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Thalys is an international high-speed train operator originally built around the LGV Nord high-speed line between Paris and Brussels.

This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains.

Thalys serves Amsterdam and Cologne as well.

Its system is managed by Thalys International (SNCF (62%), NMBS/SNCB (28%), and Deutsche Bahn (10%)) and operated by THI Factory (SNCF (60%), NMBS/SNCB (40%)).

TGV ("high-speed train") is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by SNCF, the national rail operator.

It was developed in the 1970s by GEC-Alsthom and SNCF.

Originally designed as turbotrains to be powered by gas turbines, the prototypes evolved into electric trains with the 1973 oil crisis.

Following the inaugural service between Paris and Lyon in 1981 on the LGV Sud-Est ("LGV") (high-speed line), the network, centred on Paris, has expanded to connect main cities across France and in adjacent countries on combinations of high-speed and conventional lines.

Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting London with Avignon, Brussels, Lille, Lyon, Marseille and Paris.

All its trains traverse the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France, owned and operated separately by Eurotunnel.

SNCB/NMBS is the national railway company of Belgium.

The company formally styles itself using the Dutch and French abbreviations NMBS/SNCB, however it is commonly referred to in English and internationally using just the French abbreviation SNCB.

The corporate logo designed in 1936 by Henry van de Velde consists of the linguistically neutral letter B in a horizontal oval.

The Intercity-Express (written as InterCityExpress in Austria, Denmark, Switzerland and, formerly, in Germany) or ICE is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and its surrounding countries.

It is the highest service category offered by DB Fernverkehr and is the flagship of Deutsche Bahn.

The brand name "ICE" is among the best-known in Germany, with a brand awareness close to 100%, according to DB.

There are currently 259 trainsets in five different versions of the ICE vehicles in use, named ICE 1 (deployed in 1991), ICE 2 (1996), ICE T (1999), ICE 3 (1999) and ICE TD (2001–2003, back in service 2007).

The ICE 3, including its variant models, is made by a consortium led by Bombardier and Siemens.