Thalys: Maastricht-Paris seven times per day
Maastricht area news, posted March 29th, 2006
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Thalys rails wants in the near future to increase the number of high speed trains between Maastricht and Paris to seven per day. Since yesterday it is possible to buy a return ticket for the 3-hour long journey through the Dutch railways website for the cost of EUR 61, provided that the ticket is purchased at least two weeks before the reservation date.
Thalys Director-General J.-M. Dancoisne yesterday expressed enthusiasm at the number of potential passengers in South-Limburg and the Euregio. Thalys registered a 12 per cent increase in the number of passengers during the TEFAF art fair, in comparison with 2005, when the first high-speed train reached Maastricht.
Source: Dagblad De Limburger (in Dutch), 29 March 2006
