Thalys International is a company with a European focus based in Brussels.
Its history, though relatively brief, has already been marked by numerous developments that have improved its network and its services.

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January 2011 Opening of " Le Salon "

September 2011 Mobile Ticketing for everybody

29 August 2011 New German services (Düsseldorf, Duisburd and Essen).

30 October 2011 Brussels Airlines and Jet Airways joined forces with Thalys to connect the centre of Paris with their networks, via Brussels Airport.

December 2010 10th return trip to the Netherlands

January 2009 Launch of the first renovated Thalys

December 2009 Opening of the high speed lines to the Netherlands and Germany

2008 Sale of high-speed Internet access on board Thalys.

Summer 2003 First Thalys Nuits d'Eté ("Summer Nights") trains operate on the Brussels - Marne-la-Vallée ine in the context of the company's partnership with Disney.

December 15, 2003 Inauguration of the Paris - Bruxelles National Airport Line.

december 19, 1998 Thalys Neige ("Snow") offers service to winter recreation areas from the Tarentaise Valley to Bourg St. Maurice..

September 2004 Thalys transports its 40 millionth passenger.

2007 Entrance of the DB in the capital of Thalys International. Dematerialisation of tickets with Ticketless

1993 Creation of first international travel group, "IPM", with the purpose of defining a shared concept and developing the organizational structure for the future rail company.

2006 Thalys is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

2005 Thalys offers passengers free wi-fi connection on board its trains First ever joint project involving Thalys and Eurostar Partnership launched with AVV, the public transport network of Aachen

2002 Thalys Soleil line extended to Marseille and Avignon.

Summer 2000 Thalys Soleil ("Sun") line created, with service to Valence.

Mai 1999 Westrail International becomes Thalys International.

Nnovembre 28, 1999 Inauguration of the Thalys Bruxelles - Aéroport CDG 2 TGV - Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy line.

December 14, 1997 Thalys lines become a true network. Service is started on the high-speed Paris-Brussels line with a total travel time of only one hour and twenty-five minutes. Travel time between Paris and Amsterdam is also reduced by one-half hour. Service is extended to Germany, with lines to Cologne and Aix-La-Chapelle. In Belgium, trains are offered to Namur, Charleroi, Bruges, Gand and Ostende. .

2 june 1996 First Thalys Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam line. From Paris, the trip to Brussels takes 2h03, and the trip to Amsterdam takes 4h47.

1995 Creation of Westrail International, a Belgian cooperative company and joint subsidiary of the SNCF and the SNCB, which is joined by a subsidiary created specifically by the Dutch and German rail companies (Thalys Netherlands and the DB, respectively). The purpose of this company is to create and manage a high-speed network covering Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands.

1987 Decision to create a high-speed rail link between Paris, Bruxelles, Amsterdam and Cologne.

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