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This article contains lists of named passenger trains in Europe, listed by country. Listing by country does eliminate some EuroCity services from the list, but they are listed on the relevant EuroCity page for daytime trains and the EuroNight page for nighttime trains.
For railway companies that are no longer in existence, see the List of former German railway companies. The bulk of the railway network in Germany belongs to DB Netz , a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG – this situation is a relic from the time when the Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn had a monopoly.
The Breitspurbahn (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁaɪtʃpuːɐ̯baːn], translation: broad-gauge railway) was a railway system planned and partly surveyed by the Nazi government of Germany. Its track gauge – the distance between the two running rails – was to be 3000 mm ( 9 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 8 in ), more than twice that of the 1435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ...
West German trains ran through East Germany. This 1977 view shows how barriers were made near the tracks to keep people away. After the introduction of the TGV in France, the ICE system of high speed passenger trains was developed. Significant stretches of new high speed track, like the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line, had to be laid or ...
The UIC Country Code for Germany is 80. Urban rail in Germany includes rapid transit (known as U-Bahn), commuter rail (known as S-Bahn), Stadtbahn , trams and funiculars (e.g. in Dresden). Suspension railways (Schwebebahn) are present in two cities, Dresden and Wuppertal, in addition to the H-Bahn at
Due to the number of railway stations it shows a selection of the principal stations and links to related state articles. Where there are 2 or more passenger stations in a large town or city, the most important is often designated by Deutsche Bahn as Hauptbahnhof (German for "central station"), of which there are 122 in total.
Rail transport in Portugal is provided mainly by Comboios de Portugal (CP), Portugal's national carrier, but also other operators. It includes high speed trains and rapid transit networks in Lisbon and Porto. Portugal is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Portugal is 94.