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Thalys (French: ) was a brand name used for high-speed train services between Paris Gare du Nord and both Amsterdam Centraal and German cities in the Rhein-Ruhr, including Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen and Dortmund, both via Brussels-South. Thalys was created out of a political ambition formalised in October 1987 to establish a ...
Izy used the main train stations of Brussels-South and Paris-Gare du Nord, in comparison to Ouigo, which serves secondary stations such as Marne-la-Vallée for Paris, and Tourcoing, which is near Lille. However, the Izy service did not use the same rail line as Thalys, but rather conventional older rail lines.
A TGV Sud-Est, the first trainset in regular service.. The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) is a high-speed rail service, which started operation in 1981.. This article is a list of all high-speed train services in France.
During the ensuing 20 minutes, I assessed the Thalys product. Not worth €1-per-kilometre (except, as in my situation, when desperate). And strangely rooted in the 1980s from a design point of view.
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After 15 thrilling days of intense competition throughout France, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games have reached their pinnacle with the final day of events that will be followed by the grand closing ...
The last ten of these triple voltage units are known as Thalys PBA (Paris–Brussels–Amsterdam) sets and were built for Thalys services, now branded as Eurostar. As well as using standard French voltages of 25 kV 50 Hz AC and 1,500 V DC (also used in the Netherlands ), the triple voltage sets can operate under the Belgian and Italian 3,000 V ...
HSL 1 connects Brussels with the French border. 88 km (55 mi) long (71 km (44 mi) dedicated high-speed tracks, 17 km (11 mi) modernised lines), it began service on 14 December 1997. The line has appreciably shortened rail journeys, the journey from Paris to Brussels now taking 1:22.