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Business train travel is gaining more and more ground on short distances. The preference for the train among business travelers for destinations within a radius of 400 kilometers is increasing. Out…
Investigation required after construction blunder at viaduct in South Holland
It is now expected that the speed will only be increased to 2025 kilometers per hour in 300. ProRail has decided to take measures to ensure the safety of…
KLM buys extra seats from Thalys
This capacity expansion is a follow-up to the pilot that KLM carried out together with Thalys between July and October 2022, in which one daily flight between Brussels and Amsterdam was replaced by…
Brand name Thalys disappears due to merger with high-speed train Eurostar
The new logo will be affixed to all Eurostar and Thalys trains in the coming months. In Brussels, Eurostar CEO Gwendoline Cazenave presented the first trains with the new Eurostar logo, …
Travelers stuck for hours in Thalys around Saint Denis
Bystanders threw bottles of water for the travelers through the smashed windows. The Thalys train was stopped for about four hours due to a malfunction in the Parisian suburb of Saint Denis.…
Trial Schiphol-Brussels route starts
KLM and Thalys recently started the previously announced collaboration in which KLM purchases seats from Thalys on the Schiphol-Brussels (vv) route for transfer passengers. This means that one daily flight is no longer…
NS allows Ukrainian refugees to travel for free
Ukrainian refugees can travel for free by train in the Netherlands. NS reported on Tuesday that Ukrainians fleeing their country because of the war can get a train ticket by showing their passport or…
Renewed Thalys put into service
Thalys recently officially put its newly designed train into use. The train offers 28 extra seats, 15% more luggage space and a new bar area. In addition, the larger capacity reduces CO2 emissions…
Strikes among NS staff lead to nuisance
NS service employees and conductors on the train from Amsterdam to Brussels will go on strike on Wednesday. The NS expects inconvenience for travelers to and from the Belgian capital. They must…
Phased reopening Disneyland Paris from July 15
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Dutch Female” buttontext=”read out”] Disneyland Paris will reopen in phases from July 15, starting with the two Disney Parks, Disney's Newport Bay Club and Disney Village. Enhanced health measures are being…
International train traffic is gradually increasing on the Thalys route
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Dutch Female” buttontext=”read out”] Thalys will continue to operate one round trip between Brussels and Paris and one round trip between Brussels and Amsterdam per day for another week due to the corona crisis. But…
Passengers Eurostar and Thalys must wear face masks
[responsivevoice_button voice=”Dutch Female” buttontext=”read out”] Passengers on Eurostar and Thalys high-speed trains will have to wear face masks from Monday, May 4. Both companies decided this themselves in response to…