Thalys
Sign in to saveThalys (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.
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- Thalys
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- Hoofddorp Thalys TGV-PBA 4534 trein 9340 Paris-Nord - Flickr - Rob Dammers.jpg
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- Thalys TGV in Hoofddorp, Netherlands
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- High-speed rail
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- Eurostar Group
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Background and establishment
- Changes and improvements
- Merger with Eurostar
- Routes
- Market
- Accessibility
- Thalys Lounge
- Partnership with Airlines
- Rolling stock
- Accidents and incidents
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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 network of international high-speed railway services between the cities of Paris, Brussels, Cologne and Amsterdam. The Thalys name was created in January 1995. The company procured a fleet of Alstom-built TGV trains to operate its services as they were viewed as the only existing rolling stock suitable to the task.