Re: Air France throws in the towel

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Dave Proctor"
> > "David Bromage"
> > > David Bromage (dbromage@fang.omni.com.au) wrote:
> > > > This should be a shot in the arm for Speedrail. The distance is
roughly
> > > > comparable to Sydney - Canberra, although air traffic was much
higher in
> > > > France.
> > >
> > > Correction, WAS higher before TGV. Air France is down to 4 flights per
> > day.
> >
> > 4 flights per day between the capital of France and the capital of
Belgium.
> > 20 trains per day on Mondays to Thursdays, an extra one on Fridays.
Shows
> > which mode they prefer.
>
> Any idea how they compared? i.e. price, times, location of
airport/station?

Timetables for Thalys are at http://www.thalys.com/ - no idea about the
location of Charles de Gaulle airport, I have never flown into or out of
Paris, but it is served by a suburban train (i.e. bog standard train, the
way Sydney does it). It is also part of the TGV network, although you would
not be using a TGV to get from the airport to downtown.

DB might be able to help WRT pricing, flight times, etc.

Dave