Thello is a private railway service created by the joint venture

Joint venture

A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...

 beetween Veolia Transdev

Veolia Transdev

Veolia Transdev is a French-based international public transport operator. It claims to be the world's leading such business. Its operations are spread across all the inhabited continents....

 and the state owned railway company Trenitalia

Trenitalia

Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato, itself owned by the Italian Government. It was created in 2000 following the EU directive on the deregulation of rail transport.-Passenger transport:...

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The first trains Thello will operate at night from December 11, 2011 between Paris Gare de Lyon and Venezia Santa Lucia railway station

Venezia Santa Lucia railway station

Venezia Santa Lucia railway station is a terminal station serving the comune of Venice, Italy. It is also the only railway station in the historic city of Venice ....

 and will stop at Dijon-Ville

Gare de Dijon-Ville

Gare de Dijon-Ville is the main railway station serving the city Dijon, Côte-d'Or department, eastern France. It is situated on the Paris–Marseille railway.-Services:-References:*...

, Milano Centrale, Brescia

Brescia railway station

Brescia railway station serves the city and comune of Brescia, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1854, the station forms part of the Milan–Venice railway. It is also the terminus of secondary lines from Cremona, Bergamo and Parma, as well as the Brescia–Iseo–Edolo railway.The...

, Verona Porta Nuova

Verona Porta Nuova railway station

Verona Porta Nuova is the main railway station of the Italian city of Verona near the city centre in the square of Piazzale 25 Aprile. It was originally opened in 1852, but was substantially rebuilt between 1910 and 1922. It was rebuilt again between 1946 and 1949 after being largely destroyed by...

, Vicenza

Vicenza railway station

Vicenza railway station serves the town and comune of Vicenza, in the Veneto region, northeastern Italy. Opened in 1846, it forms part of the Milan–Venice railway, and is also a junction of two branch lines, to Schio and Treviso, respectively....

 and Padova

Padova railway station

Padova railway station, or Padua railway station , sometimes named Padova Centrale, is the main station serving the city and comune of Padua, in the Veneto region, northeastern Italy.-Overview:...

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Thello will have four classes of service:

• 6 berth carriages
• 4 berth carriages
• 3 berth carriages
• single our double bed carriages with private bathroom and shower.

There will be also a restaurant carriage operated by LSG Sky Chefs

LSG Sky Chefs

LSG Sky Chefs is the brand name of LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG, which is the world's largest provider of airline catering and in-flight services. It is a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. A part of the company was formerly owned by AMR Corporation, parent company of American Airlines...

, where it will be possible to have dinner and breakfast on board.

Rolling stock

Initially the carriages will be rented by Trenitalia whereas the locomotive will be leased by SNCF Geodis

SNCF Geodis

SNCF Geodis is the division of SNCF responsible for freight transportation and logistics....

. The locomotive used will be a three-system SNCF Class BB 36000

SNCF Class BB 36000

The SNCF Class BB 36000 locomotives are a class of triple voltage 4 axle Bo'Bo' electric locomotives built by GEC-Alsthom between 1996 and 2001 for SNCF. Initially only to be a tri-voltage version of BB 26000 locomotives, it was further developed and became eventually a completely new locomotive...

electric loco which has been uprated from 160 km/h to 200 km/h operation.