Orient Express Hits Brexit Buffers To End UK Operation

The UK section of the Orient Express has been scrapped due to Brexit border controls, according to a new report. The Orient Express famously featured in Agatha Christie’s novel Murder on the Orient Express, and originally ran from Paris to Istanbul.

- Martha Mchardy

Now the London to Folkestone leg of the route has been stopped because it has become too difficult to cross the border to Calais.

Belmond, the company that operates the service, said "enhanced border and passport controls" mean the company would have to "adjust operations" next year.

The company told The Observer: "We want to avoid any risk of travel disruption for our guests - delays and missing train connections - and provide the highest level of service, as seamless and relaxed as possible."