From: marc.gr.vandyck@invalid.skynet.be

Stephen Sprunk wrote :
> On 13-Apr-15 13:23, Marc Van Dyck wrote:
>> jimmygeldburg@gmail.com used his keyboard to write :
>>> Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>>>> I traveled overnight from Paris to Amsterdam in a couchette, and
>>>> I really liked that concept.  There was absolutely no privacy (5
>>>> other strangers in the same room), but it was a _lot_ cheaper
>>>> than having a room to myself and more comfortable than a coach
>>>> seat; I probably wouldn't have made the trip at all if that
>>>> option weren't available
>>>
>>> The Thalys makes that trip in 3:18.  Why do you need an overnight
>>> train?
>>
>> As far as I remember, the Thalys and the overnight train never
>> coexisted. As usual with SNCF, when TGVs came in, all other trains
>> on the same journey disappeared. So Stephen did not have the choice.
>> There were daytime trains that took approximately 6 hours for that
>> journey.
>
> At the time, there were both CoRail night trains and Thalys day trains
> on that route; perhaps the former hadn't been discontinued yet because
> SNCF itself didn't (and AFAICT still doesn't) operate TGVs there.
>
> S

Do you remember which year it was, even approximately ?

Thalys, at that time, was just a commercial brand, and behind it were
SNCF, SNCB, NS and DB.

--
Marc Van Dyck

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