The Orient Express stopped running in 2009 (after it had already been successively cut back to just Strasbourg-Vienna), although it was a "normal train" in most senses (it was a regular EuroNight service, not really any different to ride from less famous ones like the Cassiopeia or Jan Kiepura).
The train you may be thinking of, a luxury train that imitates a historic one, is mimicing the the Simplon Orient Express which did not run through Vienna (and also it rarely goes beyond Venice).
It's been indeed renovated, and it does London -> Venice and London -> Istanbul, but is outrageously priced (20k eur for Paris -> Istanbul if I remember)
I did the same "route" but took some random night trains between each city, which is much more affordable
That sounds pretty cool. How many separate train connections did you have to book? Any problems with delays or canceled rides?
It was mostly direct trains, or at most one change between each city (eg Paris -> Vienna, Vienna -> Bucharest, Bucharest -> Istanbul)
Only issue is that some legs can only be booked last minute at the physical train station, and not online, hopefully this will change
Was it a normal train or the famous "Oriental Express"?
The Orient Express stopped running in 2009 (after it had already been successively cut back to just Strasbourg-Vienna), although it was a "normal train" in most senses (it was a regular EuroNight service, not really any different to ride from less famous ones like the Cassiopeia or Jan Kiepura).
The train you may be thinking of, a luxury train that imitates a historic one, is mimicing the the Simplon Orient Express which did not run through Vienna (and also it rarely goes beyond Venice).
I was in fact thinking of the luxury version. I was not aware it was an imitation.
It's been indeed renovated, and it does London -> Venice and London -> Istanbul, but is outrageously priced (20k eur for Paris -> Istanbul if I remember)
I did the same "route" but took some random night trains between each city, which is much more affordable