Thalys

The high-speed Eurostar and Thalys trains idled part of their service through Brussels as transport workers walked off the job.

Public-Sector Strikes Hit European Holiday Travel Matthew Dalton 2011

At the Brussels South train station, the tracks of the Eurostar and Thalys trains linking London and Paris through Brussels with Amsterdam and Germany remained empty.

Public-Sector Strikes Hit European Holiday Travel Matthew Dalton 2011

Thornsett Group The penthouse is based 10 minutes from Brussels Zaventem airport, while the Eurostar and Thalys station are less than 1.2 miles away.

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The Eurostar and Thalys high speed trains from London and Paris to Brussels said they were suspending services for a third day on Wednesday and other train drivers held a wildcat strike Tuesday that left thousands of commuters without their normal transport.

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At least four Thalys trains were stopped en route, and the railway operator deployed staffers to stations where they were rerouted to provide assistance to travelers on board, she said.

Commuter Trains Collide Near Brussels 2010

Between Paris and Brussels, air travel has been all but replaced by the 82-minute Thalys line.

Riding the Rails 2010

One Parisian visiting Krakow, Poland, planned to take an all-night train to Berlin, transfer to a train bound for Mannheim, Germany, and then try to board the Thalys high-speed train that travels through the Netherlands and Belgium on the way to the French capital -- a Krakow-to-Paris trip of nearly two days that would have taken less than three hours by plane.

European officials to ease ash-related flight restrictions 2010

Thalys has at least 25 round-trip trains operating between Paris and Brussels each day, plus seven linking Brussels and Amsterdam and six from Belgium to Cologne, Germany.

Commuter Trains Collide Near Brussels 2010

One Parisian visiting Krakow, Poland, planned to take an all-night train to Berlin, transfer to a train bound for Mannheim, Germany, and then try to board the Thalys high-speed train that travels through the Netherlands and Belgium on the way to the French capital -- a Krakow-to-Paris trip of nearly two days that would have taken less than three hours by plane.

European officials to ease ash-related flight restrictions 2010

"No [Thalys] train is moving for the moment ... it's very hard to know today when services will resume," she said.

Commuter Trains Collide Near Brussels 2010