Train categories in Europe - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Railway companies in Europe assign their trains to different categories or train types depending on their role. Passenger trains may be broadly split into long-distance and local trains; the latter having average journey times of under an hour and a range of less than 50 kilometres. Goods trains have their own train types. The names of these train types has changed continually in the course of time.

A train type is not essentially a trademark name. However there are trademark names that are also used as train types (e.g. CityNightLine

CityNightLine

CityNightLine AG was a Swiss night train service. CNL had right of passage grants in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark. It served stations in Belgium, France, Italy and the Czech Republic...

, Cisalpino, VogtlandExpress).

European long-distance/high-speed rail brands

Name	Abbreviation	Region
Alaris Alaris Alaris is the brand name of the regional rail network run by the Spanish national rail company RENFE that connects the major cities of Madrid and Valencia, and Barcelona and the main cities of the Valencian community...	ALS	Spain
Alta Velocidad Española	AVE	Spain
Cisalpino Cisalpino Cisalpino AG was a railway company operating international trains between Switzerland and Italy connecting Basel, Schaffhausen, Zürich, Geneva, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Livorno, and Florence...	CIS	Italy/Switzerland
Cross Country Cross Country services Cross Country services on the British rail network carry passengers on routes generally avoiding the London termini, instead travelling between other large centres of population.-History:...	XC	United Kingdom
EuroCity EuroCity EuroCity, abbreviated EC, denotes an international train service within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains with the "IC" label, "EC" trains are international trains that meet certain criteria. The EuroCity label replaces the older Trans Europ Express name for...	EC	Various European countries
Euromed Euromed (train) Euromed is a high speed rail service which uses series 101 EMU rolling stock with bogies adapted for use on the 1,668mm Iberian gauge track. Traction current, supplied by overhead lines, can be either 3,000 volts, direct current or 25,000 volts, 50 Hz, alternating current...		Spain
Eurostar Eurostar Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting London with Paris and Brussels. All its trains traverse the Channel Tunnel between England and France, owned and operated separately by Eurotunnel....	EST	United Kingdom/France, United Kingdom/Belgium
Eurostar Italia Eurostar Italia Eurostar Italia is a network of Italian high-speed inter-city trains, operated by Trenitalia . Trenitalia states that there are 130 train journeys per day....	ES	Italy
Fyra Fyra Fyra is a high-speed train service operating on the Dutch HSL-Zuid and planned for the Belgian HSL 4, between Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam, Breda, Antwerp, and Brussels. Fyra shares the high-speed tracks with operator Thalys. The service is offered by NS Hispeed and the NMBS/SNCB...	FYR	Netherlands, Netherlands/Belgium
Intercity-Express	ICE	Germany, Austria, Germany/Netherlands, Germany/Switzerland, Germany/Austria, Germany/France, Germany/Denmark, Germany/Belgium
Railjet Railjet The Railjet is a high speed train of the Austrian Federal Railways , which was introduced with the timetable change of 2008–2009 and operates at speeds of up to , with a planned increase to by 2013...	RJ	Austria, Austria/Hungary, Austria/Germany, Austria/Switzerland
Train à Grande Vitesse	TGV	France, France/Switzerland, France/Germany, France/Italy, France/Luxembourg, France/Belgium, France/Spain
Trenhotel Trenhotel Trenhotel as its name suggests, is a long distance, high quality overnight train service which uses Talgo tilting trains technology and sleeping cars developed by the Spanish rail network operator Renfe that operates within the Iberian Peninsula...	TH	Spain, Spain/Portugal, Spain/France, Spain/Switzerland, Spain/Italy
Thalys Thalys Thalys is an international high-speed train operator originally built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains. Thalys reaches...	THA	France/Belgium/Netherlands, France/Belgium/Germany
X2000 X2000 X2000 is a 1998 short film directed by François Ozon.-Plot:A naked man wakes up in a luxury loft, which is a residential building in an unidentified European city, after a particularly wild New Year's Eve party of the year 2000. He finds a naked woman in his bed, and obviously he does not...	X2	Sweden, Sweden/Denmark

Austria, Germany and Switzerland

Long-distance (Fernverkehr) and local (Nahverkehr) train types within the Deutsche Bahn AG, Austrian Federal Railways (Österreichische Bundesbahnen or ÖBB), Swiss Federal Railways (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen or SBB) are divided into further sub-categories:

Long-distance passenger services (Personenfernverkehr)

Name	Abbreviation	Operator	Role
Intercity-Express	ICE	DB AG, NS Nederlandse Spoorwegen Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003... , SNCF SNCF The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network... , ÖBB ÖBB The Austrian Federal Railways is the national railway system of Austria, and the administrators of Liechtenstein's railways...	high-speed train (with multiple units)
Thalys Thalys Thalys is an international high-speed train operator originally built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains. Thalys reaches...	THA	SNCF SNCF The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
train à grande vitesse	TGV	SNCF, DB AG
railjet Railjet The Railjet is a high speed train of the Austrian Federal Railways , which was introduced with the timetable change of 2008–2009 and operates at speeds of up to , with a planned increase to by 2013...	RJ	ÖBB ÖBB The Austrian Federal Railways is the national railway system of Austria, and the administrators of Liechtenstein's railways...	(inter-) national high-speed train
EuroCity EuroCity EuroCity, abbreviated EC, denotes an international train service within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains with the "IC" label, "EC" trains are international trains that meet certain criteria. The EuroCity label replaces the older Trans Europ Express name for...	EC	various	international long-distance train
ÖBB-EC	OEC	ÖBB	international long-distance train
Eurostar*City	ES*City	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:...	national medium-long distance train, connecting mainly major cities
Intercity 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... / InterCity	IC	various	national long-distance train
ÖBB-IC	OIC	ÖBB	national long-distance train
InterCity-Neigezug SBB RABDe 500 The RABDe 500 , is a Swiss passenger train which debuted in 2000, in time for Expo.02 held in western Switzerland in 2002...	ICN	SBB SBB This article is about the Polish band. For the Michigan band, see Small Brown BikeSBB is a Polish progressive rock band formed in 1971 in Siemianowice, Upper Silesia by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Józef Skrzek...	national long-distance train with tilting Tilting train A tilting train is a train that has a mechanism enabling increased speed on regular rail tracks. As a train rounds a curve at speed, objects inside the train experience centrifugal force. This can cause packages to slide about or seated passengers to feel squashed by the outboard armrest due to... technology
Interregio InterRegio The InterRegio is a train service seen in some European countries. Mostly they are trains that run "from region to region", as best described by Swiss Federal Railways.-Switzerland:...	IR	(obsolete)	national long-distance train with frequent stops
InterRegio InterRegio The InterRegio is a train service seen in some European countries. Mostly they are trains that run "from region to region", as best described by Swiss Federal Railways.-Switzerland:...	IR	SBB	national long-distance train with frequent stops
InterConnex	X	Veolia Verkehr Veolia Verkehr Veolia Verkehr GmbH is a private operator of passenger buses and trains in Germany. On April 3, 2006, Connex Verkehr GmbH was renamed Veolia Verkehr GmbH, but the sister companies kept their current names....	private long-distance train
Schnellzug Schnellzug A Schnellzug is an express train in German-speaking countries, where it refers to trains that do not stop at all stations along a line. The term is used both generically and also as a specific train type...	D	various	(inter-)national long-distance train
"für besondere Zwecke"	FbZ	various	Literally: "For special purposes". Empty trains for moving long-distance and local coaches or damaged wagons

Local passenger services (Personennahverkehr)

Name	Abbreviation	Operator	Role
Interregio-Express Interregio-Express The Interregio-Express is a local public transport railway service operated by the Deutsche Bahn which is only available in the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Berlin as well as in Switzerland...	IRE	DBAG	almost a local train (Nahverkehrszug) stopping at few stations; semi-fast
EURegio	ER	ÖBB	border-crossing local train stopping at few stations; semi-fast
Regional-Express	RE	DBAG	local train stopping at few stations; semi fast
RegionalExpress	REX	ÖBB
RegioExpress RegioExpress The RegioExpress is a fast regional train in Switzerland, run by the Swiss Federal Railways or by other private railways ....	RE	SBB
ErlebnisZug	EZ	ÖBB
Eilzug Eilzug An Eilzug is a type of passenger train in German-speaking countries which roughly equates to a British 'fast-stopping train' or 'semi-fast train'.-Germany:...	E	(obsolete)
Regionalbahn RegionalBahn The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...	RB	DBAG	local train stopping at (almost) all stations; stopping train
Regionalzug	R	ÖBB
Regio Regio Regio is the Latin word for ‘region’ and the Italian word for ‘royal’It may refer to:Regio - in planetary geology, a large area of a planet or moon that is strongly differentiated in colour or albedo*A regio of Venus:...	R	SBB
metronom regional	MEr	metronom Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH is a non State-owned railway company based in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, the largest since December 2005. The company is exclusively for passenger and operates on behalf of the public transportation trains on the lines Hamburg-Bremen, Hannover and...
Stadt-Express Stadt-Express The Stadt-Express , formerly City-Bahn , was a category of train in the Deutsche Bahn, that linked conurbations in Germany with the outer reaches of the surrounding countryside...	SE	(obsolete)	local train not stopping on certain sections of line
RegionalSchnellBahn	RSB	(obsolete)
Regio-S-Bahn	RSB	ÖBB
S-Bahn S-Bahn S-Bahn refers to an often combined city center and suburban railway system metro in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark...	S	various	not to be confused with DBAG product classes, the same train types grouped by price
Stadtbahn Stadtbahn A ' is a tramway or light railway that includes segments built to rapid transit standards, usually as part of a process of conversion to a metro railway, mainly by the building of tunnels in the central city area....	STB	various
RegioTram	RT	RBK & DB Regio DB Regio DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates short and medium distance passenger train services in Germany, and operates light and heavy rail infrastructure in the United Kingdom.-Germany:...

Goods trains

There are a large number of goods train types, some of which are only used for a few trains. Very broadly they can be divided into:

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Ganzzug	IK, CS, CT inter alia	Complete train-loads; trains that are used to transport a single type of freight from the loading point all the way to their destination station
Einzelwagenverkehr	FR, FS, FZ inter alia	Trains that haul individual wagons or groups of wagons usually to or from the nearest railway hub

Night trains

Name	Abbreviation	Role
EuroNight EuroNight EuroNight, abbreviated EN, denotes all main-line national and international night train services within the European inter-city rail network. Unlike the equivalent day-running counterparts EuroCity and InterCity trains, the EuroNight trains tend to run during the nighttime and are equipped with...	EN	International sleeper Sleeping car The sleeping car or sleeper is a railway/railroad passenger car that can accommodate all its passengers in beds of one kind or another, primarily for the purpose of making nighttime travel more restful. The first such cars saw sporadic use on American railroads in the 1830s and could be configured... train
CityNightLine CityNightLine CityNightLine AG was a Swiss night train service. CNL had right of passage grants in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark. It served stations in Belgium, France, Italy and the Czech Republic...	CNL	International night train with luxury sleeping compartments, normal sleepers and couchettes
DB NachtZug DB NachtZug City Night Line is a category of night trains in Europe. They were originally operated by the former railway company CityNightLine AG...	NZ	The main national night train in Germany with sleepers and normal coaches
D-Zug Schnellzug A Schnellzug is an express train in German-speaking countries, where it refers to trains that do not stop at all stations along a line. The term is used both generically and also as a specific train type... D-Nacht	D DN	Night through-coach train (DB) and the night trains of eastern European railway companies

Other types of train

Name	Country	Role
Extrazug	CH	"Extra train" to supplement scheduled services
Entlastungszug	D	"Relief train" added when there is a lot of traffic
Sonderzug	D	"Special train"

Former passenger train types

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Autoreisezug	ARZ	Car sleeper-train or motorail
Beschleunigter Personenzug	BP	"Fast passenger train", an Eilzug Eilzug An Eilzug is a type of passenger train in German-speaking countries which roughly equates to a British 'fast-stopping train' or 'semi-fast train'.-Germany:... (semi-fast train) with compartment coaches and no supplementary fare
Citybahn	CB	Category in between an S-Bahn train and a local train, only used on a few routes (Köln – Gummersbach, Bremen – Bremen-Vegesack, Hamburg – Stade and in the Saarland Saarland Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states... , precursor of the RegionalBahn and RegionalExpress trains (only in the Saar-Westpfalz area)
Dienstbesatzerzug for the Westalliierten in Berlin	Db + Dbg	"Service train for the western allies in Berlin", military train for western forces in West Berlin which transited through the GDR
D-Zug for the US-Army	DUS	Express train for the US Forces in Germany
D-Zug with Wehrmachtsabteil	DmW	Express train for German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht Wehrmacht The Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:... )
City-D-Zug	DC	National long-distance train, preferred for InterCity InterCity InterCity is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe... feeder services
Express-Zug	Ex	National and international long-distance train with few stops en route, GDR German Democratic Republic The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city... and Austria
FernExpress	FD	National and international long-distance train, mainly for holiday traffic
Interexpress	IEx	International long-distance train with few stops en route, only GDR, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
Eilzug Eilzug An Eilzug is a type of passenger train in German-speaking countries which roughly equates to a British 'fast-stopping train' or 'semi-fast train'.-Germany:...	E	Semi-fast or fast stopping train, precursor of the RegionalExpress RegionalExpress The term Regional-Express denotes a type of regional train in Germany and Austria .It is best compared to a semi-fast train, as it calls at fewer stations than Regionalbahn or S-Bahn trains, but stops more often than InterCity services...
EuroCity EuroCity EuroCity, abbreviated EC, denotes an international train service within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains with the "IC" label, "EC" trains are international trains that meet certain criteria. The EuroCity label replaces the older Trans Europ Express name for... Express	ECE
ExpoExpress	EXE	DB specials used for Expo 2000 Expo 2000 Expo 2000 was a World's Fair held in Hanover, Germany from Thursday, June 1 to Tuesday, October 31, 2000. It was located on the Hanover fairground , which is famous for hosting CeBIT... in Hanover Hanover Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg... , mainly ICE rakes
F-Zug	F	National long-distance train with enhanced comfort, precursor of the InterCity trains
Luxuszug	L	CIWL trains with the highest levels of comfort
Metropolitan Express Train Metropolitan (train) The Metropolitan was a premium train service operated by Deutsche Bahn AG between Cologne and Hamburg in Germany....	MET
Nahverkehrszug or Nahschnellverkehrszug	N	Local or stopping train, precursor of the Regionalbahn RegionalBahn The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations... trains
Personenzug with Güterbeförderung	PmG	Passenger train with goods wagons attached
Personenzug	P	Passenger train; the most basic service
Schnellzug for Fronturlauber	SFR
Städteschnellverkehrszug	S	Semi-fast train (Eilzug Eilzug An Eilzug is a type of passenger train in German-speaking countries which roughly equates to a British 'fast-stopping train' or 'semi-fast train'.-Germany:... ) with no supplement
Städteschnellzug		National long-distance train, only CH
Städteexpress	Ex	(GDR + D) from 1976 to 1991, linked the GDR's outlying cities with Berlin. Travelled out in the morning and back in the evening. Supplementary express fare charged
SwissExpress		National long-distance train, only CH
Trans-Europ-Express	TEE	international long-distance train with enhanced comfort

In 1953 the Deutsche Bundesbahn

Deutsche Bundesbahn

The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...

had the following categories:

Fernschnellzug (F) / Fernschnelltriebwagen (Ft)

Schnellzug (D) / Schnelltriebwagen (Dt)

Eilzug (E) / Eiltriebwagen (Et)

Städteschnellverkehrszug (S) / Städteschnellverkehrs-Triebwagen (St) / Städteschnellverkehrs-Schienenomnibus (Sto)

Nahschnellverkehrszug (N) / Nahschnellverkehrs-Triebwagen (Nt) / Nahschnellverkehrs-Schienenomnibus (Nto)

Personenzug (without any abbrevation) / Triebwagen (T) / Schienenomnibus (Pto)

Former goods train categories

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Durchgangsgüterzug Durchgangsgüterzug A Durchgangsgüterzug is a category of German train that describes a goods train that runs directly to its destination with the same train formation. No shunting takes place at intermediate stations and it is usually a unit train...	Dg	"Through goods train", largely corresponds to today's InterCargo train
Ganzzug e. g. Erzzug	Gdg, Gag	Complete train-load trains, e.g. mineral trains
Güterzug with Personenbeförderung	GmP	Goods train with passenger coach(es) attached
Huckepackzug Rolling Highway A rolling highway is a combined transport system to transport trucks by rail.... (Rollende Landstraße)		"Piggy back train" or "rolling country road", train with flats for carrying road vehicles
Nahgüterzug Nahgüterzug A Nahgüterzug is the name given to a category of local goods train in German-speaking countries. It describes a type of goods train that, unlike the Durchgangsgüterzug - does not stay together for its entire journey; instead wagons can be added or dropped off at intermediate stations en route...	Ng	Local goods train
Postzug	Postz	Mail train
Übergabegüterzug Übergabegüterzug An Übergabegüterzug is a goods train that moves individual goods wagons on the first or last stage of their journey i.e. from the start to the first railway hub or from the final railway hub to its destination. Between hubs the wagons are hauled by Nahgüterzüge , i.e...	Üg	Goods exchange train

Train types - private operators

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Arriva-Länderbahn-Express	alex	alex Interregio replacement IR 25 Munich Munich Munich 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... –Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oberstdorf is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in southwest Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps.At the center of Oberstdorf is a church whose tall spire serves as a landmark for navigating around town. The summits of the Nebelhorn and Fellhorn provide... /Lindau and Munich Munich Munich 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... - Regensburg Regensburg Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate... - Schwandorf Schwandorf The town of Schwandorf is the seat of the district of Schwandorf in Bavaria in Germany. It is situated on the river Naab.-International relations:Schwandorf is twinned with:Libourne Sokolov... - Hof (Saale) / Prague Prague Prague 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... der Länderbahn Regentalbahn The Regentalbahn is railway company based in Bavaria, and is a subsidiary of Arriva Deutschland. It runs railway infrastructure, as well as regional and long-distance passenger services in Bavaria and Saxony with links into the Czech Republic, and Germany-wide goods trains.- Emergence of the... , equates to the InterRegio service, but may be used with local fares or Bayern and Schönes-Wochenende tickets
CityNightLine CityNightLine CityNightLine AG was a Swiss night train service. CNL had right of passage grants in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark. It served stations in Belgium, France, Italy and the Czech Republic...	CNL	Night train in D, A, CH, DK, NL
Cisalpino	CIS	SBB and Trenitalia long-distance tilting or. standard trains
Harz-Berlin-Express	HBX	Veolia long-distance trains
InterConnex	X	Veolia Verkehr Veolia Verkehr Veolia Verkehr GmbH is a private operator of passenger buses and trains in Germany. On April 3, 2006, Connex Verkehr GmbH was renamed Veolia Verkehr GmbH, but the sister companies kept their current names.... long-distance services, equating to the Interregio trains
Lausitz-Express	LX	Connex Sachsen long-distance services
metronom regional Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH is a non State-owned railway company based in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, the largest since December 2005. The company is exclusively for passenger and operates on behalf of the public transportation trains on the lines Hamburg-Bremen, Hannover and...	MEr	Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH is a non State-owned railway company based in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, the largest since December 2005. The company is exclusively for passenger and operates on behalf of the public transportation trains on the lines Hamburg-Bremen, Hannover and... local passenger trains stopping at all stations
Mitfahrzug		IGE long-distance services
Vogtland-Express Vogtlandbahn The Vogtlandbahn is a private railway company in Germany, which runs diesel trains on regional lines in the states of Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, Brandenburg, and Berlin and as well as routes into the Czech Republic...	VX	Vogtlandbahn Vogtlandbahn The Vogtlandbahn is a private railway company in Germany, which runs diesel trains on regional lines in the states of Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, Brandenburg, and Berlin and as well as routes into the Czech Republic... long-distance trains

Belgium (NMBS/SNCB
NMBS/SNCB
The National Railway Company of Belgium, known as the or the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges is the Belgian national railway operator.It is usually referred to in English as "Belgian Railways" or the SNCB....

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InterCity (IC)

A train connecting Belgium's major cities. These trains stop at the most important stations only, sometimes crossing national borders as well.

InterRegio (IR)

A train connecting Belgium's major cities with smaller cities. These trains generally skip smaller stations. Comparable to German Regional-Express

Piekuurtrein/rush-hour train (P)

Additional scheduled train service that is limited to times at which the demand for a certain route is at its highest. The number of stops varies between trains.

Lokale trein/local train (L)

Local trains usually connect larger cities, but will stop at (nearly) every station along the way. Similar to German Regionalbahn

CityRail (CR)

Suburban train connecting towns and cities around Brussels. Stops at (nearly) every station.

Tourist train (ICT)

Additional scheduled train service that is limited to times at which the demand for a certain touristic destination is at its highest. The number of stops varies between trains.

Extra train

Additional train service, used in case of exceptionally good weather to accommodate more passengers on routes to the coast or in case of special events such as concerts.

Eurocity (EC)

International train meeting certain quality criteria.

International train (INT)

Regular international train.

Thalys (THA)

High-speed trains to Germany, France and The Netherlands. (operated by SNCF, DB, NS and NMBS)

TGV

High-speed trains to France. (Operated by SNCF)

ICE

High-speed trains to Germany. (Operated by DB)

Eurostar (EST)

High-speed trains to France and the UK. (operated by SNCF, NMBS and Eurostar UK Ltd.)

Croatia (Hrvatske Željeznice)

Eurocity (EC)

international high-class service express trains

Intercity (IC)

national and international express trains

Intercity Nagibni (ICN)

national express trains using tilting DMUs

Brzi vlak (Brzi)

literally "fast train", lower class national and international long-distance trains stopping in larger towns

Ubrzani vlak (Ubrz)

literally "accelerated train", local trains skipping some stations, at the same tariff as regular local trains (putnički)

Putnički vlak (Putn)

literally "passenger train", local trains stopping at every station

Czech Republic (České dráhy
Ceské dráhy
České dráhy or Czech Railways is the main railway operator of the Czech Republic. In 2010 its consolidated revenues reached CZK 41.0 bn...

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SuperCity (SC)

highest-standard trains requiring reservation, made of modern tilting-train units operating on both national and international routes

Eurocity (EC)

higher-standard international trains, consisting of new or modernised cars of several rail companies and stopping at selected stations only

Euronight (EN)

international sleeper trains

Intercity (IC)

the highest category of national trains, with carriages and stopping frequencies comparable to the EC trains

Express (Ex)

faster trains linking regions, mostly faster and more comfortable than the R trains

Rychlík (R)

the lowest category of longer-distance train, usually quite slow and with old carriages

Spěšný vlak (Sp)

local trains stopping on selected stations only

Osobní vlak (Os)

local trains stopping at every station

Finland (VR Group
VR Group
VR or VR Group is a state-owned railway company in Finland. Formerly known as Suomen Valtion Rautatiet until 1922 and Valtionrautatiet / Statsjärnvägarna until 1995...

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Name	Abbr.	Role	Typical route length / stopping interval (km)	Typical maximum speed (km/h)	Onboard services	Rolling stock
Allegro Allegro Allegro may refer to:* Allegro * Musical tempo meaning cheerful or brisk; see Tempo#Italian tempo markings* Allegro library, a computer game programming library* Allegro , a typeface designed in 1936...	AE	International high speed train between Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... and Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... .	400 / 100	220	1st class, 2nd class, restaurant car, non-smoking	KT Class Sm6 tilting electric trainsets
Pendolino Pendolino Pendolino is an Italian family of tilting trains used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Russian Federation, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Switzerland, China and shortly in Romania and Poland...	S	High speed train between major hub stations. Some trains stop more frequently, similar to the InterCity trains (see below).	200-700 / 50-200	200-220	Business class, 2nd class, restaurant car, smoking room	VR Class Sm3 VR Class Sm3 The Sm3 Pendolino is a class of high-speed body-tilting trains operated by VR Group. It is a member of the Pendolino train family; its design is based on the ETR 460. The first two trainsets were assembled in Finland by Rautaruukki-Transtech in the mid-1990s... tilting electric trainsets
InterCity	IC	The backbone of Finnish long distance trains, mainly serving trunk lines radiating from Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... and stopping at major stations.	200-900 / 50-100	140-160	Business class, 2nd class, restaurant car, smoking room	Locomotive hauled, single and double deck cars (manufactured since the 90s)
InterCity2	IC² (or IC2)	Like the InterCity trains (see above), but on shorter routes and fewer onboard services.	200-300 / 50-100	160-200	Business class, 2nd class, sales trolley, non-smoking	Locomotive hauled, double deck cars (mnf. since the 2000s), push-pull Push-pull train Push–pull is a mode of operation for locomotive-hauled trains allowing them to be driven from either end.A push–pull train has a locomotive at one end of the train, connected via some form of remote control, such as multiple-unit train control, to a vehicle equipped with a control cab at the other... operation planned
Express (daytime)	P	Operates mostly outside the trunk lines.	200-500 / 50-100	120-140	2nd class, restaurant car, usually smoking room	Locomotive hauled, older "blue" cars (mnf. before the 90s)
Express (nighttime)	P	Nighttime sleeper trains between Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... and Finnish Lapland and International sleeper train "Лев Толсто́й/Tolstoi Leo Tolstoy Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist... " between Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... and Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... .	1000 / 50-200	120-140	Business class/First class, 2nd class, restaurant car, sleeping berths, smoking room, car-carrier wagons (Lapland trains only)	Locomotive hauled, mixture of older and newer Finnish cars (Lapland trains), Russian cars (Moscow train)
Regional	H	Trains on routes with relatively few passengers, trains stopping at every station.	200 / 10-50	120-160	2nd class, non-smoking	Electric multiple units / Diesel railcars / Locomotive hauled with older "blue" cars
Commuter	Route letters (see note below)	Commuter trains in Helsinki region. Helsinki commuter rail Helsinki commuter rail is the commuter rail system serving Greater Helsinki, Finland. The network is operated by VR, the Finnish national railway company. Together with the Helsinki Metro and trams, the network forms the heart of Helsinki's public transportation infrastructure.Trains run above... Some trains stop only at the largest suburban stations, but others stop at every station similar to the German S-Bahn S-Bahn S-Bahn refers to an often combined city center and suburban railway system metro in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark... trains.	20-100 / 2-10	120-160	2nd class, non-smoking	Electric multiple units, some rush hour trains are locomotive hauled with "red" cars from the 80s

NOTE: Long distance trains are identified (in passenger information systems) by train number prefixed with the train type abbreviation (e.g. "IC² 177"). However, the Helsinki region commuter trains

Helsinki commuter rail

Helsinki commuter rail is the commuter rail system serving Greater Helsinki, Finland. The network is operated by VR, the Finnish national railway company. Together with the Helsinki Metro and trams, the network forms the heart of Helsinki's public transportation infrastructure.Trains run above...

are identified by their "route letters" only (e.g. "K") and usually do not show their train number to passengers at all.

France (SNCF)

The SNCF use a different system of trains categories, based on politics wishes and commercial trademarks. Categories do not necessarily match with distance.

TGV

National or international services by high speed trains with supplementary fare, totally or partially on high speed lines. Similar to the ICE.

LUNEA

Night service

CORAIL TEOZ

National services on main lines with supplementary fare, never on high speed lines. Similar to the Intercity. There are no CORAIL TEOZ trains between two cities already linked by TGV on a similar itinerary.

CORAIL INTERCITES

National services, ever on main lines and/or secondary lines without supplementary fare. Similar to the InterRegio or the Intercity (Paris - Caen - Cherbourg and Paris - Rouen - Le Havre). Have been used to be called Train Inter Regional, but is obsolete.

TER (TRAIN EXPRESS REGIONAL)

These trains are financed by administratives regions and don't reflete precisely a category, a TER route can be anything from 10 miles to more than 250 miles long. Some TER routes are longer than TGV ones.

Regional or national services, on main lines or secondary lines without supplementary fare. Used to be similar to the S-Bahn (many stops from a big city on a short distance, neighbourhood service), the Regional or RegioExpress, but can be also similar to the InterRegio-Express or Intercity (Interloire Nantes - Orléans) and the InterRegio (Orléans - Lyon, Toulouse - Clermont-Ferrand).

Some special regional trains called TERGV (merged TER and TGV). In the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, important cities have to be linked to the main city Lille in less than one hour. The TERGV consists in TGV trains for regional service, the only one with a supplementary fare. These trains use the high speed lines (LGV) to link quickly Dunkerque, Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer (non-exhaustive list), essentially for business workers. The TERGV is similar to a kind of regional ICE.

There are also TER²⁰⁰, iC TER and INTERLOIRE

Interloire

The Interloire is a French train service run by TER Centre and TER Pays de la Loire linking Orléans to Le Croisic via Blois, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, Saumur, Angers and Nantes....

Hungary (MÁV)

Eurocity

international luxury trains

Intercity

trains mainly in national services on important long-distance routes with air conditioning, restaurant car and seat reservation

Expressz

fast train with compulsory seat reservation (only summertime)

Gyorsvonat

express trains on long-distance routes with standard rolling stock

Sebesvonat

Eilzug equivalent

Zónázó

RegionalBahn equivalent

Személyvonat

Regionalzug equivalent

EURegio

EUREGIO

EUREGIO is a cross-border region between the Netherlands and Germany. It was founded in 1958 and is organized as an Eingetragener Verein. Participating communities are in Niedersachsen and Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany and parts of the Dutch provinces Gelderland, Overijssel and Drenthe...

state-subsidiarised international stopping trains near the Austrian border, connects Győr to Vienna and Wiener Neustadt to Graz via Sopron, Szombathely and Jennersdorf

Interrégió

InterRegio

The InterRegio is a train service seen in some European countries. Mostly they are trains that run "from region to region", as best described by Swiss Federal Railways.-Switzerland:...

This trains make connections with Intercity trains from smaller towns. Air conditioned, allowed to travel with bike or wheelchair.
RegionalExpress

RegionalExpress

The term Regional-Express denotes a type of regional train in Germany and Austria .It is best compared to a semi-fast train, as it calls at fewer stations than Regionalbahn or S-Bahn trains, but stops more often than InterCity services...

ÖBB REX trains serve the Vienna-Ebenfurth-Sopron-Deutschkreutz line

International services

EuroCity (EC): trains on international service
EuroNight (EN): trains on international service (night)

High-speed trains

Eurostar Italia Alta Velocità (ES*AV)
Eurostar Italia
Eurostar Italia is a network of Italian high-speed inter-city trains, operated by Trenitalia . Trenitalia states that there are 130 train journeys per day....
Eurostar Italia (ES*)

Long-distance services

Eurostar City Italia (ES*CITY): trains running once every hour or two hours on the most important long-distance routes (replaced most Intercity on main lines as of 13 December 2008)
InterCity (IC)
InterCity Notte (ICN): Intercity on night service
Espresso (E o EXP): trains for long-distance (north-south) services (night, holiday or relief trains)

Regional and local trains

These trains are financed by administratives regions:

Regionale: basic local train, equates to German Regionalbahn.
Regionale Veloce: Local train stopping at few stations.

Special:

Suburbano, suburban commuter services, the Linee S
Milan Suburban Railway Network
The Milan suburban railway network is a commuter rail system serving the metropolitan area of Milan, Italy.The system comprises 10 lines serving 100 stations, for a total length of 324 km....

in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
Metropolitano: for line 2 of Naples metro and line Cagliari
Cagliari
Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu...

-Decimomannu
Decimomannu
Decimomannu is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian autonomous region of Sardinia, the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea ....

Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...

)

Fyra

Fyra is a high-speed train service operating on the Dutch HSL-Zuid and planned for the Belgian HSL 4, between Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam, Breda, Antwerp, and Brussels. Fyra shares the high-speed tracks with operator Thalys. The service is offered by NS Hispeed and the NMBS/SNCB...

High-Speed train currently running between Amsterdam and Rotterdam

Internationale trein (international train)

train class in cross-border traffic between the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany (Intercity to Berlin) and other European countries

Intercity

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...

national train, links the cities with fixed-interval services

Sneltrein

Express train, similar to the German Regionalexpress or Eilzug
Eilzug
An Eilzug is a type of passenger train in German-speaking countries which roughly equates to a British 'fast-stopping train' or 'semi-fast train'.-Germany:...

, the train class is gradually being replaced by "downgraded" IC trains

Stoptrein

stops at all stations, the basic local train service, similar to the German Regionalbahn
RegionalBahn
The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...

Sprinter

stops at all stations and runs mainly in conurbations, similar to the German S-Bahn
S-Bahn
S-Bahn refers to an often combined city center and suburban railway system metro in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark...

. The Sprinter is gradually replacing the stoptrein.

In 2012 only three levels will remain: Fyra - Intercity - Sprinter.

Poland (PKP
Polskie Koleje Panstwowe
is the dominant railway operator in Poland.The company was founded when the former state-owned operator was divided into several units based on the requirements laid down by the European Union...

and others)

EuroNight

EuroNight, abbreviated EN, denotes all main-line national and international night train services within the European inter-city rail network. Unlike the equivalent day-running counterparts EuroCity and InterCity trains, the EuroNight trains tend to run during the nighttime and are equipped with...

(EN)

high quality night train; operated by PKP Intercity

PKP Intercity

PKP Intercity is a company of PKP Group responsible for long-distance passenger transport. It runs about 350 trains daily, connecting mainly large aglomerations and smaller towns, also servicing most of the international trains....

EuroCity

EuroCity, abbreviated EC, denotes an international train service within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains with the "IC" label, "EC" trains are international trains that meet certain criteria. The EuroCity label replaces the older Trans Europ Express name for...

(EC)

international luxury trains on the most important long-distance routes, must be reserved on domestic routes, up to 160 km/h; operated by PKP Intercity

PKP Intercity

Ekspres InterCity

InterCity

InterCity is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe...

(EIC)

luxury trains in national services on the most important long-distance routes, must be reserved, up to 160 km/h; operated by PKP Intercity

PKP Intercity

;

Tanie Linie Kolejowe (TLK)

fast trains on inter-regional routes; must be reserved in 1st class; operated by PKP Intercity

PKP Intercity

RegioEkspres (RE)

fast comfortable trains on inter-regional routes; same fare as in InterRegio; 1st and 2nd class, with facultative reservation (available in the Internet ticketing system only); currently only on two routes: MEWA Szczecin

Szczecin

Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

- Warszawa - Szczecin

Szczecin

and MAZOWSZE Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

- Warszawa - Poznań

Poznan

. Both are operated by Przewozy Regionalne. Not to be confused with German RegionalExpress

RegionalExpress

for this is a different product. There is also one RegionalExpress

RegionalExpress

connection Dresden Hbf

Dresden Hauptbahnhof

is one of two main inter-city transit hubs in the German city of Dresden. Designed by Ernst Giese and Paul Weidner, it was built between 1892 and 1897 at the southern border of the inner city and was important in the growth and development of the city....

- Wrocław Główny

Wrocław Main Station

Wrocław Main Station is the biggest and most important passenger rail station of the southwestern Polish city of Wrocław. Built in the mid-19th century near the center of the city, until 1945 it was known as Breslau Hauptbahnhof...

(1st and 2nd class) operated by DB Regio

DB Regio

DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates short and medium distance passenger train services in Germany, and operates light and heavy rail infrastructure in the United Kingdom.-Germany:...

InterRegio

The InterRegio is a train service seen in some European countries. Mostly they are trains that run "from region to region", as best described by Swiss Federal Railways.-Switzerland:...

(IR)

fast trains on inter-regional routes; no reservation; cheaper than "TLK", but usually with lower standard, 2nd class only; operated by Przewozy Regionalne

RegioPlus

semi-fast local passenger train missing out several stops, mainly used for commuter services, 2nd class only; operated by Przewozy Regionalne

Regio

Regio is the Latin word for ‘region’ and the Italian word for ‘royal’It may refer to:*Regio - in planetary geology, a large area of a planet or moon that is strongly differentiated in colour or albedo**A regio of Venus:...

(R)

local passenger train, 2nd class only; Formerly called "osobowy" and often confused; operated by Przewozy Regionalne.

Osobowy (os.)

local passenger train, 2nd class only; operated by Arriva RP

Arriva RP

Arriva Poland Sp. Zoo, is a Polish private rail carrier providing services in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Masovian, Pomeranian and Warmian-Masurian voivodships. The company presently belongs to the Deutsche Bahn Group-History:...

(consortium

Consortium

A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal....

of Arriva

Arriva

Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...

and DB Schenker Rail Polska), Koleje Dolnośląskie

Koleje Dolnośląskie

Koleje Dolnośląskie is a regional rail operator in the Lower Silesian Voivodship of Poland.The company was founded in December 2007 and is fully owned by the local government.- Train categories :...

and Koleje Mazowieckie

Koleje Mazowieckie

Koleje Mazowieckie is a regional rail operator in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland.- History :The company was founded in 2004 as a joint venture of the Masovian Voivodeship, with 51% shares, and the, then government-owned, PKP Przewozy Regionalne, with 49% shares, to handle local passenger...

Szybka Kolej Miejska

Szybka Kolej Miejska , or SKM, is a railway transportation service that originally functioned in Poland's Tricity area...

S-Bahn

S-Bahn refers to an often combined city center and suburban railway system metro in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark...

in Tricity (operated by PKP SKM) and Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw 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...

(operated by SKM Warszawa

Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)

Szybka Kolej Miejska is a rail operator providing services in the Warsaw metropolitan area using the national rail network while constituting a part of the cities integrated public transport system organized by the Warsaw Transport Authority.- History :...

)

Portugal (Comboios de Portugal
Comboios de Portugal
thumb|250px|right|CP suburban trains at São Bento Station in Oporto.CP — Comboios de Portugal, EPE is a state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains in Portugal...

- CP)

Alfa Pendular

Alfa Pendular is the name of the Pendolino high-speed tilting train of Portuguese state railway company CP. It connects the cities of Braga, Porto, Aveiro, Coimbra, Santarém, Lisbon, Albufeira and Faro, among others at speeds of up to ....

(AP)

Tilting trains, speeds up to 220 km/h. Used on the main North/South line. Fast trains, only stopping at the end destination or one or two major intermediate cities. Surcharge payable.

Intercidades (IC)

Fast trains, speeds up to 160 km/h. Used on main lines, stopping only at main towns.

Interregional (IR)

Semi-fast trains, speeds up to 120 km/h. Used on main lines, stopping at main towns and some smaller towns.

Regional (R)

Stopping trains, speeds up to 120 km/h. Used on main lines, stopping at all stations.

Urbano / Suburbano

Commuter trains. Used in or around the major cities.

Comboios Internacionais (Internacional, IN)

International trains to Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Vigo

Vigo

Vigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:...

and Hendaye

Hendaye

Hendaye is the most south-westerly town and commune in France, lying in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and located in the traditional province Lapurdi of the French Basque Country...

/ Irun

Irun

Irun is a town of the Bidasoa-Txingudi region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain...

Romania (Caile Ferate Romane
Caile Ferate Române
Căile Ferate Române is the official designation of the state railway carrier of Romania. Romania has a railway network of of which are electrified and the total track length is . The network is significantly interconnected with other European railway networks, providing pan-European passenger...

- CFR)

Personal (P)

Local trains, stopping every station, speeds up to 120 km\h.

Accelerat (A)

Semi-fast trains, usually for long distances, speeds up to 140 km\h, stopping at the main stations and some smaller towns.

Rapid (R)

Fast trains, speeds up to 160 km\h, stopping on major cities.

Intercity (IC)

Same as Rapid, fast trains, speeds up to 160 km\h, but with fewer stops.

Euronight (EN)

Night trains, fewer stops only on major cities, speeds up to 160 km\h.

Slovakia (ZSSK)

Eurocity (EC)

high quality, usually long-haul international services between Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Germany. Surcharge payable when travelling with domestic ticket

InterCity (IC)

high quality trains providing only air-conditioned carriages, mostly domestic services (several trains are available to Vienna - closing since 2010 timetable - and Hungary). Reservation always necessary when travelling between Bratislava hlavná stanica and Košice, surcharge payable when travelling with domestic ticket

EuroNight (EN)

high quality night train

Express (Ex)

this category is used for trains which operate as EuroCity in other countries, but failed to qualify for EuroCity in Slovakia due to high quality standards given by ZSSK. However, there is also high quality domestic express service from Banská Bystrica to Bratislava (Ex 530/531)

Rýchlik (R)

"fast train" - trains for longer routes, usually stops at all towns en route, but not at villages

Regional Express (REX)

international local train stopping at few stations; semi fast, Slovakia/Austria

EURegional(ER)

border-crossing local train stopping at few stations (but more than Regional Express); semi-fast, Slovakia/Austria

Zrýchlený vlak (Zr)

semi fast train

Osobný vlak (Os)

stopping train, serving all stations

Slovenia (Slovenske železnice [SŽ
Slovenske železnice
Slovenian Railways is the state railway company of Slovenia, created in 1991 from the Ljubljana division of the former Yugoslav Railways after the breakup of Yugoslavia.Slovenia is a member of the International Union of Railways...

])

InterCity Slovenija (ICS)

serve large stations only, equivalent to ICE in Germany and Austria, using tilting trains

InterCity (IC)

serve larger stations across the country, usually using push-pull trains or DMUs

International Train (MV)

similar to InterCity, but serves other countries, especially Croatia

Regional Train (RG)

similar to InterCity

Local Train (LP)

stopping train, usually using EMUs and DMUs

Spain (RENFE
RENFE
Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...

)

AVE

Alta Velocidad Española is a service of high-speed rail in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to . The name is literally translated from Spanish as "Spanish High Speed", but also a play on the word , meaning "bird".AVE trains run on a network of...

High speed trains, speeds up to 300 km/h

Routes:

Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

-Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real is a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, with a population of c. 74,000. It is the capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It has a stop on the AVE high-speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long-distance commuter suburb of Madrid, located 115 miles to the north. A high capacity...

-Puertollano
Puertollano
Puertollano is an industrial city in province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is situated on the AVE High Speed Train line linking Madrid and Seville . The city has a population of 51,842 .- Legend of the lie :...

-Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain
-History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy...

-Sevilla
Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

-Ciudad Real-Puertollano-Córdoba-Puente Genil
Puente Genil
Puente Genil is a village in the Spanish province of Córdoba, situated about 45 miles from the city of Córdoba. It has a population of 30,033 ....

-Antequera
Antequera
Antequera is a city and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" because of its central location among Málaga, Granada, Córdoba, and Seville...

-Málaga
Málaga
Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...

,
Madrid-Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Spain
Guadalajara is a city and municipality in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain, and in the natural region of La Alcarria. It is the capital of the province of Guadalajara. It is located roughly 60 km northeast of Madrid on the Henares River, and has a population of 83,789...

-Calatayud
Calatayud
Calatayud is a city and municipality in the province of Zaragoza in Aragón, Spain lying on the river Jalón, in the midst of the Sistema Ibérico mountain range. It is the second-largest city in the province after the capital, Zaragoza, and the largest town in Aragón other than the three provincial...

-Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...

-Huesca
Huesca
Huesca is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the comarca of Hoya de Huesca....
Madrid-Guadalajara-Calatayud-Zaragoza-Lleida
Lleida
Lleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida, as well as the largest city in the province and it had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants...

-Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...

-Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
Madrid-Segovia
Segovia
Segovia is a city in Spain, the capital of Segovia Province in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is situated north of Madrid, 30 minutes by high speed train. The municipality counts some 55,500 inhabitants.-Etymology:...

-Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...
Sevilla-Barcelona
Málaga-Barcelona

Alvia

Alvia is a high speed train in Spain used by RENFE for long distance service. The trains have the ability to use both Iberian gauge and standard gauge, which allows them to utilize the recently constructed high-speed lines for part of the journey before switching to the "classic" Iberian gauge...

Trains capable of operating in both high-speed and conventional lines, speeds up to 250 km/h

Routes:

Madrid-Palencia
Palencia
Palencia is a city south of Tierra de Campos, in north-northwest Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon...

-León
León, Spain
León is the capital of the province of León in the autonomous community of Castile and León, situated in the northwest of Spain. Its city population of 136,985 makes it the largest municipality in the province, accounting for more than one quarter of the province's population...

-Oviedo
Oviedo
Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city....

-Gijón
Gijón
Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history...
Madrid-Palencia-Santander
Santander, Cantabria
The port city of Santander is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. Located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao, the city has a population of 183,446 .-History:...
Madrid-Burgos
Burgos
Burgos is a city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with about 178,966 inhabitants in the city proper and another 20,000 in its suburbs. It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León...

-Bilbao
Bilbao
Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
Madrid-Burgos
Burgos
Burgos is a city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with about 178,966 inhabitants in the city proper and another 20,000 in its suburbs. It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León...

-Vitoria-San Sebastián
San Sebastián
Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...

-Irun
Irun
Irun is a town of the Bidasoa-Txingudi region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain...
Madrid-Logroño
Logroño
Logroño is a city in northern Spain, on the Ebro River. It is the capital of the autonomous community of La Rioja, formerly known as La Rioja Province.The population of Logroño in 2008 was 153,736 and a metropolitan population of nearly 197,000 inhabitants...
Madrid-Pamplona
Pamplona
Pamplona is the historial capital city of Navarre, in Spain, and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Fermín festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls is one of the main attractions...
Madrid-Albacete
Albacete
Albacete is a city and municipality in southeastern Spain, 258 km southeast of Madrid, the capital of the province of Albacete in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The municipality had a population of c. 169,700 in 2009....

-Alicante
Alicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
Madrid-Huelva
Huelva
Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The...
Madrid-Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera is a municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, situated midway between the sea and the mountains. , the city, the largest in the province, had 208,896 inhabitants; it is the fifth largest in Andalusia...

-Cádiz
Cádiz
Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....
Barcelona-Vigo
Vigo
Vigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:...
Barcelona-Bilbao
Alicante-Madrid-Gijón

Altaria

Altaria (rail service)

Altaria is the brand name of a group of fast long-distance passenger railway services operated by Spanish national railway company Renfe Operadora and connecting Madrid to Algeciras, Alicante, Barcelona, Cádiz, Cartagena, Granada, Irún, Logroño, Murcia, Pamplona, and San Sebastián.Altaria trains...

Trains which use different locomotives in high-speed and conventional lines, speeds up to 250 km/h

Routes:

Madrid-Ronda
Ronda
Ronda is a city in Spanish province of Málaga. It is located about West from the city of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is approximately 35,000 inhabitants.-History:...

-Algeciras
Algeciras
Algeciras is a port city in the south of Spain, and is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar . Port of Algeciras is one of the largest ports in Europe and in the world in three categories: container,...
Madrid-Antequera-Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
Madrid-Murcia
Murcia
-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...

-Cartagena
Cartagena, Spain
Cartagena is a Spanish city and a major naval station located in the Region of Murcia, by the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Spain. As of January 2011, it has a population of 218,210 inhabitants being the Region’s second largest municipality and the country’s 6th non-Province capital...

Euromed

Euromed (train)

Euromed is a high speed rail service which uses series 101 EMU rolling stock with bogies adapted for use on the 1,668mm Iberian gauge track. Traction current, supplied by overhead lines, can be either 3,000 volts, direct current or 25,000 volts, 50 Hz, alternating current...

Operates in the Mediterranean coast, speeds up to 220 km/h

Routes:

Barcelona-Valencia-Alicante

Alaris

Alaris is the brand name of the regional rail network run by the Spanish national rail company RENFE that connects the major cities of Madrid and Valencia, and Barcelona and the main cities of the Valencian community...

Tilting trains operating in conventional lines, speeds up to 200 km/h

Routes:

Madrid-Albacete-Valencia-Castellón
Castellón de la Plana
Castellón de la Plana or Castelló de la Plana is the capital city of the province of Castelló, in the Valencian Community, Spain, in the east of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Costa del Azahar by the Mediterranean Sea...

-Gandia
Barcelona-Valencia-Alicante

Talgo

Talgo is a Spanish manufacturer of railway vehicles. It is best known for a design of articulated railway passenger cars in which the wheels are mounted in pairs, but not joined by an axle, and being between rather than underneath the individual coaches...

Tilting trains in high-speed and conventional lines, link Madrid

Madrid

with other capital cities

Routes:

Madrid-Orense-Vigo
Vigo
Vigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:...

-Pontevedra
Pontevedra
Pontevedra is a city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the comarca and province of Pontevedra, in Galicia . It is also the capital of its own municipality which is, in fact, often considered as an extension of the actual city...
Madrid-Orense-Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.The city's Cathedral is the destination today, as it has been throughout history, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James...

-La Coruña
Madrid-Cáceres
Cáceres, Spain
Cáceres is the capital of the same name province, in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. , its population was 91,131 inhabitants. The municipio has a land area of 1,750.33 km², and is the largest in geographical extension in Spain....

-Mérida
Mérida, Spain
Mérida is the capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura, western central Spain. It has a population of 57,127 . The Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1993.- Climate :...

-Badajoz
Badajoz
Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain, situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid–Lisbon railway. The population in 2007 was 145,257....
Madrid-Almería
Almería
Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...

Arco

Arco (Renfe)

Arco is a commercial passenger train service operated in Spain by Renfe Operadora. Arco fully renovates and refurbishes Renfe's B11x-10200 series of passenger trains. New bogies, capable of working at 220 km/h, were added...

Conventional trains, link Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

with other capital cities

Routes:

Barcelona-Mérida-Badajoz
Barcelona-Sevilla
Barcelona-Málaga
Barcelona-Granada
Barcelona-Almería
Barcelona-Murcia, nowadays it's classified as a Talgo

Trenhotel

Trenhotel as its name suggests, is a long distance, high quality overnight train service which uses Talgo tilting trains technology and sleeping cars developed by the Spanish rail network operator Renfe that operates within the Iberian Peninsula...

Night services

Routes:

Madrid-Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
Madrid-Paris
Barcelona-Paris
Barcelona-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...
Barcelona-Milan C.le
Lisbon-Irún
Irun
Irun is a town of the Bidasoa-Txingudi region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain...
Barcelona-Cádiz
Barcelona-Málaga.
Barcelona-Granada
Barcelona-Vigo
Barcelona-Gijón

Media Distancia
AVANT, also called lanzaderas.
Land trains that use the high speed.
Madrid-Toledo
Madrid Pta. Atocha-Ciudad Real-Puertollano
Madrid Chamartín-Segovia-Valladolid
Sevilla-Málaga
Cádiz-Sevilla-Córdoba-Jaén
Barcelona-Lleida
Catalayud-Zaragoza

Middle distance services, speeds up to 160 km/h

Routes: all over continental Spain

Cercanías

Cercanías is the name given to the commuter rail systems of Spain's major metropolitan areas. In Catalonia and Valencia, however, the term is replaced by Rodalies , while the designation Aldirikoak is used in the Basque Country....

Short distance services in metropolitan areas, speeds up to 120 km/h

Areas (clockwise): Madrid

Cercanías Madrid

Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that serves Madrid, the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of RENFE, the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. The system is infamous for being the target of the 11 March 2004...

, Zaragoza

Cercanías Zaragoza

Cercanías Zaragoza is the name given to the RENFE operated commuter train service in and around the city of Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain.There is currently one line, running from Miraflores to Casetas...

, Barcelona, Valencia, Murcia/Alicante

Cercanías Murcia/Alicante

Cercanías Murcia/Alicante is a commuter rail service in Alicante province and Region of Murcia that connects Alicante and Murcia with San Vicente del Raspeig, Elche, Orihuela, Totana, Lorca, and Águilas. It runs through 200 km of railways with a total of 26 stations.- Lines :The cercanías...

, Málaga

Cercanías Málaga

Cercanías Málaga is a commuter rail service between central Málaga, Spain, and towns in the province. The network consists of 70 km of track, with two lines and 24 stations in operation. The trains are powered by overhead lines and run on broad Iberian gauge track.- Line C-1 Malaga - Airport -...

, Cádiz, Sevilla, Oviedo/Gijón

Cercanías Asturias

Cercanías Asturias is a commuter rail service between Oviedo and Gijón and towns in the Autonomous Community of Asturias.- Lines under RENFE management :There are three lines:* C-1 ** Gijón railway station** Gijón-Jovellanos...

, Santander, Bilbao

Cercanías Bilbao

Cercanías Bilbao is a commuter rail network in Bilbao, serving the city and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías, as part of Renfe, the national railway company...

, San Sebastián Cercanías de Zaragoza

Former Soviet Union

Passaschirski (пассажирский)

express train, very largely sleepers only, must be reserved

Elektro-/Diesel-Pojesd powyschennoj komfortnosti (электро-/дизель-поезд повышенной комфортности)

fast passenger train, sometimes also with 1st and 2nd class, sometimes must be reserved

Elektro-/Diesel-Pojesd (электро-/дизель-поезд)

Local train, 3rd class only

Former Yugoslavia (Successor companies of the JŽ
Jugoslovenske železnice
Yugoslav Railways , with standard acronym JŽ, was a railway company created in Yugoslavia, in the 1920s.The company was first founded as the National Railways of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. In 1929, it was renamed along with the country to Yugoslav State Railways...

)

Eurocity

international high-class trains

Intercity

trains used on national and international services on important long-distance routes

Intercity nagibni

Croatian Railways

Hz is the International Standard symbol for Hertz, the unit of frequencyHZ may also stand for:* Habitable zone, the distance from a star where a planet can maintain Earth-like life* Hamilton Zoo, in New Zealand...

tilting train

Poslovni voz/vlak

Intercity - similar to express trains, usually 1st class only

Brzi voz/vlak

Express trains on long-distance routes, national and international

Zeleni vlak

Former Slovenian

SZ may refer to* Alfa Romeo SZ, a car* Canton of Schwyz* Swaziland, ISO 3166-1 country code** .sz, the country code top level domain for Swaziland* Switzerland, NATO country code* Suzuki sporadic group, a mathematical group...

express multiple-unit connexions, also cross-border

Ubrzani vlak

semi-fast (like German Eilzug
Eilzug
An Eilzug is a type of passenger train in German-speaking countries which roughly equates to a British 'fast-stopping train' or 'semi-fast train'.-Germany:...

)

Putnički voz/vlak, Lokalni voz

Regional train stopping at all station, usually multiple unit trains

Footnotes and References

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European long-distance/high-speed rail brands

Austria, Germany and Switzerland

Long-distance passenger services (Personenfernverkehr)

Local passenger services (Personennahverkehr)

Goods trains

Night trains

Other types of train

Former passenger train types

Former goods train categories

Train types - private operators

Belgium (NMBS/SNCBNMBS/SNCBThe National Railway Company of Belgium, known as the or the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges is the Belgian national railway operator.It is usually referred to in English as "Belgian Railways" or the SNCB....)

Croatia (Hrvatske Željeznice)

Czech Republic (České dráhyCeské dráhyČeské dráhy or Czech Railways is the main railway operator of the Czech Republic. In 2010 its consolidated revenues reached CZK 41.0 bn...)

Finland (VR GroupVR GroupVR or VR Group is a state-owned railway company in Finland. Formerly known as Suomen Valtion Rautatiet until 1922 and Valtionrautatiet / Statsjärnvägarna until 1995...)

France (SNCF)

Hungary (MÁV)

International services

High-speed trains

Long-distance services

Regional and local trains

Netherlands (Nederlandse SpoorwegenNederlandse SpoorwegenNederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...)

Poland (PKPPolskie Koleje Panstwoweis the dominant railway operator in Poland.The company was founded when the former state-owned operator was divided into several units based on the requirements laid down by the European Union... and others)

Portugal (Comboios de PortugalComboios de Portugalthumb|250px|right|CP suburban trains at São Bento Station in Oporto.CP — Comboios de Portugal, EPE is a state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains in Portugal... - CP)

Slovakia (ZSSK)

Slovenia (Slovenske železnice [SŽSlovenske železniceSlovenian Railways is the state railway company of Slovenia, created in 1991 from the Ljubljana division of the former Yugoslav Railways after the breakup of Yugoslavia.Slovenia is a member of the International Union of Railways...])

Former Soviet Union

Footnotes and References

Belgium (NMBS/SNCB
NMBS/SNCB
The National Railway Company of Belgium, known as the or the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges is the Belgian national railway operator.It is usually referred to in English as "Belgian Railways" or the SNCB....

)

Czech Republic (České dráhy
Ceské dráhy
České dráhy or Czech Railways is the main railway operator of the Czech Republic. In 2010 its consolidated revenues reached CZK 41.0 bn...

)

Finland (VR Group
VR Group
VR or VR Group is a state-owned railway company in Finland. Formerly known as Suomen Valtion Rautatiet until 1922 and Valtionrautatiet / Statsjärnvägarna until 1995...

)

Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...

)

Poland (PKP
Polskie Koleje Panstwowe
is the dominant railway operator in Poland.The company was founded when the former state-owned operator was divided into several units based on the requirements laid down by the European Union...

and others)

Portugal (Comboios de Portugal
Comboios de Portugal
thumb|250px|right|CP suburban trains at São Bento Station in Oporto.CP — Comboios de Portugal, EPE is a state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains in Portugal...

- CP)

Slovenia (Slovenske železnice [SŽ
Slovenske železnice
Slovenian Railways is the state railway company of Slovenia, created in 1991 from the Ljubljana division of the former Yugoslav Railways after the breakup of Yugoslavia.Slovenia is a member of the International Union of Railways...

])