Danube Express

Danube Express


Danube Express is a private train operating in Central and Eastern Europe. It was inaugurated in September 2008 and operates landcruises on various itineraries and routes in Central and Eastern Europe from its home base in Budapest, Hungary. Itineraries take the train through Hungary, Romania including Transylvania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic and Germany. The operating season is from around April to October.

The train is a hotel-on-wheels sleeping car train, usually composed of around 8 carriages, consisting of four deluxe sleeping carriages with en suite facilities, one classic sleeping car, restaurant, lounge and staff cars. Some of the cars previously operated in a train called the Royal Hungarian Express operated by MAV Nosztalgia Kft who also operate the Danube Express.

The inaugural journey operated in September 2008 from Berlin to Budapest[1] with stops en route at Košice, Kraków, Wieliczka, Malbork and Gdańsk. The next departure was to Berlin with stops en route at Prague and Dresden. The train now operates more frequently on the route from Budapest to Istanbul through Transylvania with stops at Sighişoara, Braşov for Bran Castle, Veliko Turnovo, and Kazanlak.[2][3][4]

Contents

Trains consist

  • Deluxe Sleeping car "Saxonia"
  • Deluxe Sleeping car "Cracovia"
  • Deluxe Sleeping car "Vindobona"
  • Deluxe Sleeping car "Hungaria"
  • Lounge car "Budapest"
  • Restaurant car "Pannonia"
  • Classic Sleeping car
  • Staff car

Current routes

  • The Transylvanian: Budapest - Kecskemét - Sighişoara - Braşov - Veliko Turnovo - Kazanlak - Istanbul.
  • The Transylvanian: Istanbul - Kazanlak - Veliko Turnovo - Braşov - Sighişoara - Kecskemét - Budapest.
  • The Bosphorus to the Baltic: Istanbul - Kazanlak - Veliko Turnovo - Braşov - Sighişoara - Kecskemét - Budapest - Košice - Cracow - Wieliczka - Malbork - Gdańsk - Warsaw.
  • The Polish Explorer: Warsaw - Malbork - Gdańsk - Kraków - Wieliczka - Košice - Budapest.
  • The Istanbul Loop: Budapest - Kecskemét - Sighişoara - Braşov - Veliko Turnovo - Kazanlak - Istanbul - Plovdiv - Sofia - Novi Sad - Budapest.

See also

References

  1. ^ d'Arcy, Susan (September 28, 2008). "Europe's new luxury rail route". The Sunday Times (timesonline.co.uk). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/rail_travel/article4830695.ece. Retrieved 27 January 2011. 
  2. ^ Bridge, Adrian (2008-09-26). "Railway journeys: The Danube Express". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activityandadventure/3086517/Railway-journeys-The-Danube-Express.html. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 
  3. ^ "Danube Express: Awaken, not stirred - Europe, Travel". The Independent. 2008-09-27. http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/danube-express-awaken-not-stirred-943648.html. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 
  4. ^ "Discover Europe in style on the Danube Express | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1285839/Discover-Europe-style-Danube-Express.html. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 


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