Orient Express · Passenger

Welcome Aboard

Before you take your berth, the conductor would like a few words about you. Just be yourself. There's nothing to invent and no wrong answers.

Takes about two minutes. Your answers are used only for this evening's journey and are deleted afterward.

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Your name What would you like to be called? (optional) Where are you traveling from? How do you know our host? What keeps you busy, in a few words? One thing you never travel without Your drink of choice this evening Something harmless people would be surprised to learn about you (optional) How much of the spotlight would you like tonight?

Keep me in the background I'm happy to be a suspect Put me center stage

List me on the passenger manifest so fellow travelers can say hello

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Paris✦Istanbul

Service

Christie Tribute Journey

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Train Status

Held at a station house while the line is cleared. Please make yourself comfortable.

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The Route

✦ We are held near Vinkovci, much as a certain train was in 1934. The line is being cleared.

This Evening's Service

Times are local and may shift with the repairs. The conductor will keep you informed.

Dining Car

Dinner and refreshments this evening are served by our hosts at the station house.

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Onboard Services

Dress

Come as you are. On this line, one is never overdressed.

Salon Car

Palmistry and tarot this evening, offered by your conductor and our guest of honor.

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Passenger Manifest

Fellow travelers who chose to be listed.

A Tribute Journey

Fifty years ago, on January 12, 1976, the world lost Agatha Christie. This Halloween-weekend journey honors her, and the line that gave her the most famous mystery ever set on rails.

We are honored to welcome a very particular guest aboard: Monsieur Vincent Poirot, descendant of a certain Belgian detective who once rode this route. The family assures us he is here strictly to enjoy the scenery.

From the Archives

1883The maiden voyageOn October 4, the Express d'Orient left Paris on its first run, the creation of Belgian entrepreneur Georges Nagelmackers.
1929SnowboundA blizzard trapped the train in Turkey for days. The story did not go unnoticed by a certain author.
1934The novelAgatha Christie publishes her mystery of a snowbound train, a murdered passenger, and a detective with little grey cells.
1976The author's farewellDame Agatha dies on January 12. Her Poirot had taken his final bow the year before.
2026This journeyFifty years on, a Poirot rides again. On Halloween weekend, no less, which the family insists is a coincidence.

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