Pullman (car or coach)

The term Pullman was used to refer to railroad sleeping cars which were run by the Pullman Company (founded by George Pullman)in the United States; this term was learnt, and applied similarly, by the rail transport in Mexico.

It also refers to railway dining cars in Europe, which were both run by the Pullman Company or lounge cars operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

In Great Britain, Pullman refers to the lounge cars operated by the "British Pullman Car Company."

Additionally in some Western European countries, along the 40's and 50's, the specially luxuriosus motor coaches were sometimes referred to as Auto-Pullmans.

In Mexico, pullman may refer too to a luxury bus as well as a sleeping car.