Orient Express Timetable 1939

Here are the real Timetables on which I based the fictional 1925 versions. These are taken from Cook's Continental Timetable 1939.

Timetables are:

• • Simplon Orient Express - London, Calais, Paris, Venice, Istanbul (Constantinople).

  • Taurus Express - Haydarpasa, Adana, Aleppo (Cairo), Mosul (Baghdad-Basra) Hamadan, Teheran.

  • Cairo, Port Said, Kantara (East and West) , Ludd, Haifa.

Note that the Tripoli to Haifa part of the Taurus Express journey was covered by Motor Coach (provided by the train company). The Haifa-Tripoli section of railway was finally completed in 1942 by Australian and South African engineers working for the British Army.