Back in 2023 I came up with the rather astounding statistic that you could increase capacity on Bruxelles-Paris Thalys services by 186% without building any new lines https://jonworth.eu/make-international-rail-cheaper-capacity-on-a-route-is-the-crucial-issue/
Today I checked the stats for now - on Monday 19th October the amount of departing Thalys units is *precisely what it was* in March 2023 - 32 units
The only changes?
Thalys is rebranded Eurostar
And each trip takes 5-7 minutes longer
#CrossBorderRail
Jon Worth
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