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Headquarters in Vienna Railjet (RJ), the high-speed-train of ÖBB Intercity-Express (ICE) Map of the main network in Austria InterCity (IC) on the Semmering railway ÖBB Nightjet (NJ) train in München Hbf An ÖBB EuroCity (EC) train in Bolzano, South Tyrol RegionalExpress train (REX) in Vienna Regional train (R) in Styria The Vienna S-Bahn is a suburban metro railway network in the ...
Railjet is a high-speed rail service in Europe operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Czech Railways (ČD). Branded as Railjet Express (RJX category) for the fastest services and as Railjet (RJ) for services with additional stops, it was introduced in 2008 and operates at speeds of up to 230 km/h (143 mph).
Intercity Express (commonly known as ICE (German pronunciation: [iːtseːˈʔeː] ⓘ) and running under this category) is a high-speed rail system in Germany. It also serves destinations in Austria, France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands as part of cross-border services. It is the flagship of the German state railway, Deutsche Bahn ...
Trains will run with a speed up to 250 km/h (160 mph) through this tunnel. It will be only slightly shorter than the world's longest railway tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland. Another railway tunnel currently under construction is the 32.9 km (20.4 mi) long Koralm Tunnel, which will shorten travel time between Klagenfurt and Graz.
The following is a list of high-speed trains that have been, are, or will be in commercial service.. A high-speed train is generally defined as one which operates at or over 125 mph (200 km/h) in regular passenger service, with a high level of service, and often comprising multi-powered elements.
Since December 2018 there is a daily direct Intercity-Express high-speed train between Vienna and Berlin via Linz, Passau and Erfurt. [1] The name Vindobona is now used for Railjet trains between Prague and Graz via Vienna operated by České dráhy and Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). This route has been again extended to Berlin from mid-2020.
EuroCity (EC) is an international train category and brand for European inter-city trains that cross international borders and meet criteria covering comfort, speed, food service, and cleanliness. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Each EC train is operated by more than one European Union or Swiss rail company, under a multilateral co-operative arrangement, and all ...
From 1892 a new train category with especially comfortable express coaches appeared: the Durchgangszug or D-Zug (plural: D-Züge).Originally these were trains in which one could walk right through from end to end by means of bellows-type corridor connectors between coaches and side corridors or centre aisles within coaches, unlike the hitherto usual compartment coaches with doors on each side ...