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Paris, Gare du Nord, March 2003

Paris has several railway stations. This is the Gare du Nord (North station).
A metro line in this railway station links it to Gare Montparnasse

From Paris Gare du Nord there is more than once an hour a high speed (Thalys) train to Brussels (in 77 minutes).
Some of these high speed (Thalys) trains continue their journey from Brussels to the North and stop in Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
Some of the high speed (Thalys) trains continue their journey from Brussels towards Germany and reach Cologne.

From Paris Gare du Nord also the high speed (Eurostar) trains leave for London (in 2 hours).