Editing Trans Europ Express (section)

{{Short description|European first-class railway service}}
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| name        = Trans Europe Express
| logo        = TEE-Logo.svg
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| caption     = The TEE logo.
| type        = International network of express trains
| status      = Defunct
| locale      = Western Europe
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| first       = 2 June 1957
| last        = 28 May 1995<ref name="second-demise"/>
| successor   = Various, including [[EuroCity]], [[InterCity]], [[TGV]], [[Thalys]] and other systems.
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| formeroperator= The national railways of several European countries
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| class       = 1957–1991: First class only<br>1993–1995 (Paris–Brussels only): First and second class
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| el          = Various different [[voltage]]s, depending on country
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The '''Trans Europ Express''', or '''Trans-Europe Express''' (TEE), was an international first-class railway service in western and central Europe that was founded in 1957 and ceased in 1995. At the height of its operations, in 1974, the TEE network comprised 45 trains, connecting 130 different cities,<ref name="second-demise">Haydock, David (June–July 1996). "The Second Demise of the TEE". ''[[Today's Railways Europe|Today's Railways]]'', p. 22–24. Platform 5 Publishing (UK). {{ISSN|1354-2753}}.</ref> from Spain in the west to Austria in the east, and from Denmark to Southern Italy.