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The ''Jean Monnet'' was an express train that linked Brussels Midi/Zuid in Brussels, Belgium, with Strasbourg-Ville in Strasbourg, France, and later also with Bâle SNCF in Basel, Switzerland. Introduced in 1999, it was operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB), the Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (CFL), and the French National Railway Corporation (SNCF). The train was named after Jean Monnet (1888–1979), a French political economist and diplomat. One of the founding fathers of the European Union, he is regarded by many as a chief architect of European unity. ==Route== The route of the ''Jean Monnet'' was as follows: *Brussels Midi/Zuid – Luxembourg – Strasbourg-Ville (– Bâle SNCF from 2004) It was particularly appropriate that a train running from Brussels to Strasbourg via Luxembourg be named ''Jean Monnet'', because those three cities are the venues of the main EU institutions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Monnet (train)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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