Cross-border luxury trains in Europe include the
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, which runs between
London and
Venice.
United Kingdom , now part of the
Venice-Simplon Orient Express fleet
British Pullman cars were formerly used on the
Brighton Belle out of
London Victoria station.
Northern Belle Northern Belle is a privately owned luxury train introduced in 2000. It consists primarily of
British Rail Mark 2 coach stock, refurbished internally and painted externally to resemble the
Brighton Belle British Pullman coaches.
Buffet cars are
British Rail Mark 1 coaches. Although the train primarily operates in
Northern England and Scotland, it also serves London and
Bristol. The train has two
British Rail Mark 3 sleeper coaches for its crew. It departs from a number of northern cities, including
Liverpool,
Edinburgh,
Glasgow, and
Manchester. The
Northern Belle has six dining cars, named after historic British houses.
Spain Spain's state-owned network of luxury trains is operated by
Renfe Viajeros and runs from March to October on scheduled and charter trips. The main routes cross northern Spain and
Andalusia, with special tours throughout the peninsula.
El Transcantábrico The oldest tourist train in Spain (operating since 1983), the
Transcantábrico, uses original 1923
Pullman coaches.
Sweden Between 1950 and 1969,
Swedish State Railways operated the luxury train service
Sunlit Nights Land Cruises, which ran from
Stockholm to northern Sweden and primarily targeted foreign tourists.
Switzerland The
GoldenPass Express is a luxury train linking
Montreux on Lake Geneva with
Interlaken in the Bernese Oberland. The
Glacier Express is a luxury train linking
Zermatt in the Valais Alps with
St. Moritz in the Grisons Alps.
Russia The
Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express began operation in April 2007 and takes passengers on a trip (the world's longest train journey) across two continents and eight
time zones. It follows the
Trans-Siberian Railway, which connects Moscow and European Russia with the
Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, and the
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