During the 2024 Olympic & Paralympic games in Paris, the SNCB / NMBS, what is the state owned railway company of Belgium launched a new service along the old railway line. Between Brussels via Mons in Belgium to Paris in France. By the end of this year (2024), so at the start of the 2025 time table, this train line will be adjusted a little bit and will be added in the regular time table.
This train relieves some of the pressure on the popular Eurostar (formerly Thalys) trains along this route and are a great extra addition.
Join me on board of the first train from Paris to Brussels.
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00:00 Introduction
00:52 Extra background information about the route for today
06:20 SNCB / NMBS Eurocity train Brussels – Mons – Paris during the Olympics 2024
17:02 Views from the train along the conventional railway line between Paris & Brussels.
21:59 Other ways to travel between Brussels & Paris by train without taking the Eurostar.
25:02 End of this trip report, Paris – Brussels by EuroCity train.
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13 Comments
Good video
7:41 😂 what on earth are you doing up there?
I hope you got a discount on your luggage rack seat…
I saw you on Doc Austin's vid, thought this route was great, but you are right, the ticket situation is not helpful at all. After the mess of Brexit I know all about cross border travel and it should be easier..good video, well done, I like these trains, not fancy but does the job.
The answer to why some EC trains do not have a restaurant/café car is that this restriction is optional for shorter international journeys.
I heard about this EuroCity so it's great you already doing a video about this train route!!!
#BringBackEuroCityToTheBenelux
You must have taken the EuroStar to Paris Nord before the vandalism on the LGV line. I heard that the EuroStar trains are now being routed on the conventional line until repairs have been completed.
Dus met een beetje mazzel kunnen we binnenkort eindelijk een fatsoenlijke manier de fiets meenemen tussen Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Brussel-Parijs???? Dat zou super zijn🚴♀️🚂🚴♀️🚂🚴♀️🇪🇺🇳🇱👍
Since then is the Siemens Vectron capable of going to France? I always thought it is not authorised for the French railway network since they have to change the locomotive for the Austrian nightjet trains.
These train is about 30 years old. So that's the reason why it's not accessibly. But for the rest the trains kept up very well for its age! I still prefer this one over newer trains in Belgium! It maybe needs more plugs and some update informations panel, because they are straight from the 90's. And if they would add an accessible car, they can go on for 30 more years!
Booking international train tickets is always a problem… for long journeys you often have to book tickets via several companies, which makes travel complicated.
But there is something more incredible with trains between Belgium and north of France : There is a train operated jointly by NMBS and SNCF, between Tournai (B) and Lille (F).
If you buy your ticket with the belgian company, you can reserve it. With SNCF it's not possible !
But some month ago it was also possible to book it online with SNCF. The only twist was… that it cost 68% more with SNCF ! 😬 For the exact same train, at the same time.
Jammer dat de rijtuigen geen gelijkvloerse instap hebben zoals de Talgo treinen. De toegankelijkheid is zeer belangrijk voor ouderen en mensen met een beperking. Ook zou het goed zijn deze trein door te trekken naar Amsterdam en Keulen. Voor Amsterdam moet de locomotief worden aangepast. Wel is deze trein een leuk initiatief. Alleen de de reistijd kan korter. De TEE reed in 2 uur en 20 minuten.