Resumption of railway traffic in Belgium : First Thalys trains between Brussels and Paris tonight

Information at 4.45pm

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 — In the course of the resumption of railway traffic in Belgium, Thalys sets in the first connections between Brussels and Paris tonight from 5 pm. For tomorrow, 23rd March 2016, the resumption of the entire Thalys traffic is foreseen, but presumably with heavy perturbations and delays.

From Brussels Midi two Thalys trains will depart to Paris Gare du Nord :

  • 7.13 pm departure from Brussels Midi
  • 9.57 pm  departure from Brussels Midi

From Paris Gare du Nord two Thalys trains will depart to Brussels Midi :

  • 5.16 pm departure from Paris Gare du Nord
  • 7.13 pm departure from Paris Gare du Nord

The train station Brussels Midi is accessible via the entrance at Horta Place only.

Thalys continues to recommend to its clients the postponement of travels from and to Brussels. Regarding the further Thalys traffic, the company will inform clients and public via www.thalys.com and the twitter account @Thalys_eng.

Thalys remains in contact with the national safety authorities in each country. There are stringent security measures in force at the stations served by Thalys. Further Thalys remains available to guide its customers in these difficult circumstances. The customer service is available by phone (+32 70 66 77 88).

Information for ticket exchange and reimbursement :

All Thalys tickets valid for travels on March 22nd and March 23rd, can be exchanged free of charges or reimbursed at the initial point of sales.

Thalys thanks their clients for their understanding.

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Bérengère Vuathier Thalys
Wim Lefebure Whyte Corporate Affairs
Ariane Goossens Whyte Corporate Affairs
About Thalys

Thalys : 1996 – 2016

Thalys is the high-speed red train linking Paris to Brussels in 1 hour 22 minutes, and to Cologne and Amsterdam in just 3h14 and 3h16. Since 2011, Thalys also serves the three German cities of Dusseldorf, Duisburg and Essen and since 21 March 2016, Dortmund. Thalys provides a Lille to Amsterdam service since April 2014.

Thalys is a member of Railteam, a collaborative venture between the main European high-speed rail operators, the CER (Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies) and the UIC (International Union of Railways).

Since 1996, Thalys has been the only truly multicultural operator to achieve success in the international high-speed rail business in four countries. The Thalys success story is both commercial - 100 million rail passengers transported - and technical, with for example the successful introduction of on-board WiFi in 2008 and a new train management system, ERTMS, in 2009. For increased efficiency and fluidity, and even greater improvements in terms of customer service and satisfaction, Thalys will become a full-function train operating company by 2015.

A true innovator, Thalys has created an exceptional service which is today considered a benchmark for rail operators worldwide and where its signature slogan "Welcome to our world" is synonymous with passenger comfort, a warm multilingual welcome, high quality catering, the Comfort 1 service package, new communication technologies (all Thalys coaches offer on-board WiFi, a service provided by 21Net and activated by Nokia Siemens Networks)... Since 26 August 2013, Thalys has held NF Transport Service quality certification awarded by AFNOR Certification for its Paris-Brussels line, an international first.

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