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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