The Brabant was an express train that linked Gare du Nord in Paris, France, with Brussels-South in Brussels, Belgium. The train was named after the historical Duchy of Brabant[1] of which Brussels was the capital.
Trans Europ Express
The Brabant was introduced in the TEE-network to cope with the rising number of passengers between Paris and Brussels.[2] This fourth TEE service between the two cities was planned to be the first through electric service on this railway line. However, due to the Big Freeze of 1963, the overhead lines works were behind schedule[3] and at 26 May 1963 the service was started with a northbound only DMU, detached from the existing TEE Île de France.