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L'Oiseau Bleu (train)
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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.[1]
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![]() The TEE Oiseau Bleu at Brussels-South station in 1979 | |||||
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Service type | CIWL (1929-1939) Express train (1947-1957) Trans Europ Express (TEE) (1957ā1984) | ||||
Locale | Belgium France | ||||
First service | 16 May 1929 (1929-05-16) | ||||
Last service | 3 June 1984 (1984-06-03) | ||||
Former operator(s) | CIWL SBB-CFF-FFS SNCF NMBS/SNCB | ||||
Route | |||||
Termini | Antwerp Paris | ||||
Distance travelled | 363 km | ||||
Service frequency | Daily | ||||
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Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1ā2 in) | ||||
Electrification | 3 kV DC (Belgium) 25 kV 50 Hz AC (France) | ||||
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