HN4420 DR, 4-unit pack OSShD type B coaches "Touristen-Express", set 1 of 2, blue livery, ep. III, 2 x WLAB + 1 x WR + 1 x Salon

In 1956, the travel agency of the GDR introduced a couchette train on the connection
from Dresden to Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. On
initiative of the FDJ, the sleeper and couchette train "Tourist Express" (abbreviated to
"Tourist Express" (abbreviated to "TOUREX") was created and from the summer of
1963 as a special travel agency train. The "TOUREX" consisted of
sleeping cars, dining cars and some special cars, which were initially painted in a blue
color scheme with the italic lettering "Touristenexpress".
were. Later, however, more and more red painted cars of the
Mitropa were used. From the seventies on, the "TOUREX" also carried
DDm type car transport cars. The train started in Dresden-
Neustadt and went via Bad Schandau, Decin, Olomouc (or Brno),
Sturovo, Szob, Budapest, Szolnok, Biharkeresztes, Episkopia Bihor, Cluj,
Brasov, Bucharest, Giurgiu North and Ruse (or Negru Voda and Kardam)
to Varna.
Most of the time, through trips were made without scheduled stops. For city trips
there were also day stops in Budapest or other towns along the route.
towns along the route.
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 brought an end to the tourist express, since there were
GDR citizens now had other destinations than the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
Black Sea coast.