Orient Express

international long-distance passenger train service
Thing inter_city_rail Q191985
Orient Express
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Orient Express

Summary

Orient Express is an inter-city rail[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of inter_city_rail entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45,171 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Orient Express is in the country of Turkey[3].
  • Orient Express's instance of is recorded as inter-city rail[4].
  • Orient Express's instance of is recorded as train service[5].
  • Orient Express's instance of is recorded as luxury train[6].
  • Orient Express's instance of is recorded as international train[7].
  • Orient Express's instance of is recorded as named passenger train service[8].
  • Orient Express is operated by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits[9].
  • Orient Express is part of rail transport in Lombardy[10].
  • Orient Express's Commons category is recorded as Orient Express[11].
  • Orient Express's terminus is recorded as Gare de Paris-Est[12].
  • Orient Express's terminus is recorded as Giurgiu[13].
  • Orient Express began on June 5, 1883[14].
  • Orient Express ended on December 14, 2009[15].
  • Orient Express's significant event is recorded as Yarımburgaz train disaster[16].
  • Orient Express's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Orient Express[17].
  • Orient Express's Commons gallery is recorded as Orient Express[18].
  • Orient Express's described by source is recorded as Great journeys: travel the world's most spectacular routes[19].
  • Orient Express's date of official opening is recorded as 1883[20].
  • Orient Express's subject named as is recorded as Orientexpress[21].
  • Orient Express's different from is recorded as Orient Express[22].
  • Orient Express's date of official closure is recorded as 2009[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include inter-city rail[4], train service[5], luxury train[6], international train[7], and named passenger train service[8].

Use and Application

Orient Express is part of rail transport in Lombardy[10].

Why It Matters

Orient Express ranks in the top 2% of inter_city_rail entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45,171 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv',
    Harper's tag → orient-express-express-train
    Gnd id → 4115465-4
    Sitelink count → 65
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 17w ago · Trip Tucker · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → inter-city rail, train service, luxury train +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q67454740]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    Part of → rail transport in Lombardy
    Library of congress authority id → nb2005009658, sh85095607
    Operator → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27080, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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