Blue Train
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Blue Train, or The Blue Train, may refer to the following railway vehicles:
- A South African luxury train service that operates between Pretoria and Cape Town; see Blue Train (South Africa).
- Le Train Bleu, a famous train of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits that ran between Paris and the French Riviera; see Le Train Bleu (train).
- As a local expression, the Class 303 electric commuter trains introduced on the North Clyde Line and elsewhere in the Glasgow area in 1960.
- Blue Pullman trainsets that were operated by British Rail in the 1960s.
- The personal train of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito.
- The train which consisted of sleeping cars in Japan. It is called a Blue Train by the passenger car being blue.
It may also refer to the following:
- The U.S. Postal Service cycling team when working as a team in a team time trial, as a jocular nickname.
- A jazz album by John Coltrane; see Blue Train (album).
- Le Train Bleu, a famous restaurant within the Gare de Lyon railway station, Paris, founded in 1901; see Le Train Bleu (restaurant).
- A Bentley sports car, raced by Woolf Barnato; see Blue Train Bentley.
- The Mystery of the Blue Train an Hercule Poirot mystery novel by Agatha Christie (and its TV adaptation)