 The establishment took place after the cooperation between SNCF and Trenitalia which had previously operated jointly Artesia trains between Paris and Italy.It initially accounted for two-thirds of the shares in Trenitalia and a third on Transdev.Night trains run by Thello have operated daily since 11 December 2011 on the route between Paris-Gare de Lyon and Venice-Santa Lucia with stops in Dijon -Ville, Milan-Central, Brescia, Verona, Vicenza and Padua and Venice-Mestre.