The Brabant was an express train that linked Gare du Nord in Paris, France, with Brussels-South in Brussels, Belgium.

However, due to the Big Freeze of 1963, the overhead lines works were behind schedule[3] and at 26 May 1963 the service was started with a northbound only DMU, detached from the existing TEE Île de France.

This was northbound only because the used multiple unit was, after arriving in Brussels, coupled with the southbound TEE Île de France.

At 2 August 1964 the comfort was upgraded to TEE level again with the introduction of the PBA (Paris Brussel Amsterdam) class coaches.

For legal reasons the train was classed again as TEE[11] between May 1993 until the opening of the Paris - Brussels High-speed railway on 23 January 1995.