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Thalys is a high-speed train network built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains. The system uses two models of trains, the PBA and the PBKA, which both belong to the TGV (train à grande vitesse) family of high-speed trains built by Alstom in France, although they are not identical to domestic TGV sets. Download high resolution version (974x644, 114 KB)Thalys train, photographed at Aachen Hauptbahnhof on 2003-09-15 by myself, released under GFDL File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (974x644, 114 KB)Thalys train, photographed at Aachen Hauptbahnhof on 2003-09-15 by myself, released under GFDL File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Japanese Shinkansen trains began the development of modern high-speed railways (shown here: West Japan Railway Company 500 Series Shinkansen at Kyoto). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world Paris is Frances capital and largest city, straddling the river Seine in the north central part of the country. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (French: Bruxelles, pronounced in Belgian French and in International French; Dutch: Brussel; German: BrÃ¼ssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French community of Belgium, the Flemish community and one of the three capitals of the European... Eurostar, see Eurostar Italia. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... City motto: â€“ City proper (commune) RÃ©gion Nord-Pas de Calais DÃ©partement Nord (59) Mayor Martine Aubry (PS) (since 2001) Area 39. ... The British terminal at Cheriton, from the Pilgrims Way. ... The Thalys PBA is an international train operating between Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam (hence PBA). ... Thalys PBKA at Aachen Hauptbahnhof The Thalys PBKA is a train derived from the French TGV. It operates between Paris, Brussels, Cologne and Amsterdam (PBKA, the K standing for the German name of Cologne, KÃ¶ln. ... This article is about the French high-speed railway system. ... Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e. ...

Beyond Brussels, the main cities Thalys trains reach are Antwerp, The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Liège, Aachen and Cologne. Trains to these destinations run partly on dedicated high-speed tracks (some of these are yet to be built), and partly on older tracks shared with normal-speed trains. Plans to continue the line to Cologne further to Frankfurt had to be abandoned because of the insufficient power the Thalys trainsets generate when operating under the 15 kV voltage system used in Germany. Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (French: Bruxelles, pronounced in Belgian French and in International French; Dutch: Brussel; German: BrÃ¼ssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French community of Belgium, the Flemish community and one of the three capitals of the European... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Belgian Baroque painter Rubens. ... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: officially s-Gravenhage, commonly Den Haag) is the third-largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 472,087 (January 1, 2005) (700,000 in the larger metropolitan area) and an area of approximately 100... For other places named Rotterdam, see Rotterdam (disambiguation) Rotterdam ( (helpÂ· info)), located in the province of South Holland, is the second largest municipality in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam). ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates 52Â°22â€²N 4Â°54â€²E Website www. ... LiÃ¨ge (Dutch: Luik, German: LÃ¼ttich; before 1946, the citys name was written LiÃ©ge, with the acute accent) is a major city located in the Belgian province of LiÃ¨ge, of which it is the capital. ... Aachen (French Aix-la-Chapelle, Dutch Aken, Latin Aquisgranum, Ripuarian Oche) is a spa city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany. ... Cologne Cathedral with Hohenzollern Bridge Cologne (German: (helpÂ· info) [kÅ“ln]; KÃ¶lsch: KÃ¶lle) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of... Skyline of Frankfurt (helpÂ· info) is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. ...

Travel time from Brussels (South station) to Paris (Gare du Nord) is normally 1 hour, 25 minutes, for a distance of approximately 300 km. Peak speed is 300 km/h on a dedicated high-speed railway track. The South station (French: Gare du Midi, Dutch: Zuidstation) in Brussels, Belgium is a metro, premetro and railway station. ... Main entrance to the Gare du Nord The Gare du Nord (meaning Northern Station) is one of the six large terminus stations of the SNCFs main line network in Paris. ... To help compare orders of magnitude; this page lists lengths between 100 and 1,000 km (105 and 106 m). ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words Ï‡Î¯Î»Î¹Î± (khilia) = thousand and Î¼ÎÏ„ÏÎ¿ (metro) = count/measure). ...

The LGV (Ligne a 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 codesharing agreement with Thalys for rail service from Charles de Gaulle airport to Brussels Midi. The airline alliance Skyteam also has a codesharing agreement with Thalys for rail service from Schiphol Airport Amsterdam to Antwerp's Berchem Station and Brussels Midi. LGV may be: Lymphogranuloma venereum Ligne a grande vitesse, French high speed railway line. ... Charles de Gaulle International Airport (French: A roport de Roissy-Charles de Gaulle), also known as Roissy Airport (or just Roissy in French), serving Paris, is one of Europes principal aviation centers, as well as Frances main international airport. ... Air France Boeing 747 Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before the take-over of KLM, it was essentially the national airline of France, employing 71,654 people (at January 2005). ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... American Airlines and American Eagle aircraft at San Juan American Airlines is the largest airline in the world in terms of total passengers transported, and the second-largest airline in the world (behind Air France-KLM) in terms of total operating revenues. ... Northwest Airlines (IATA: NW, ICAO: NWA, and Callsign: Northwest) is an airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, with three major hubs in the United States: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, and Memphis International Airport. ... The Skyteam logo The OneWorld logo The Star Alliance logo An airline alliance is an agreement between two or more airlines to cooperate for the foreseeable future on a substantial level. ... SkyTeam Alliance is the global airline alliance partnering Aeroméxico, Air France-KLM, Alitalia, Continental Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Korean Air and Northwest Airlines. ... Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs) at Schiphol Airport Schiphol (municipality Haarlemmermeer) is the Netherlands main airport. ...

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The Ligne a Grande Vitesse Nord-Europe is a French high speed railway line that runs from the 16. ... The HSL 1 is a Belgian high speed rail line which connects Brussels with the French border. ... The HSL 2 is a Belgian high-speed rail line between Leuven and Ans. ... The HSL 3 is a Belgian high-speed rail line currently under construction which will connect LiÃ¨ge to the German border. ... The HSL 4 is a Belgian high-speed rail line currently under construction which will connect Brussels to the Dutch border. ... The Hogesnelheidslijn Zuid usually shortened to HSL-Zuid, is a Dutch high-speed train line under construction (completion expected in 2007). ...

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Category: High-speed trains Japanese Shinkansen trains began the development of modern high-speed railways (shown here: West Japan Railway Company 500 Series Shinkansen at Kyoto). ... Image File history File links Tgv-icon. ... At Union Station, Washington, D.C. Acela Express (often called simply Acela, leading to early confusion with the Acela Regional) is the name used by Amtrak for the 20 high-speed tilting trains that run between Washington, D.C. and Boston via New York City and Philadelphia along the Northeast... AVE train set for Madrid-Sevilla AVE, an acronym for Alta Velocidad EspaÃ±ola (literally, Spanish High Speed but ave also meaning bird in Spanish) is a high speed train that can achieve speeds of up to 300 km/h on dedicated track. ... Eurostar, see Eurostar Italia. ... ICE train The InterCity Express or ICE is a type of high-speed train operated by DB Fernverkehr in Germany and neighboring countries, for example to ZÃ¼rich, Switzerland or Vienna, Austria. ... JR-Maglev, MLX01, at Yamanashi JR-Maglev, MLX01 (X means Experimental), is a magnetic levitation train system developed by the Japan Railway Technical Reasearch Institute (association of Japan Railway Group), composed of a maximum 5 cars to run on the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line. ... Korea Train Express (KTX) is South Koreas high speed train system. ... Transrapid at the Emsland test facility Transrapid maglev in Shanghai Magnetic levitation transport, or maglev, is a radically new form of transportation that suspends, guides and propels vehicles via electro-magnetic energy. ... Pendolino ( small pendulum in Italian) is a tilting train used in Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. ... Shinkansen 0 Series at Fukuyama Station, April 2002 Shinkansen 500 Series at Kyoto Station, March 2005 300 (Left) and 700 Series Shinkansen at Tokyo Station The Shinkansen (Japanese: æ–°å¹¹ç·š) is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. ... This article is about the French high-speed railway system. ... Transrapid at the Emsland test facility Transrapid is a German monorail system using magnetic levitation. ... Treno Alta VelocitÃ SpA is special purpose entity owned by RFI for planning and construction of high-speed rail lines (TAV) along Italys most important and saturated transport routes. ... X 2000 is the brand name of Swedens tilting 200 km/h high-speed train class X2, which is operated by SJ. It was launched in 1990 as a first-class only train with a meal included in the ticket price, and free use of the trains fax...

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