New night train Amsterdam – Zurich starts 12 December
Ticket sales for the night train connection between Amsterdam and Zurich started on Wednesday. This daily connection will officially start on 12 December, reports Dutch Railways NS. The night train to Zurich is the second...Read more
Thalys to be renamed Eurostar in the future
High-speed train operators Eurostar and Thalys are resuming plans to merge. The merged company will be based in Belgium and the Thalys brand will eventually disappear.Read more
25th anniversary of Thalys: how did it start?
Happy birthday to Thalys! This Wednesday, 2 June, marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of the TGV Thalys. On 2 June 1996, the TGV replaced all conventional trains between Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, and...Read more
German rail industry: invest in infrastructure, digitalisation and modal shift
At the beginning of the German election year 2021, eight railway associations presented their most important demands for their next federal government. Three billion euros a year for infrastructure, the entire digitalisation of the railways...Read more
The Netherlands explores hyperloop for its busiest freight corridor
A pilot route that would be the first step in creating a pan-European hyperloop network is being investigated in the largest urban area of The Netherlands, between Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Numerous local governments, Schiphol Airport,...Read more