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The ''Rembrandt'' was an express train that linked Amsterdam in the Netherlands, with Munich in Germany and later Chur in Switzerland. The train was named after the renowned Dutch painter Rembrandt. For its first 16 years it was a First class travel, first-class-only Trans Europ Express, becoming a two-class InterCity in 1983 and finally a EuroCity in 1987.
The ''Rembrandt'' was the first TEE to call in Baden-Wurtemberg's capital, Stuttgart. Northbound, the ''Rembrandt'' departed for Amsterdam from Munich early in the morning, thus providing a morning service complementing the existing afternoon TEE service provided by the ''Rheinpfeil (train), Rheinpfeil''. On 27 May 1979, the exchange of coaches with the ''Helvetia'' was discontinued, and the stop at Mannheim was replaced by a stop at Darmstadt.''Thomas Cook European Timetable, Thomas Cook Continental Timetable'' (May 27 – June 30, 1979 edition), p. 67. On 1 June 1980, the route was shortened to Stuttgart at the southern end.''Thomas Cook European Timetable, Thomas Cook International Timetable'' (March 1–April 5, 1980 edition), pp. 67, 556. Peterborough, UK: Thomas Cook Publishing.
The ''Rembrandt''s last day of operation as a TEE was 28 May 1983. The following day, its southern terminus was moved farther north, to Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, and the train was converted to a two-class InterCity service.''Thomas Cook European Timetable, Thomas Cook Continental Timetable'' (May 29 – June 30, 1983 edition), pp. 6, 67. It continued to carry a full dining car. Its train number was IC 122 northbound, IC 123 southbound.
History
Trans Europ Express
With the completion of the Railway electrification system, electrification works at the Dutch–German border on the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway, Arnhem–Oberhausen line, the ''Rembrandt'' was launched on 28 May 1967."Summer Services, 1967" (changes taking effect). ''Thomas Cook European Timetable, Cooks Continental Timetable'' (February 1967 edition), p. 406. London: Thomas Cook Group, Thomas Cook Publishing. Of the then-three Trans Europ Express, TEE services on that line, the ''Rembrandt'' was scheduled as the afternoon service from Amsterdam, between the ''Rheingold (train), Rheingold'' in the morning and the ''Rhein-Main (train), Rhein-Main'' in the evening. The ''Rembrandt'' conveyed through coaches for the ''Helvetia (train), TEE Helvetia'' that were exchanged in Mannheim, thus providing an afternoon TEE service between Amsterdam and Zürich via the Rhine, Rhine Valley, alongside the ''Edelweiss (train), TEE Edelweiss'' which departed from Amsterdam in the morning and was routed via Brussels and Luxembourg en route to Zurich. It carried a dining car staffed by the German Sleeper and Dining Car Company (DSG).
The ''Rembrandt'' was the first TEE to call in Baden-Wurtemberg's capital, Stuttgart. Northbound, the ''Rembrandt'' departed for Amsterdam from Munich early in the morning, thus providing a morning service complementing the existing afternoon TEE service provided by the ''Rheinpfeil (train), Rheinpfeil''. On 27 May 1979, the exchange of coaches with the ''Helvetia'' was discontinued, and the stop at Mannheim was replaced by a stop at Darmstadt.''Thomas Cook European Timetable, Thomas Cook Continental Timetable'' (May 27 – June 30, 1979 edition), p. 67. On 1 June 1980, the route was shortened to Stuttgart at the southern end.''Thomas Cook European Timetable, Thomas Cook International Timetable'' (March 1–April 5, 1980 edition), pp. 67, 556. Peterborough, UK: Thomas Cook Publishing.
The ''Rembrandt''s last day of operation as a TEE was 28 May 1983. The following day, its southern terminus was moved farther north, to Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, and the train was converted to a two-class InterCity service.''Thomas Cook European Timetable, Thomas Cook Continental Timetable'' (May 29 – June 30, 1983 edition), pp. 6, 67. It continued to carry a full dining car. Its train number was IC 122 northbound, IC 123 southbound.
EuroCity
On 31 May 1987, with the start of the EuroCity network, the ''EC Rembrandt'' replaced the ''Rheingold (train), TEE Rheingold'', although the Swiss terminus was not Geneva but Chur. The original route of the ''Rembrandt'' was served by ''EC Frans Hals''. When new Swiss rolling stock of type EC90 became available in 1991, the ''Rembrandt'' was formed with class EC90 coaches, including observation cars – or "panoramic" coaches – Swiss locomotive and railcar classification, Swiss class Apm 19. As the ''Rheingold'' had carried observation cars from 1962 until 1976, the 1991 change to the ''Rembrandt''s consist returned such cars to the train service through the Rhine Valley, although in a newer form, not the dome car, vista-dome type that the ''Rheingold'' had carried. On 14 December 2002, the ''Rembrandt'' was replaced by an ICE service between Amsterdam CS, Amsterdam and Basel SBB, Basel.#TEEFR, La Légende des TEE, p. 269.References
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{{Rembrandt EuroCity International named passenger trains Named passenger trains of Germany Named passenger trains of the Netherlands Named passenger trains of Switzerland Trans Europ Express Railway services introduced in 1967 Railway services discontinued in 2002 Rembrandt 1967 establishments in the Netherlands 1967 establishments in Germany 1967 establishments in Switzerland 2002 disestablishments in the Netherlands 2002 disestablishments in Germany 2002 disestablishments in Switzerland