L'Oiseau Bleu (train)
The TEE Oiseau Bleu at Brussels-South station in 1979 | |||||
| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | CIWL (1929-1939) Express train (1947-1957) Trans Europ Express (TEE) (1957–1984) | ||||
| Locale | Belgium France | ||||
| First service | 16 May 1929 | ||||
| Last service | 3 June 1984 | ||||
| Former operator(s) | CIWL SBB-CFF-FFS SNCF NMBS/SNCB | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Termini | Antwerp Paris | ||||
| Distance travelled | 363 km | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||
| Electrification | 3 kV DC (Belgium) 25 kV 50 Hz AC (France) | ||||
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L'Oiseau Bleu (or the Oiseau Bleu) was an international express train linking Antwerp with Paris. The train was named after the play L'Oiseau Bleu as a tribute to its author, the Belgian Nobel Prize laureate Maurice Maeterlinck.