<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ahrz:
There is a direct High Speed train connection (Thalys, 300 km/h = 185 mph) from CDG airport to Bruxelles midi (Brussel zuid) central station in 1h 20 min.
Alternatively, from CDG airport to Brussel via Lille (TGV + Eurostar high speed trains) in 2h 15 min ...</font>
Actually the link from Brussels city center to CDG by rail is down to 1hour 10 minutes these days, with several trains a day. SN do still run one flight a day IIRC, but AF stopped due to lack of traffic, booking seats on the train on a codeshare basis instead. No one (except, I admit, those on a mileage run!) wants to pay double the price of a train ticket to travel out to the airport in BRU (20 mins), check in (30 minutes to 1 hour before), and then have a flight that lasts almost as long as the train journey once taxi times are taken into account!