The overnight rail link from Egypt's capital city to its southern cultural treasure-troves of Luxor and Aswan was long famed for its exemplary Orient Express-style service.
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She was one of 269 people badly injured when a First Great Western express heading for London's Paddington station collided with a Thames Train service on 5 October 1999.