du Nord |
Paris-Amsterdam |
1927 |
|
Gotthard Pullman Express |
Basle-Zürich-Milan |
1927 |
|
London Vichy Pullman Express |
Boulogne-Vichy |
1927 |
|
Milano-Ancona Pullman Express |
Milan-Ancona |
1927 |
|
Torino-Nizza-Cannes Pullman Express |
Turin-Nice-Cannes |
1927 |
|
Edelweiss |
Amsterdam-Basle-Lucerne |
1928 |
|
Paris-Côte Belge Pullman Express |
Paris-Ostend-Blankenberge-Knokke |
1928 |
|
Torino-Venezia Pullman Express |
Turin-Venice |
1928 |
|
Andalus Pullman Express |
Granada-Sevilla-Malaga |
1929 |
|
Barcelone Express |
Paris-Barcelona |
1929 |
|
Carpati Pullman Express |
Bucharest-Brasov |
1929 |
|
Dunarea Pullman Express |
Bucharest-Galatz |
1929 |
|
L'Oiseau Bleu |
Antwerp-Paris |
1929 |
|
Ostende-Köln Pullman Express |
Ostend-Cologne |
1929 |
|
Côte d'Azur Pullman Express |
Paris-Ventimiglia |
1929 |
|
Roma-Napoli Pullman Express |
Rome-Napels |
1929 |
|
Star of Egypt |
Caïro-Luxor-Shallal |
1929 |
|
Sunshine Pullman Express |
Caïro-Luxor-Shallal |
1929 |
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Taurus Express |
Haydarpaşa-Rayak-Bagdad |
1930 |
|
Arlberg Oriënt Express |
Paris and Calais-Vienna-Bucharest |
1931 |
|
Golden Mountain Pullman Express |
Montreux-Zweisimmen |
1931 |
|
Riviera-Napoli Express |
Berlin and Amsterdam-Cannes-Ventimiglia-Rapallo-Napels |
1931 |
|
Danubiu Pullman Express |
Boekarest-Galatz |
1932 |
|
Fulger Regele Carol I |
Bucharest-Constanța |
1933 |
|
P & O Overland Express |
London-Calais-Marseille |
1935 |
|
Nederlandse LLoyd Express |
The Hague-Paris-Turin-Genoa |
1936 |
|
London-Paris |
1936 |
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|
Rotterdamsche LLoyd Express |
Rotterdam-Marseille |
1936 |
|
Tirol Express |
Paris-Salzburg |
1936 |
|
Cataluña Express |
Madrid-Barcelona |
1943 |
|
Lusitania Express |
Madrid-Lissabon |
1943 |
|
Ankara Express |
Haydarpaşa-Ankara |
1945 |
|
Puerta del Sol |
Paris-Madrid |
1969 |