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did not operate during the Second World War, and was resumed in 1952. As the "Palatino
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in 1969. In 1971 the Wagons-Lit
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trains also reduced the demand for traditional overnight sleeper services. The breakup of the operating company
Artesia on top of other factors, led to the demise of the service in December 2011, but continued interest from passengers and discussion on social media led to the short lived
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express service from Calais-Maritime to Paris, until this service was withdrawn in 1972; and thereafter by using a regular service train from Calais-Maritime to Paris, until Calais-Maritime station was closed in the mid-1990s as a result of the opening of the
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route operated from Calais-Maritime, a coastal railway station providing a direct connection between cross-channel ferries from
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became a victim of these changing circumstances, and was discontinued on 10 December 2011. The service was briefly revived from
December 2012 but was once more withdrawn from 15 December 2013 due to infrastructure problems.
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552:"Thello, the first passenger train operator to enter the French market, is celebrating its first anniversary with encouraging results and the introduction of a new Paris-Florence-Rome night train service"
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was killed and several passengers were injured. On 11 February 1940, five people were killed and 24 seriously injured when the Rome
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