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Trans Europ Express (other)
Trans Europ Express is a former international train network in Europe. It may also refer to: * ''Trans-Europ-Express'' (film) (french: Trans-Europ-Express), a 1966 film written and directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet * ''Trans-Europe Express'' (album) (german: Trans Europa Express), by Kraftwerk ** "Trans-Europe Express" (song) (german: Trans-Europa Express), the album's title track See also * ''Trans-Euro Express'' (play), a stageplay by Gary Duggan *Transeuropa (other) Transeuropa or TransEuropa or Trans-Europa or ''variation'', may refer to: * ''TransEuropa'' (board game), a board game published by Rio Grande games * Transeuropa Compañía de Aviación (''Trans-Europa''), a former charter airline from Spain tha ... * * * * * Tee (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans Europ Express
The Trans Europ Express, or Trans-Europe Express (TEE), was an international first-class railway service in western and central Europe that was founded in 1957 and ceased in 1995. At the height of its operations, in 1974, the TEE network comprised 45 trains, connecting 130 different cities,Haydock, David (June–July 1996). "The Second Demise of the TEE". '' Today's Railways'', p. 22–24. Platform 5 Publishing (UK). . from Spain in the west to Austria in the east, and from Denmark to Southern Italy. Origin The first services commenced on 2 June 1957 following an idea of F.Q. den Hollander, then president-director of the Dutch national railway company ( NS).60 Years On: What's Left of the TEE ''Today's Railways Europe'' issue 264 December 2017 pages 28-33 TEE was a network jointly operated by the railways of West Germany ( DB), France (SNCF), Switzerland (SBB-CFF-FFS), Italy ( FS) and the Netherlands. Although some trains passed through Belgium from the beginning, the Belgian na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans-Europ-Express (film)
''Trans-Europ-Express'' is a 1966 experimental film written and directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Marie-France Pisier. The title refers to the Trans Europ Express, at the time an international rail network in Europe. A frame story shows a creative team devising a film plot during a train journey to Antwerp, intercut with a film-within-the-film about a novice cocaine smuggler and a prostitute that enacts their outline imperfectly. Plot The film-within-the-film features a Frenchman named Elias who takes his first consignment of cocaine from Paris to Antwerp on the Trans Europ Express. There he is passed from one mysterious intermediary to another and, with some time to spare, enacts a rape fantasy with a prostitute called Eva. Eventually he reaches his top contact, who reveals that his cargo was powdered sugar and the whole exercise was a test of his loyalty. Told that his next assignment will be to take a shipment back to Paris, he looks up Eva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans-Europe Express (album)
''Trans-Europe Express'' (german: link=no, Trans Europa Express) is the sixth studio album by German band Kraftwerk. Recorded in 1976 in Düsseldorf, Germany, the album was released in March 1977 on Kling Klang Records. It saw the group refine their melodic electronic style, with a focus on sequenced rhythms, minimalism, and occasionally manipulated vocals. The themes include celebrations of the titular European railway service and Europe as a whole, and meditations on the disparities between reality and appearance. ''Trans-Europe Express'' charted at 119 on the American charts and was ranked number 30 in ''The Village Voice''s 1977 Pazz & Jop critics' poll. Two singles were released: " Trans-Europe Express" and "Showroom Dummies". The album has been re-released in several formats and continues to receive acclaim. In 2014, the ''Los Angeles Times'' called it "the most important pop album of the last 40 years". Background After the release and tour for the album ''Radio-Activit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans-Europe Express (song)
"Trans-Europe Express" is a song by German electronic music band Kraftwerk. The song was released as the lead single from their sixth studio album of the same name in 1977. The long version of the song was on the original released album, is 13:44 long, and split into two (in the United States) or three parts (in Germany). The music was written by Ralf Hütter, and the lyrics by Hütter and Emil Schult. The track is ostensibly about the Trans Europ Express rail system, with technology and transport both being common themes in Kraftwerk's oeuvre. The track became popular in dance clubs in New York, US and has since found further influence, both in hip-hop by its interpolation by Afrika Bambaata (via Arthur Baker) on " Planet Rock", which has been sampled and remixed by many different artists such as Paul Oakenfold for '' Swordfish''s soundtrack, and by modern experimental bands such as the electroclash bands of the early 2000s. In 2021, it was ranked at No. 304 on Rolling Ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Duggan
Gary Duggan (born 14 March 1979) is an Irish playwright. Born in Dublin in 1979, Duggan was raised in the North Dublin suburb of Donaghmede. He studied Media Production at Dublin Institute of Technology. Duggan began writing scripts at the age of 15 while attending Grange Community College in Donaghmede. His first staged work was a collection of monologues called ''Manhattan Whispers'', staged as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2001. His first full-length playMonged was produced by Fishamble Theatre Company in 2005 and won the Stewart Parker James Stewart Parker (20 October 1941 – 2 November 1988) was a Northern Irish poet and playwright. Biography He was born in Sydenham, Belfast, of a Protestant working-class family. His birthplace is marked by an Ulster History Circle blue ... Trust Award for best debut play in 2006. Duggan's second play, ''Dedalus Lounge'', premiered as part of the 2006 Dublin Fringe Festival and was produced by Pageant Wagon Theatre Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transeuropa (other)
Transeuropa or TransEuropa or Trans-Europa or ''variation'', may refer to: * ''TransEuropa'' (board game), a board game published by Rio Grande games * Transeuropa Compañía de Aviación (''Trans-Europa''), a former charter airline from Spain that operated from 1965 until 1982. * , a Hansa-class ferry originally built by Stocznia Gdanska, Poland * Transeuropa Ferries, ferries between Ostend, Belgium and Ramsgate, England * Transeuropa Festival, an annual festival of culture, arts and politics held simultaneously in different European cities. * ''Transeuropa'' (Theater festival), a triennial theater festival in Germany organized in cooperation with the University of Hildesheim See also * Europa (other) * Trans (other) * Trans Euro Trail (TET) a motorcycle backpacking trail * Air Transport Europe (ICAO airline code: EAT; callsign: TRANS EUROPE), a Slovakian airline * Trans Europe Foot Race, a multiday ultramarathon across Europe * Trans Europe Halles (TEH) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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