Trans Europ Express

Trans Europe Express
Overview
Service typeInternational network of express trains
StatusDefunct
LocaleWestern Europe
First service2 June 1957
Last service28 May 1995[1]
SuccessorVarious, including EuroCity, InterCity, TGV, Thalys and other systems.
Former operator(s)The national railways of several European countries
On-board services
Class(es)1957–1991: First class only
1993–1995 (Paris–Brussels only): First and second class
Technical
ElectrificationVarious different voltages, depending on country

The Trans Europ Express, or Trans-Europe Express (TEE), was an international first-class railway service in western and central Europe that was founded in 1957 and ceased in 1995. At the height of its operations, in 1974, the TEE network comprised 45 trains, connecting 130 different cities,[1] from Spain in the west to Austria in the east, and from Denmark to Southern Italy.

  1. ^ a b Haydock, David (June–July 1996). "The Second Demise of the TEE". Today's Railways, p. 22–24. Platform 5 Publishing (UK). ISSN 1354-2753.