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The AM/MS08 series is a three-part electric multiple unit of the Siemens type Desiro Main Line (Desiro ML), a so-called lightweight train with a low-floor section for regional passenger transport and local passenger transport for the National Railway Company of Belgium(SNCB/NMBS).
The Brussels S Train service was added in December 2015 and took over a good deal of the L trains. S Trains, and were later also introduced around other key cities like Antwerp, Liège, Gent. International (high speed) services operate to countries such as the Netherlands, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria and UK.
Cover of the December 1888 edition. The European Rail Timetable, more commonly known by its former names, the Thomas Cook European Timetable, the Thomas Cook Continental Timetable or simply Cook's Timetable, is an international timetable of selected passenger rail schedules for every country in Europe, along with a small amount of such content from areas outside Europe.
The last two were in yellow and the others split between green and blue. Models marked * are second generation models with different motors and other improvements. Models of 2024 and 2025 were produced by Rocky Rail for the Jocadis (now defunct) model train shop in the yellow and blue. These used the existing Roco model of 2018 in blue.
Belgium France SNCB/SNCF: 1987–1993 Thalys: Insubria: Zürich – Chiasso – Milan: 179 Switzerland Italy CIS: EC: Iris: Brussels – Luxembourg – Metz – Strasbourg – Basel – Zürich – Chur: 96/97 Belgium Luxembourg France Switzerland SBB: 1987–2016 J.J. Rousseau: Paris – Geneva: 972/979 France Switzerland SNCF 1987–? TGV ...
Belgium's high-speed rail network provides mostly international connections from Brussels to France, Germany and The Netherlands. The high-speed network began with the opening of the HSL 1 to France in 1997, and since then high-speed lines have been extended towards Germany with HSL 2 in 2002, HSL 3 from Liège to the German border in 2009, and ...
Belgium operates a policy of cheap rail travel. [citation needed] Citizens in Belgium, especially students and older citizens, are offered incentives and cheaper fares in order to alleviate congestion on the nation's roads. Public sector employees are entitled to a free or heavily subsidised season ticket for commuting by rail.
During January 1995, Westrail International was created by the French and Belgian national railways to operate the new international services. That same month, both the logo and brand of Thalys were also created; the word deliberately lacked any particular meaning, save for being pronounceable in the languages of all the countries served. [4]