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Mitropa - the Mitteleuropäische Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen Aktiengesellschaft (German for Central European Sleeping and Dining Cars Incorporated) was formed in 1916 and entered into business on 1 January 1917 and although, as described in this booklet, the company's aim was to "help, maintain and develop friendly and neighborly relations among the various countries" Mitropa, the name a contraction of the German "Mitteleuropa", was a child of war. The reality was that this was the state railways of the Central Powers taking over the sleeper car and railway dining facilities that had previously been run by the now enemy owned CIWL - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Mitropa prospered in postwar years when it retained such facilities in Germany and Austria when CIWL returned to other 'lost' routes and operators. Mitropa services included some international routes such as into the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. The booklet notes that in recnet years (1928) they began to operate dining cars between St. Moritz and Tirano as well as, in 1929, on the Rhetian/Rhaetian Railway. The sleeping car and restaurant services, operated by a fleet of over 650 carriages, were maintained at various workshops and service depots including those at Berlin Falkensee, central kitchens in Berlin and Hamburg as well as central laundries at Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof.

The company also provided services to some shipping and ferry services and were moving into the new world of commercial aviation. This included the "Mitropa Airport Restaurant" at the Central Airport, Berlin, at Templehof. From 1928 Mitropa provided in-flight services for certain Lufthansa flights to Paris and London.

The booklet is tri-lingual and the cover is in the corporate burgundy-red and features the original version of the logo with the eagle-M that was designed by German graphic designer Karl Schulpig (1884 - 1948). Mitropa's services for the Deutsche Reichsbahn grew and faded in tandem with effects of World War Two and in post-war years Mitropa survived as the service provider for the East German railways, on rail and at stations, whilst DSG operated in West Germany and on Deutsche Bundesbahn's services. The company diversified into motorway service stations .Upon reunification and the subsequent 1994 merger of the railways to form Deutsche Bahn Mitropa again became the national service provider, until after making losses a restructured company became part of Compass in 2004 and the Mitropa name vanished in 2006.

This page shows the repair workshops at Falkensee near Berlin - Ansicht aus einer der Mitropa-Ausbesserungswerkstätten, Falkensee bei Berlin.

Mitropa - the Mitteleuropäische Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen Aktiengesellschaft (German for Central European Sleeping and Dining Cars Incorporated) was formed in 1916 and entered into business on 1 January 1917 and although, as described in this booklet, the company's aim was to "help, maintain and develop friendly and neighborly relations among the various countries" Mitropa, the name a contraction of the German "Mitteleuropa", was a child of war. The reality was that this was the state railways of the Central Powers taking over the sleeper car and railway dining facilities that had previously been run by the now enemy owned CIWL - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Mitropa prospered in postwar years when it retained such facilities in Germany and Austria when CIWL returned to other 'lost' routes and operators. Mitropa services included some international routes such as into the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. The booklet notes that in recnet years (1928) they began to operate dining cars between St. Moritz and Tirano as well as, in 1929, on the Rhetian/Rhaetian Railway. The sleeping car and restaurant services, operated by a fleet of over 650 carriages, were maintained at various workshops and service depots including those at Berlin Falkensee, central kitchens in Berlin and Hamburg as well as central laundries at Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof.

The company also provided services to some shipping and ferry services and were moving into the new world of commercial aviation. This included the "Mitropa Airport Restaurant" at the Central Airport, Berlin, at Templehof. From 1928 Mitropa provided in-flight services for certain Lufthansa flights to Paris and London.

The booklet is tri-lingual and the cover is in the corporate burgundy-red and features the original version of the logo with the eagle-M that was designed by German graphic designer Karl Schulpig (1884 - 1948). Mitropa's services for the Deutsche Reichsbahn grew and faded in tandem with effects of World War Two and in post-war years Mitropa survived as the service provider for the East German railways, on rail and at stations, whilst DSG operated in West Germany and on Deutsche Bundesbahn's services. The company diversified into motorway service stations .Upon reunification and the subsequent 1994 merger of the railways to form Deutsche Bahn Mitropa again became the national service provider, until after making losses a restructured company became part of Compass in 2004 and the Mitropa name vanished in 2006.

This includes views of one of the central laundries, this being the one at Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof - Mitropa-Wäschereien, Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof.

Mitropa - the Mitteleuropäische Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen Aktiengesellschaft (German for Central European Sleeping and Dining Cars Incorporated) was formed in 1916 and entered into business on 1 January 1917 and although, as described in this booklet, the company's aim was to "help, maintain and develop friendly and neighborly relations among the various countries" Mitropa, the name a contraction of the German "Mitteleuropa", was a child of war. The reality was that this was the state railways of the Central Powers taking over the sleeper car and railway dining facilities that had previously been run by the now enemy owned CIWL - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Mitropa prospered in postwar years when it retained such facilities in Germany and Austria when CIWL returned to other 'lost' routes and operators. Mitropa services included some international routes such as into the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. The booklet notes that in recnet years (1928) they began to operate dining cars between St. Moritz and Tirano as well as, in 1929, on the Rhetian/Rhaetian Railway. The sleeping car and restaurant services, operated by a fleet of over 650 carriages, were maintained at various workshops and service depots including those at Berlin Falkensee, central kitchens in Berlin and Hamburg as well as central laundries at Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof.

The company also provided services to some shipping and ferry services and were moving into the new world of commercial aviation. This included the "Mitropa Airport Restaurant" at the Central Airport, Berlin, at Templehof. From 1928 Mitropa provided in-flight services for certain Lufthansa flights to Paris and London.

The booklet is tri-lingual and the cover is in the corporate burgundy-red and features the original version of the logo with the eagle-M that was designed by German graphic designer Karl Schulpig (1884 - 1948). Mitropa's services for the Deutsche Reichsbahn grew and faded in tandem with effects of World War Two and in post-war years Mitropa survived as the service provider for the East German railways, on rail and at stations, whilst DSG operated in West Germany and on Deutsche Bundesbahn's services. The company diversified into motorway service stations .Upon reunification and the subsequent 1994 merger of the railways to form Deutsche Bahn Mitropa again became the national service provider, until after making losses a restructured company became part of Compass in 2004 and the Mitropa name vanished in 2006.

This shows a modern Mitropa sleeping car compartment made up for the day - Ein Mitropa-Schlafwagen-Abteil für die Tagesbenutzen hergerichtet.

Mitropa - the Mitteleuropäische Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen Aktiengesellschaft (German for Central European Sleeping and Dining Cars Incorporated) was formed in 1916 and entered into business on 1 January 1917 and although, as described in this booklet, the company's aim was to "help, maintain and develop friendly and neighborly relations among the various countries" Mitropa, the name a contraction of the German "Mitteleuropa", was a child of war. The reality was that this was the state railways of the Central Powers taking over the sleeper car and railway dining facilities that had previously been run by the now enemy owned CIWL - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Mitropa prospered in postwar years when it retained such facilities in Germany and Austria when CIWL returned to other 'lost' routes and operators. Mitropa services included some international routes such as into the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. The booklet notes that in recnet years (1928) they began to operate dining cars between St. Moritz and Tirano as well as, in 1929, on the Rhetian/Rhaetian Railway. The sleeping car and restaurant services, operated by a fleet of over 650 carriages, were maintained at various workshops and service depots including those at Berlin Falkensee, central kitchens in Berlin and Hamburg as well as central laundries at Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof.

The company also provided services to some shipping and ferry services and were moving into the new world of commercial aviation. This included the "Mitropa Airport Restaurant" at the Central Airport, Berlin, at Templehof. From 1928 Mitropa provided in-flight services for certain Lufthansa flights to Paris and London.

The booklet is tri-lingual and the cover is in the corporate burgundy-red and features the original version of the logo with the eagle-M that was designed by German graphic designer Karl Schulpig (1884 - 1948). Mitropa's services for the Deutsche Reichsbahn grew and faded in tandem with effects of World War Two and in post-war years Mitropa survived as the service provider for the East German railways, on rail and at stations, whilst DSG operated in West Germany and on Deutsche Bundesbahn's services. The company diversified into motorway service stations .Upon reunification and the subsequent 1994 merger of the railways to form Deutsche Bahn Mitropa again became the national service provider, until after making losses a restructured company became part of Compass in 2004 and the Mitropa name vanished in 2006.

This shows a modern Mitropa sleeping-car compartment - Ein modernes Mitropa-Schlafwagen-Abteil für die Nacht hergerichtet.

Mitropa - the Mitteleuropäische Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen Aktiengesellschaft (German for Central European Sleeping and Dining Cars Incorporated) was formed in 1916 and entered into business on 1 January 1917 and although, as described in this booklet, the company's aim was to "help, maintain and develop friendly and neighborly relations among the various countries" Mitropa, the name a contraction of the German "Mitteleuropa", was a child of war. The reality was that this was the state railways of the Central Powers taking over the sleeper car and railway dining facilities that had previously been run by the now enemy owned CIWL - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Mitropa prospered in postwar years when it retained such facilities in Germany and Austria when CIWL returned to other 'lost' routes and operators. Mitropa services included some international routes such as into the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. The booklet notes that in recnet years (1928) they began to operate dining cars between St. Moritz and Tirano as well as, in 1929, on the Rhetian/Rhaetian Railway. The sleeping car and restaurant services, operated by a fleet of over 650 carriages, were maintained at various workshops and service depots including those at Berlin Falkensee, central kitchens in Berlin and Hamburg as well as central laundries at Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof.

The company also provided services to some shipping and ferry services and were moving into the new world of commercial aviation. This included the "Mitropa Airport Restaurant" at the Central Airport, Berlin, at Templehof. From 1928 Mitropa provided in-flight services for certain Lufthansa flights to Paris and London.

The booklet is tri-lingual and the cover is in the corporate burgundy-red and features the original version of the logo with the eagle-M that was designed by German graphic designer Karl Schulpig (1884 - 1948). Mitropa's services for the Deutsche Reichsbahn grew and faded in tandem with effects of World War Two and in post-war years Mitropa survived as the service provider for the East German railways, on rail and at stations, whilst DSG operated in West Germany and on Deutsche Bundesbahn's services. The company diversified into motorway service stations .Upon reunification and the subsequent 1994 merger of the railways to form Deutsche Bahn Mitropa again became the national service provider, until after making losses a restructured company became part of Compass in 2004 and the Mitropa name vanished in 2006.

The introduction shows the main headquarters offices - Direktionsgebäude der Mitropa - in Berlin. This was, I think, at Universitätsstraße 2/3a and was the former "Business House Hermes", now "House Dorotheenstadt", in Berlin-Mitte. It was constructed 1912-1913 to a design by Johann Emil Schaudt as a commercial and office building and survives.

Mitropa - the Mitteleuropäische Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen Aktiengesellschaft (German for Central European Sleeping and Dining Cars Incorporated) was formed in 1916 and entered into business on 1 January 1917 and although, as described in this booklet, the company's aim was to "help, maintain and develop friendly and neighborly relations among the various countries" Mitropa, the name a contraction of the German "Mitteleuropa", was a child of war. The reality was that this was the state railways of the Central Powers taking over the sleeper car and railway dining facilities that had previously been run by the now enemy owned CIWL - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Mitropa prospered in postwar years when it retained such facilities in Germany and Austria when CIWL returned to other 'lost' routes and operators. Mitropa services included some international routes such as into the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. The booklet notes that in recnet years (1928) they began to operate dining cars between St. Moritz and Tirano as well as, in 1929, on the Rhetian/Rhaetian Railway. The sleeping car and restaurant services, operated by a fleet of over 650 carriages, were maintained at various workshops and service depots including those at Berlin Falkensee, central kitchens in Berlin and Hamburg as well as central laundries at Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof.

The company also provided services to some shipping and ferry services and were moving into the new world of commercial aviation. This included the "Mitropa Airport Restaurant" at the Central Airport, Berlin, at Templehof. From 1928 Mitropa provided in-flight services for certain Lufthansa flights to Paris and London.

The booklet is tri-lingual and the cover is in the corporate burgundy-red and features the original version of the logo with the eagle-M that was designed by German graphic designer Karl Schulpig (1884 - 1948). Mitropa's services for the Deutsche Reichsbahn grew and faded in tandem with effects of World War Two and in post-war years Mitropa survived as the service provider for the East German railways, on rail and at stations, whilst DSG operated in West Germany and on Deutsche Bundesbahn's services. The company diversified into motorway service stations .Upon reunification and the subsequent 1994 merger of the railways to form Deutsche Bahn Mitropa again became the national service provider, until after making losses a restructured company became part of Compass in 2004 and the Mitropa name vanished in 2006.

Here we see the view into the kitchen of a Mitropa dining car - Blick in die Küche eines Mitropa- Speisewagens.

Mitropa - the Mitteleuropäische Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen Aktiengesellschaft (German for Central European Sleeping and Dining Cars Incorporated) was formed in 1916 and entered into business on 1 January 1917 and although, as described in this booklet, the company's aim was to "help, maintain and develop friendly and neighborly relations among the various countries" Mitropa, the name a contraction of the German "Mitteleuropa", was a child of war. The reality was that this was the state railways of the Central Powers taking over the sleeper car and railway dining facilities that had previously been run by the now enemy owned CIWL - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Mitropa prospered in postwar years when it retained such facilities in Germany and Austria when CIWL returned to other 'lost' routes and operators. Mitropa services included some international routes such as into the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. The booklet notes that in recnet years (1928) they began to operate dining cars between St. Moritz and Tirano as well as, in 1929, on the Rhetian/Rhaetian Railway. The sleeping car and restaurant services, operated by a fleet of over 650 carriages, were maintained at various workshops and service depots including those at Berlin Falkensee, central kitchens in Berlin and Hamburg as well as central laundries at Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof.

The company also provided services to some shipping and ferry services and were moving into the new world of commercial aviation. This included the "Mitropa Airport Restaurant" at the Central Airport, Berlin, at Templehof. From 1928 Mitropa provided in-flight services for certain Lufthansa flights to Paris and London.

The booklet is tri-lingual and the cover is in the corporate burgundy-red and features the original version of the logo with the eagle-M that was designed by German graphic designer Karl Schulpig (1884 - 1948). Mitropa's services for the Deutsche Reichsbahn grew and faded in tandem with effects of World War Two and in post-war years Mitropa survived as the service provider for the East German railways, on rail and at stations, whilst DSG operated in West Germany and on Deutsche Bundesbahn's services. The company diversified into motorway service stations .Upon reunification and the subsequent 1994 merger of the railways to form Deutsche Bahn Mitropa again became the national service provider, until after making losses a restructured company became part of Compass in 2004 and the Mitropa name vanished in 2006.

The booklet closes with a fine view of the "Mitropa-Airport Restaurant" at Berlin's Central Airport, Templehof, drawn by "Steinberg" - Flughafen-Restaurant Mitropa im Zentral-Flughafen Berlin.

Mitropa - the Mitteleuropäische Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen Aktiengesellschaft (German for Central European Sleeping and Dining Cars Incorporated) was formed in 1916 and entered into business on 1 January 1917 and although, as described in this booklet, the company's aim was to "help, maintain and develop friendly and neighborly relations among the various countries" Mitropa, the name a contraction of the German "Mitteleuropa", was a child of war. The reality was that this was the state railways of the Central Powers taking over the sleeper car and railway dining facilities that had previously been run by the now enemy owned CIWL - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Mitropa prospered in postwar years when it retained such facilities in Germany and Austria when CIWL returned to other 'lost' routes and operators. Mitropa services included some international routes such as into the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. The booklet notes that in recnet years (1928) they began to operate dining cars between St. Moritz and Tirano as well as, in 1929, on the Rhetian/Rhaetian Railway. The sleeping car and restaurant services, operated by a fleet of over 650 carriages, were maintained at various workshops and service depots including those at Berlin Falkensee, central kitchens in Berlin and Hamburg as well as central laundries at Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof.

The company also provided services to some shipping and ferry services and were moving into the new world of commercial aviation. This included the "Mitropa Airport Restaurant" at the Central Airport, Berlin, at Templehof. From 1928 Mitropa provided in-flight services for certain Lufthansa flights to Paris and London.

The booklet is tri-lingual and the cover is in the corporate burgundy-red and features the original version of the logo with the eagle-M that was designed by German graphic designer Karl Schulpig (1884 - 1948). Mitropa's services for the Deutsche Reichsbahn grew and faded in tandem with effects of World War Two and in post-war years Mitropa survived as the service provider for the East German railways, on rail and at stations, whilst DSG operated in West Germany and on Deutsche Bundesbahn's services. The company diversified into motorway service stations .Upon reunification and the subsequent 1994 merger of the railways to form Deutsche Bahn Mitropa again became the national service provider, until after making losses a restructured company became part of Compass in 2004 and the Mitropa name vanished in 2006.

This page shows the "Inneres eines modernen Mitropa-Speisewagens - the modern Mitropa dining or restaurant car.

Mitropa - the Mitteleuropäische Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen Aktiengesellschaft (German for Central European Sleeping and Dining Cars Incorporated) was formed in 1916 and entered into business on 1 January 1917 and although, as described in this booklet, the company's aim was to "help, maintain and develop friendly and neighborly relations among the various countries" Mitropa, the name a contraction of the German "Mitteleuropa", was a child of war. The reality was that this was the state railways of the Central Powers taking over the sleeper car and railway dining facilities that had previously been run by the now enemy owned CIWL - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Mitropa prospered in postwar years when it retained such facilities in Germany and Austria when CIWL returned to other 'lost' routes and operators. Mitropa services included some international routes such as into the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. The booklet notes that in recnet years (1928) they began to operate dining cars between St. Moritz and Tirano as well as, in 1929, on the Rhetian/Rhaetian Railway. The sleeping car and restaurant services, operated by a fleet of over 650 carriages, were maintained at various workshops and service depots including those at Berlin Falkensee, central kitchens in Berlin and Hamburg as well as central laundries at Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof.

The company also provided services to some shipping and ferry services and were moving into the new world of commercial aviation. This included the "Mitropa Airport Restaurant" at the Central Airport, Berlin, at Templehof. From 1928 Mitropa provided in-flight services for certain Lufthansa flights to Paris and London.

The booklet is tri-lingual and the cover is in the corporate burgundy-red and features the original version of the logo with the eagle-M that was designed by German graphic designer Karl Schulpig (1884 - 1948). Mitropa's services for the Deutsche Reichsbahn grew and faded in tandem with effects of World War Two and in post-war years Mitropa survived as the service provider for the East German railways, on rail and at stations, whilst DSG operated in West Germany and on Deutsche Bundesbahn's services. The company diversified into motorway service stations .Upon reunification and the subsequent 1994 merger of the railways to form Deutsche Bahn Mitropa again became the national service provider, until after making losses a restructured company became part of Compass in 2004 and the Mitropa name vanished in 2006.

These views are of the company's services, dining cars on the Bernina Railway in Switzerland and of the highest point for Mitropa services, at 2091m, the Mitropa station restaurant at Alp Grüm on the Railway. Diese Ansichten zeigen die Dienste des Unternehmens, Speisewagen auf der Berninabahn in der Schweiz und den höchsten Punkt für Mitropa-Dienste, auf 2091 m, das Bahnhofsrestaurant Mitropa auf der Alp Grüm an der Bahn.

Mitropa - the Mitteleuropäische Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen Aktiengesellschaft (German for Central European Sleeping and Dining Cars Incorporated) was formed in 1916 and entered into business on 1 January 1917 and although, as described in this booklet, the company's aim was to "help, maintain and develop friendly and neighborly relations among the various countries" Mitropa, the name a contraction of the German "Mitteleuropa", was a child of war. The reality was that this was the state railways of the Central Powers taking over the sleeper car and railway dining facilities that had previously been run by the now enemy owned CIWL - Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Mitropa prospered in postwar years when it retained such facilities in Germany and Austria when CIWL returned to other 'lost' routes and operators. Mitropa services included some international routes such as into the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. The booklet notes that in recnet years (1928) they began to operate dining cars between St. Moritz and Tirano as well as, in 1929, on the Rhetian/Rhaetian Railway. The sleeping car and restaurant services, operated by a fleet of over 650 carriages, were maintained at various workshops and service depots including those at Berlin Falkensee, central kitchens in Berlin and Hamburg as well as central laundries at Berlin Lehrter Bahnhof.

The company also provided services to some shipping and ferry services and were moving into the new world of commercial aviation. This included the "Mitropa Airport Restaurant" at the Central Airport, Berlin, at Templehof. From 1928 Mitropa provided in-flight services for certain Lufthansa flights to Paris and London.

The booklet is tri-lingual and the cover is in the corporate burgundy-red and features the original version of the logo with the eagle-M that was designed by German graphic designer Karl Schulpig (1884 - 1948). Mitropa's services for the Deutsche Reichsbahn grew and faded in tandem with effects of World War Two and in post-war years Mitropa survived as the service provider for the East German railways, on rail and at stations, whilst DSG operated in West Germany and on Deutsche Bundesbahn's services. The company diversified into motorway service stations .Upon reunification and the subsequent 1994 merger of the railways to form Deutsche Bahn Mitropa again became the national service provider, until after making losses a restructured company became part of Compass in 2004 and the Mitropa name vanished in 2006.

The cover with the logo and lettering. The booklet was printed by Max Stadthagen, Berlin SO 36.