ABSTRACT
On November 4,1887, the Sud Express first ran in service from Lisbon, and the first train from Calais and Paris started the following day. The formation, both in Spain and in France, was up to three sleeping cars and a dining car, with a fourgon at each end of the train. The bogie dining car, introduced to the Spanish Sud Express at same time, had closed vestibules and a small saloon with arm-chairs and seats nearest to the sleeping cars. Fourgons on the Sud Express provided sleeping accommodation for crew and additional storage space, as well as for the guard, the luggage, and of course the mail. In 1908 the Morocco Express was begun, following much the same timetable as the old London-Gibraltar journey of the pre-1900 Sud Express, except that a boat took over between Algeciras and Tangier. The Sud Express in France has achieved fame by being the longest non-stop run of 581 km from Paris to Bordeaux.
