Orient Express Pulls in Bulgaria with Delay

Society | September 6, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00

The legendary "Orient Express" arrived in Bulgaria after a 30-minute long delay.

The famous train that has been linking two continents - from Paris to Istanbul - since October 1883 - arrived at the Bulgarian Danube city of Rousse after stopping in Romania's Bucharest. The delay was blamed on the damaged by the floods infrastructure in Romania.

The 15 wagons left Paris on September 2. It is transporting some 1,000 passengers from Europe, North and South America A one-way ticket for the annual transcontinental trip costs its aristocratic passengers EUR 10,000.

The retro-luxury equipped train was renovated and re-launched into trips 25 years ago by a private company.

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