Wagon-lit

nounStandard termRailroad

A historic European sleeping car used on international luxury trains.

A historic European sleeping car, famously operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. North American crews use the terms sleeper or Pullman instead, but the phrase remains a recognized historical reference for luxury overnight rail travel among passenger rail historians.

Heard on the job

They restored the interior of that private car to look like a classic wagon-lit from the orient express days.