Blue Train
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Blue Train may refer to:
In rail:
In music:
In other uses:
In rail:
- Blue Train (South Africa)Blue Train (South Africa)The Blue Train travels an approximately journey in South Africa between Pretoria and Cape Town. It is one of the most luxurious train journeys in the world...
, a South African luxury train - Blue Train (Japan)Blue Train (Japan)' in Japan are long-distance sleeper trains, nicknamed as such for the color of the train cars. They consist of 20-, 14- or 24-series sleeper cars, and currently run on six routes connecting major destinations within Japan across long distances, other routes being served by a fleet of newer...
, the generic name for sleeping car trains in Japan - Le Train BleuLe Train BleuLe Train Bleu , officially the Calais-Mediterranée Express, was a luxury French night express train which operated from 1922 to 2007. It gained international fame as the preferred train of wealthy and famous passengers between Calais and the French Riviera in the two decades before World War II...
or The Blue Train, a train that ran between Calais and the French Riviera - British Rail Class 303British Rail Class 303The British Rail Class 303 electric multiple units, also known as "Blue Train" units, were introduced in 1960 for the electrification of the North Clyde and the Cathcart Circle lines in Strathclyde...
or Blue Train, electric suburban trains introduced on the North Clyde Line and elsewhere in the Glasgow area
In music:
- Blue Train (album)Blue Train (album)Blue Train is a hard bop jazz album by John Coltrane, released in 1957 on Blue Note Records, catalogue BLP 1577. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, it is Coltrane's second solo album, the only one he recorded for Blue Note as a leader, and the only one he conceived...
, a jazz album by John Coltrane, containing a song of the same name - "Blue Train" (song)Blue Train (song)is a song by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. It was released as the first single of their third studio album, Fanclub, on November 30, 2005. The song entered the top five on the Oricon charts and sold well over 100,000 copies by 2006, becoming the 94th single of the year...
, a song by Asian Kung-Fu Generation - "Blue Train" (Billie Holiday song), a song by Billie HolidayBillie HolidayBillie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...
- "Blue Train" (Johnny Cash song), a song by Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
- "Blue Train" (Linda Ronstadt song), a song by Linda RonstadtLinda RonstadtLinda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...
- "Blue Train", a song by Cibo Matto from Stereo * Type A
- Blue Train, a 1920s musical by Robert StolzRobert StolzRobert Elisabeth Stolz was an Austrian songwriter and conductor as well as a composer of operettas and film music.- Biography :...
In other uses:
- Le Train Bleu (restaurant)Le Train Bleu (restaurant)Le Train Bleu is a restaurant located in the hall of the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris, France.The restaurant has served drinks and meals to travelers and other guests since 1901 in an ornately decorated setting....
or The Blue Train, a restaurant - Blue Train, a nickname for the U.S. Postal Service cycling team
- The Mystery of the Blue TrainThe Mystery of the Blue TrainThe Mystery of the Blue Train is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on March 29, 1928 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at...
is a work of detective fiction by Agatha ChristieAgatha ChristieDame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
set on Le Train BleuLe Train BleuLe Train Bleu , officially the Calais-Mediterranée Express, was a luxury French night express train which operated from 1922 to 2007. It gained international fame as the preferred train of wealthy and famous passengers between Calais and the French Riviera in the two decades before World War II...
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See also
- Blue Line (disambiguation)
- Blue Pullman (disambiguation), trainsets operated by British Railways
- Blue Train RacesBlue Train RacesThe Blue Train Races were a series of record-breaking attempts between automobiles and trains in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It saw a number of motorists and their own or sponsored automobiles race against the Le Train Bleu, a train that ran between Calais and the French Riviera...
, a series of record-breaking attempts between automobiles and trains - Blue Train BentleyBlue Train BentleyThe term Blue Train Bentley refers to two Bentley automobiles, based on the high-performance 6½ litre Bentley Speed Six model, which became known for their owner Woolf Barnato's involvement in the Blue Train Races of 1930.- Overview :...
, two automobiles involved in the Blue Train Races - The Mystery of the Blue TrainThe Mystery of the Blue TrainThe Mystery of the Blue Train is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on March 29, 1928 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at...
, an Hercule Poirot mystery novel by Agatha Christie (and its TV adaptation) - All Aboard the Blue TrainAll Aboard the Blue TrainAll Aboard the Blue Train is the fourteenth album by singer Johnny Cash. It was originally released on 15 November 1962 , but later re-issued in 2003 , under the label Varèse Sarabande, with six bonus tracks....
, an album by Johnny Cash - Blues Train, moving musical entertainment, Victoria, Australia