# Rubens (train)

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| name            = ''Rubens''
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| type            = [Trans Europ Express](/source/Trans_Europ_Express) (TEE)<br>(1974–1987)<br>[EuroCity](/source/EuroCity) (EC)<br>(1987–1993)<br>[Trans Europ Express](/source/Trans_Europ_Express) (TEE)<br>(1993–1995)
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| locale          = [France](/source/France)<br>[Belgium](/source/Belgium)
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| start           = [Gare du Nord](/source/Gare_du_Nord)
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The '''''Rubens''''' was an [express train](/source/express_train) that linked [Gare du Nord](/source/Gare_du_Nord) in [Paris](/source/Paris), France, with [Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid](/source/Brussels-South_railway_station) in [Brussels](/source/Brussels), Belgium. The train was named after Flemish painter [Peter Paul Rubens](/source/Peter_Paul_Rubens).<ref>La Légende des TEE p.&nbsp;366.</ref>

==History==

===Trans Europ Express===
The ''Rubens'' was introduced together with the [TEE ''Memling''](/source/Memling_(train)) in the [TEE](/source/Trans_Europ_Express)-network to cope with the raising number of passengers between Paris and Brussels.<ref>Das grosse TEE Buch p.&nbsp;114</ref> Both services were the first in the morning, the ''Rubens'' departed from [Brussels](/source/Brussels) at 6:42 in the morning, while the ''Memling'' departed from the [Gare du Nord](/source/Gare_du_Nord) in [Paris](/source/Paris) at 6:45. The return services were scheduled as the fifth of the six daily TEEs in both directions, departing around 6:45 p.m.<ref>La Légende des TEE p.&nbsp;363.</ref>

===EuroCity===
In 1987 the ''Rubens'' was, like the other Paris-Brussels TEE services, integrated into the new [EuroCity](/source/EuroCity) network.<ref>La Légende des TEE p.&nbsp;367.</ref> On 23 May 1993 the EuroCity services between Paris and Brussels were classified as TEE again.<ref>La Légende des TEE p.&nbsp;406.</ref> After the opening of the LGV-Nord on 23 January 1995 the ''Rubens'' was withdrawn.<ref>La Légende des TEE p.&nbsp;407.</ref>

==References==
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==Works cited==
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*{{cite book |ref= Hajt|first= Jörg |last= Hajt|title= Das grosse TEE Buch |location= Bonn/Königswinter |publisher= Heel Verlag |language= German |year= 2001 |isbn= 3-89365-948-X}}
*{{cite book |ref= TEEFR |first1= Maurice|last1= Mertens|first2=Jean-Pierre|last2= Malaspina|title= La Légende des Trans Europ Express|location= Vannes |publisher= LR Presse |language= French |year= 2007 |isbn= 978-29-036514-5-9}}
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{{Trans Europ Express trains}}
{{EuroCity trains}}

Category:EuroCity
Category:International named passenger trains
Category:Named passenger trains of France
Category:Named passenger trains of Belgium
Category:Railway services introduced in 1974
Category:Trans Europ Express
Category:Railway services discontinued in 1995
Category:Peter Paul Rubens

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