Poirot-Famed Orient Express Train Stops in Bulgaria Again
Society | September 5, 2006, TuesdayThe Orient Express retro train from Paris to Istanbul that became famous with Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" is passing through Bulgaria again, reports say.
The famous train, with one-way tickets costing EUR 6,000, stopped at the train station in the Danube city of Ruse, where it was loaded up with water. It continued its "golden" journey down the oldest railway tracks in Bulgaria towards seaside Varna.
Orient Express will visit Bulgaria again on its way back from Istanbul. The Paris-Venice-Istanbul train that was the scene of one of Chirstie's most thrilling novels featuring Herqule Poirot first passed through Bulgaria in 1883.
It was restored in 1982, eight years after a movie by Christie's acclaimed novel came out, for the price of GBP 11 M. Since its restoration the train has traveled nine times. A total of 84 passengers from Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the States took the high-end mystery-filled journey this time, serviced by a crew of 40.
The famous train, with one-way tickets costing EUR 6,000, stopped at the train station in the Danube city of Ruse, where it was loaded up with water. It continued its "golden" journey down the oldest railway tracks in Bulgaria towards seaside Varna.
Orient Express will visit Bulgaria again on its way back from Istanbul. The Paris-Venice-Istanbul train that was the scene of one of Chirstie's most thrilling novels featuring Herqule Poirot first passed through Bulgaria in 1883.
It was restored in 1982, eight years after a movie by Christie's acclaimed novel came out, for the price of GBP 11 M. Since its restoration the train has traveled nine times. A total of 84 passengers from Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the States took the high-end mystery-filled journey this time, serviced by a crew of 40.
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