Travel with Thalys

Thalys – get to Belgium and southern France comfortably

Thalys is the ultimate high-speed train for daily connections between the Netherlands and France. In the summer Sun-Thalys will bring you directly to southern France. In the winter you can travel directly to the French Alps with Ski-Thalys. It's fast and it's easy!

 

 

Fares and discounts

No trip is ever the same. That’s why we have just the right fare for every travel situation.

* Possibility to buy your ticket until a few days before departure (Subject to availability)
** Price is for a one-way ticket Amsterdam - Paris

Buying tickets

To provide the best possible service, we make our tickets available in various ways. The easiest and fastest way is to purchase your ticket online.

> More information on where you can purchase your tickets

Pre-sale period and seat reservations

Thalys tickets can be booked as early as three months before your departure date. Reservations are required. This way, you can be sure of getting a seat. If you’re not travelling alone, book two or four seats at the same time to ensure you are seated together.

 

 

Travel classes in Thalys

The Thalys has 2 travel classes: Comfort 1 and Comfort 2. Travelling in Comfort 1 means extra services and amenities:

• • more leg room
• • wider seats
• • complimentary drink, snack and main course meal* served at your seat
• • an electrical outlet at your seat
• • a choice of newspapers in various languages
• • taxi reservation service in Paris
• • free access to NS Hispeed Lounges at Amsterdam Central, Schiphol and Rotterdam Central stations

Plus WiFi

Most carriages are now equipped with a WiFi (a complementary service in Comfort 1 and available for a fee in Comfort 2).

* Your main course meal will be served between Amsterdam and Brussels or between Brussels and Paris, depending on when your train leaves your departure station.

 

On board the Thalys

Catering

In the bar/buffet carriage, you can order coffee, tea or another beverage, and sandwiches, salads and hot or cold snacks. You can pay cash or, for orders of € 10.00 or more, with a credit card. Tickets for the Paris metro can also be bought here.

 

Locating your carriage

On the Thalys, the carriage numbers are located next to the exterior doors. Your ticket has your carriage number on it, so finding your carriage should be easy.

Travellers with impaired mobility

Thalys provides a number of special facilities that make sure our trains are as accessible as possible for everyone, including the elderly, visually impaired and other passengers with impaired mobility.

> More information for passengers with impaired mobility

Luggage

You can take two large pieces of luggage (max. 85 cm) and one piece of hand luggage aboard. Luggage racks are located at the entrance to the carriages.

> More information about luggage regulations

Taking your bicycle along

Would you like to take a standard bicycle, mountain bike, tandem, track bike or recumbent bicycle with you on an international train to a European destination? Some trains have a special place to store your bicycle.

> More information about taking along bicycles

Taking a pet along

Most trains allow you to take your pet with you. In certain cases, there are conditions that will have to be met.

> More information about transporting pets

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted on board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thalys Timetable

The Thalys departs from Amsterdam Central seven (and sometimes nine) times a day and travels through Antwerp Central and Brussels South to reach Paris in 3 hours and 18 minutes. Travel time to Antwerp Central is 1 hour and 12 minutes; travelling to Brussels takes 1 hour and 54 minutes.

Departure stations:

• • Amsterdam Central
• • Schiphol airport
• • Rotterdam Central

Arrival stations:

• • Antwerp Central
• • Brussels South
• • Paris Gare du Nord

Seasonal destinations

Sun-Thalys: southern France

From the end of June to the end of August, Thalys can take you from Amsterdam to Valence, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence and Marseilles every Saturday.

> More about Sun-Thalys

Ski-Thalys: Frence Alps

From the end of December to March, the Thalys can take you from Amsterdam to the ski resorts in Chambéry, Albertville, Moutiers, Aime-la-Plagne, Landry and Bourg-St-Maurice.

> More about Ski-Thalys