Thalys - Book Train Travel in Paris, Brussels, Cologne and Amsterdam

Thalys Train Services

Thalys trains offer a fantastic range of services and facilities. Customers now have a continuous broadband Internet connection on all Thalys trains travelling to all destinations, so you can surf the Internet, consult your emails or work during your journey. In Comfort 1 Wifi is free whilst in the rest of the train there is a small charge.

Customers can obtain refreshments in the Thalys Bar, located between the Comfort 2 and Comfort 1 carriages. If you are a Comfort 1 passenger a meal is included in the price of your ticket and will be served to you at your seat.

For Families all Thalys trains have dedicated Family space is found in carriages 6 and 7. The family seating area consists of 4 seats around a foldable table, separated by a glass partition. Seats can be folded away to accommodate a pushchair.

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Thalys Train Services

Beyond Brussels, the main cities Thalys trains reach are Antwerp, The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Liège, Bruges, Ghent, Charleroi, Aachen and Cologne. Trains to these destinations run partly on dedicated high-speed tracks, and partly on older tracks shared with normal-speed trains; further high-speed track is planned to allow a full high-speed service. Plans to continue the line past Cologne to Frankfurt had to be abandoned because the power Germany's 15 kV electric system provides is insufficient for the Thalys trains to operate at full speed on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Travel time from Brussels (Brussels-South) to Paris (Gare du Nord) is normally 1 hour, 22 minutes, for a distance of approximately 190 miles. Peak speed is 190 mph on a dedicated high-speed railway track.

The LGV (ligne à grande vitesse) link with Charles de Gaulle Airport allowed Air France to withdraw its air service between Paris and Brussels; instead, Air France books seats on Thalys trains. Thalys has been given the IATA designator 2H. This is used in conjunction with American Airlines and Northwest Airlines. American Airlines has a code sharing agreement with Thalys for rail service from Charles de Gaulle airport to Brussels-South. The airline alliance SkyTeam also has a code sharing agreement with Thalys for rail service from Schiphol Airport Amsterdam to Antwerp's Central Station and Brussels South Charleroi airport.