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Train
A train is a connected series of vehicles for rail transport that move along a track to transport cargo or passengers from one place to another place. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev guideway.Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate...
service within the European inter-city rail
Inter-city rail
Inter-city rail services are express passenger train services that cover longer distances than commuter or regional trains.There is no precise definition of inter-city rail. Its meaning may vary from country to country...
network. In contrast to trains with the "IC" (InterCity
InterCity
InterCity is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe...
) label, "EC" trains are international trains that meet certain criteria. The EuroCity label replaces the older Trans Europ Express
Trans Europ Express
The Trans Europ Express, or Trans-Europe Express, is a former international railway service in Europe. At its maximum extent, in 1974, the network comprised 45 trains, connecting 130 different cities.-Origin:...
name for border-crossing trains in Europe. The first EuroCity trains were introduced in 1987. During the pre-Schengen era, passport checks were conducted on EC trains while in motion, rather than while parked at a station or requiring the passengers to disembark, as was sometimes the case for non EC trains. A few require pre-reservation (though this is possible and recommended for all other trains) and in some countries a supplemental charge.
Criteria
- train through two or more countries
- all cars air-conditioned
- stop only at major cities
- stops for no more than five minutes, in special cases up to 15 minutes
- food and beverages available onboard (preferably from a dining carDining carA dining car or restaurant carriage , also diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant....
) - conductors speak at least two languages, one of which must be English, French or German
- average speed (including stops) above 90 kilometres per hour (55.9 mph), exceptions for mountainous terrain and train ferriesTrain ferryA train ferry is a ship designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train ferries are sometimes referred to as "car ferries", as...
Names
Many of the EuroCity trains carry names continuing the practice started for the luxury trains of the 19th and early 20th centuries. A few still use the names of the earlier Trans-Europe ExpressTrans Europ Express
The Trans Europ Express, or Trans-Europe Express, is a former international railway service in Europe. At its maximum extent, in 1974, the network comprised 45 trains, connecting 130 different cities.-Origin:...
trains that they replaced on the same route, for example Iris for Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
to Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
. The names are printed on brochures showing the times of arrival at various stops and details of the journey, which are placed on the seats.
Routes
(including a number of European trains with prefix EC, as of December 13, 2009):- EC 6/7 (HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
)-DortmundDortmundDortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
–ChurChurChur or Coire is the capital of the Swiss canton of Graubünden and lies in the northern part of the canton.-History:The name "chur" derives perhaps from the Celtic kora or koria, meaning "tribe", or from the Latin curia.... - EC 22 ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
-Dortmund - EC 23 Hamburg-ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
- EC 24/25 BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
–GyőrGyor-Climate:-Main sights:The ancient core of the city is Káptalan Hill at the confluence of three rivers: the Danube, Rába and Rábca. Püspökvár, the residence of Győr’s bishops can be easily recognised by its incomplete tower. Győr’s oldest buildings are the 13th-century dwelling tower and the...
-Vienna-Frankfurt–CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
-Dortmund (removed on December 9, 2007?) - EC 30/31 "Allegro Johann Strauss" - Vienna-VillachVillachVillach is the second largest city in the Carinthia state in the southern Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 58,480.-History:...
–VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region... - EC 30/33 CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
-Hamburg - EC 31/34 Copenhagen-Hamburg
- EC 32/35 Copenhagen-Hamburg
- EC 32/33 "Allegro Stadivari" - Venice-Villach-Vienna
- EC 37/38 Hamburg-Copenhagen
- EC 39 Hamburg-Copenhagen
- EC 40/41 "Berlin-Warszawa Express" WarsawWarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
-Berlin - EC 42/43 "Berlin-Warszawa Express" Warsaw-Berlin
- EC 44/45 "Berlin-Warszawa Express" Warsaw-Berlin
- EC 46/47 "Berlin-Warszawa Express" Warsaw-Berlin
- EC 52/53 Frankfurt-SaarbrückenSaarbrückenSaarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....
-Paris (removed on June 10, 2007, replaced by the ICE 3ICE 3ICE 3 is a family of high-speed EMUs of Deutsche Bahn. It includes classes 403 and 406, which are known as ICE 3 and ICE 3M respectively...
) - EC 60/61 MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
–StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
–StrasbourgStrasbourgStrasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,... - EC 60/61 "Casanova" - LjubljanaLjubljanaLjubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
- VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
(as of April 12, 2008, only runs as far as Sežana on the Slovenian border ) - EC 62/63 "Kálmán Imre" - Budapest-Győr-Vienna-SalzburgSalzburg-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
-Munich - EC 64/65 Munich-Paris (removed on December 9, 2007, replaced with TGV9552/9553)
- EC 68/69 "Mozart" - Vienna-Munich
- EC 70/71 "Gustav Mahler" – Vienna-BrnoBrnoBrno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
–PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... - EC 72/73 "Smetana" - Vienna-Prague (This train is in Czech republic provided as "SuperCity" train)
- EC 74/75 "Franz Schubert" - Vienna-Prague
- EC 76/77 "Antonín Dvořák" - Vienna-Prague
- EC 78/79 "Gustav Klimt" Graz-Vienna-Brno-Prague (in direction Prague-Brno this train terminates in Vienna)
- EC 80/81 "Garda" - Verona Porta Nuova-Munich
- EC 82/83 "Paganini" - Verona Porta Nuova-Munich
- EC 84/85 "Michelangelo" - Rimini-Munich
- EC 86/87 "Tiepolo" - Venice-Munich
- EC 90/91 "Vauban" – BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
–LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
-Strasbourg-Basel SBB-ZürichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
–ChurChurChur or Coire is the capital of the Swiss canton of Graubünden and lies in the northern part of the canton.-History:The name "chur" derives perhaps from the Celtic kora or koria, meaning "tribe", or from the Latin curia.... - EC 93-88/89-92 "Leonardo Da Vinci" - Milano Centrale-Munich
- EC 96/97 "Iris" – Brussels-Luxembourg-Strasbourg-Basel SBB-Zürich
- EC 100/101 Chur-Hamburg
- EC 102 Chur-Kiel
- EC 102/103 "Polonia" Villach-Vienna-Warsaw
- EC 104/105 "Sobieski" Vienna-OstravaOstravaOstrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. Located close to the Polish border, it is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence. Ostrava was candidate for the...
–KatowiceKatowiceKatowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
-Warsaw - EC 105 "Cisalpino Lario" Biasca - Milano Centrale
- EC 110/111 "Praha" Warsaw-Katowice-Ostrava-Prague
- EC 106/119 "Cisalpino Tiziano" Milano Centrale-Chiasso-Basel
- EC 107/198 "Cisalpino Brianza" Milano Centrale-Bellinzona
- EC 108/117 "Cisalpino Verdi" - Milano Centrale-Chiasso-Basel
- EC 109/110 "Cisalpino Ticino" - Basel-Chiasso-Milano Centrale
- EC 111-211/210-110 "Sava" - Munich-Villach-Ljubljana-Zagreb-Belgrade
- EC 111/114 "Cisalpino San Marco" - Venezia S.Lucia - Chiasso - Basel
- EC 112/113 "Mimara" - Klagenfurt - Siegen
- EC 114/115 "Woerthersee"- Klagenfurt-Salzburg-Munich-Stuttgart-Frankfurt-Dortmund
- EC 115/116 "Mediolanum" - Basel-Chiasso-Milano Centrale
- EC 120/121 "Košičan" – KošiceKošiceKošice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...
- ŽilinaŽilinaŽilina is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of Slovakia with a population of approximately 85,000, an important industrial center, the largest city on the Váh river, and the seat of a...
- PúchovPúchovPúchov is an industrial town in the centre of Púchov District in Slovakia, with a population close to 20,000.-Geography:It is located on the main train line between Bratislava and Košice...
- OlomoucOlomoucOlomouc is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis and historical capital city of Moravia. Nowadays, it is an administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and sixth largest city in the Czech Republic...
hl. n. - PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
hl. n. - EC 125/126 "Cisalpino Lemano" - Geneva Airport-Milano Centrale
- EC 121/128 "Cisalpino Monteverdi" - Geneva Airport-Venice
- EC 120/127 "Cisalpino Vallese" - Milano Centrale-Geneva Airport
- EC 124/129 "Cisalpino Monte Rosa" - Milano Centrale-Geneva Airport
- EC 126/127 "Fatra" – ŽilinaŽilinaŽilina is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of Slovakia with a population of approximately 85,000, an important industrial center, the largest city on the Váh river, and the seat of a...
-Prague - EC 128/129 "Hradčany" - Žilina-Prague (train is in Slovakia provided only as "expres" train due to high quality standards for EuroCity trains in Slovakia)
- EC 136/137 "Moravia" - Nové zámky-BratislavaBratislava hlavná stanica- External links :* *...
–KútyKútyKúty, is a village and municipality in Senica District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 156 metres and covers an area of 27.158 km²...
-Bohumín (train is in Slovakia provided only as "expres" train due to high quality standards for EuroCity trains in Slovakia; in the direction from Bohumín this train goes to Nové zámky, in direction Bohumín only from Bratislava) - EC 139-140/159-160 "Riviera Dei Fiori" - NiceNiceNice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
Ville-Milano Centrale (removed on December 13, 2009) - EC 141-142/147-148 "Ligure" - Milano Centrale-Nice Ville (removed on December 13, 2009)
- EC 143-144/145-146 "Sanremo" - Milano Centrale-Nice Ville (removed on December 13, 2009)
- EC 142/145 "Odra" Prague-Ostrava-Žilina
- EC 143/230 "Kysuca" Prague-Ostrava-Žilina (in direction Prague only to Ostrava)
- EC 144/231 "Detvan" Ostrava-Zvolen
- EC 147 "Olše" PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
–ŽilinaŽilinaŽilina is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of Slovakia with a population of approximately 85,000, an important industrial center, the largest city on the Váh river, and the seat of a... - EC 148/146 "Jan Perner" Prague-Bohumin-Žilina
- EC 150/151 "Emona" - Vienna-GrazGrazThe more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
-Ljubljana - EC 158/159 "Croatia" - Zagreb-Graz-Vienna
- EC 160/161 "Maria Theresia" - Vienna-InnsbruckInnsbruck- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
–ZürichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... - EC 162/163 "Transalpin" – Vienna-Innsbruck-Zurich-Basel SBB
- EC 164/165 "Kaiserin (Empress) Elizabeth" - Salzburg-Innsbruck-Zurich
- EC 170/171 "Hungaria" – BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
–BratislavaBratislava hlavná stanica- External links :* *...
–BrnoBrnoBrno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
–PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
–DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
-Berlin - EC 170/177 "Cisalpino Monte Ceneri" - Milano Centrale-Zurich
- EC 171/178 "Cisalpino Teodolinda" - Zurich-Milano C.
- EC 172/173 "Vindobona" – Villach-Vienna-Brno-Prague-Dresden-Berlin-Hamburg
- EC 172/179 "Cisalpino Insubria" - Milano C. - Zürich
- EC 173/174 "Cisalpino Canaletto" - Schaffhausen-VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
- EC 174/175 "Jan Jesenius" BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
–BratislavaBratislava hlavná stanica- External links :* *...
–BrnoBrnoBrno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
–PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
–DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
-Berlin-HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... - EC 175 "Cisalpino Cinque Terre" - Schaffhausen-Livorno Centrale (removed on December 14, 2008, replaced by an InterCity Plus Milano Centrale - Livorno Centrale limited)
- EC 176 "Cisalpino Cinque Terre" - Livorno Centrale-Zürich (removed on December 14, 2008, replaced by an InterCity Plus Livorno Centrale - Milano Centrale limited)
- EC 176/179 "Alois Negrelli" - Brno-Prague-Dresden-Berlin-Hamburg (in direction Brno only to Prague)
- EC 177/178 "Johannes Brahms"- Berlin-Prague-Vienna (in direction Berlin only from Prague; in direction Vienna this train has two couches from Prague to Bratislava and two coaches from Berlin to Bratislava - in Břeclav these four coaches create EC 278)
- EC 188/189 "Grödnertal (Val Gardena)" - Verona-Bolzano-Innsbruck-Munich
- EC 190/191 Munich-Zurich
- EC 192/193 Munich-Zurich
- EC 194/195 Munich-Zurich
- EC 196/197 Munich-Zurich
- EC 210 "Sava" – Belgrade–Zagreb–Ljubljana–Salzburg–Munich
- EC 212/213 "Mimara" - Zagreb-Villach
- EC 230/231 Copenhagen-Hamburg
- EC 232/233 Copenhagen-Hamburg
- EC 248/249 "Wawel" – Kraków-Katowice-Wrocław-Berlin-Hamburg
- EC 246/247 "Citadella" - Budapest–SzékesfehérvárSzékesfehérvárSzékesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...
–VeszprémVeszprémVeszprém is one of the oldest urban areas in Hungary, and a city with county rights. It lies approximately north of the Lake Balaton. It is the administrative center of the county of the same name.-Location:...
–ZalaegerszegZalaegerszegIn 2001 Zalaegerszeg had 61,654 inhabitants . The distribution of religions were, 71.1% Roman Catholic, 3.8% Calvinist, 1.6% Lutheran, 11.6% Atheist .-Notable people:* Lajos Botfy , mayor...
–Murska SobotaMurska SobotaMurska Sobota is a city in northeastern Slovenia. It is located in the eponymous municipality near the Mura River in the region of Prekmurje and is the regional capital.-Name:...
– Ljubljana - EC 255/256 Vienna-MariborMariborMaribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
- EC 272/273 "Jaroslav Hašek" – BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
–BratislavaBratislava hlavná stanica- External links :* *...
–BrnoBrnoBrno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
–PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... - EC 274/275 "Slovan" Prague-Bratislava
- EC 277/278 "Slovenská strela" Bratislava-Břeclav (this EC is connected in direction from Bratislava in Břeclav with EC 378; in this train situated four couches: two couches in direction Prague, two couches in direction Ostseebad Binz; in direction Bratislava this train is created from disconnection of four couches of EC 177)
- EC 295/296 "Jean Monnet" – BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
–LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
–StrasbourgStrasbourgStrasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
-Basel SBB - EC 314/315 "Agram" - Zagreb-Ljubljana-Villach-Salzburg
- EC 344/345 "Avala" - BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
–Novi SadNovi SadNovi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
-Budapest-Bratislava-Brno-Prague (in summer season couches to Bar and Thessaloniki) - EC 378/379 "Carl Maria von Weber"– Vienna-Brno-Prague-Dresden-Berlin-Pasewalk-Stralsund-Ostseebad Binz (in direction Vienna this train terminates in Brno; in direction Ostseebad Binz there are two coaches from Bratislava from EC 277)
- EC 9240/9249 "Caravaggio" - Milano Centrale-Paris (TGV)
- EC 9241/9248 "Manzoni" - Paris-Milano Centrale (TGV)
- EC 9242/9247 "Dumas" - Milano Centrale-Paris (TGV) (removed on December 13, 2009)
Major routes in Central and Eastern Europe:
- 340/341 "Beograd" - Vienna-Budapest-Novi SadNovi SadNovi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
–BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe... - "Dacia" - Vienna-Győr-Budapest-SzolnokSzolnokSzolnok is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. Its location on the banks of the Tisza river, at the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries....
–BékéscsabaBékéscsabaBékéscsaba is a city in Southeast Hungary, the capital of the county Békés.- Geography :According to the 2001 census, the city has a total area of .- Name :...
–AradArad, RomaniaArad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training...
–SighişoaraSighisoaraSighişoara is a city and municipality on the Târnava Mare River in Mureş County, Romania. Located in the historic region Transylvania, Sighişoara has a population of 27,706 ....
–BrașovBrasovBrașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....
–BucharestBucharestBucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River.... - "Ister" - Budapest-Szolnok-Békéscsaba-Arad-Brașov-Bucharest
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–NyíregyházaNyíregyháza- Tourist sights :Nyíregyháza also has several museums and exhibitions, showing the city's rich cultural heritage.* Collection of the International Medallion Art and Small Sculpture Creative Community of Nyíregyháza-Sóstó – periodic exhibitions of works of contemporary artists-Twin towns — Sister...
–LvivLvivLviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
–KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
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/VarnaVarnaVarna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
/BurgasBurgas-History:During the rule of the Ancient Romans, near Burgas, Debeltum was established as a military colony for veterans by Vespasian. In the Middle Ages, a small fortress called Pyrgos was erected where Burgas is today and was most probably used as a watchtower... - "Corona" - Budapest-OradeaOradeaOradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in the Crișana region of north-western Romania. The city has a population of 204,477, according to the 2009 estimates. The wider Oradea metropolitan area has a total population of 245,832.-Geography:...
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