| The 300 kph / 185 mph Thalys PBKA is a high-speed train derived from the French TGV. It operates the Thalys service between Paris, Brussels, Cologne (German: Köln) and Amsterdam, forming the abbreviation PBKA. All of the trains are quadri-current, capable of operating under 25kV 50 Hz AC (LGVs and a part of the French lignes classiques), 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC (Germany), 3 kV DC (Belgium) and 1.5 kV DC (the Netherlands and the remainder of the French lignes classiques). Thalys International is owned by SNCF (60%) and Belgien NMBS/SNCB (40%) with head quarter at Bruxelles. |