EuroCity , ( EC ) - type of international trains in the European railway network. Unlike IC ( InterCity ) trains , ECs are international trains that meet several of the criteria below. The first EuroCity trains were introduced in 1987 .
In the pre- Schengen era, passport control was carried out in EC trains while traveling, and not while the train was parked at the station or during the boarding and alighting of passengers, as was sometimes the case with other types of trains. Only some routes require a preliminary reservation of seats (although it is possible and recommended for all other types of trains), and, in some cases, additional payment.
Content
- 1 Criteria
- 2 Names
- 3 Routes
- 4 References
Criteria
- train travels through two or more countries
- all cars have air conditioning
- stops only in large cities
- stop no more than 5 minutes (in exceptional cases - up to 15)
- food and drinks available during the trip
- the guides speak at least two languages, one of which is English , German or French
- average speed (including time at stops) over 90 km / h, exceptions - mountainous terrain and sea railway ferry crossings
- daytime trip (departure after 6:00, arrival before 0:00)
Names
Many of EuroCity trains have personalized names, continuing the practice begun by luxury trains of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the names are the same as those used by Trans Europ Express ( TEE ) trains that followed the same route. For example, the train Paris - Milan is called "Lutetia".
Routes
(including some European trains with the EC prefix, as of January 14, 2007):
- EC 6. Hamburg - Chur
- EC 9. Dortmund - Chickens
- EC 22. Vienna - Dortmund
- EC 24/25. Budapest - Gyor - Vienna - Frankfurt - Cologne - Dortmund
- EC 30/31 "Allegro Johann Strauss". Vienna - Villach - Venice
- EC 32/35. Copenhagen - Hamburg
- EC 40/41. Berlin - Warsaw
- EC 44/45. Warsaw - Berlin
- EC 46/47. Warsaw - Berlin
- EC 52/53. Frankfurt - Saarbrücken - Paris
- EC 60/61. Munich - Stuttgart - Strasbourg
- EC 62/63 "Kalman Imre". Budapest - Gyor - Vienna - Salzburg - Munich
- EC 64/65. Munich - Paris
- EC 68/69 "Mozart". Vienna - Munich
- EC 70/71 "Antonín Dvořák". Vienna - Brno - Prague
- EC 72/73 "Johann Gregor Mendel". Vienna - Prague
- EC 74/75 "Smetana". Vienna - Prague
- EC 84/85 "Michelangelo". Rome - Munich
- EC 86/87 "Tiepolo". Venice - Munich
- EC 88/89. Milan - Munich
- EC 90/91 "Vauban". Brussels - Luxembourg - Strasbourg - Basel SBB - Bern - Interlaken
- EC 96/97 "Iris". Brussels - Luxembourg - Strasbourg - Basel SBB - Zurich
- EC 102/103 Polonia. Vienna - Warsaw
- EC 104/105 Sobieski. Vienna - Ostrava - Katowice - Warsaw
- EC 106/107 Praha. Warsaw - Katowice - Ostrava - Prague
- EC 108/109 "Comenius". Krakow - Ostrava - Prague
- EC 120/121 “Košičan”. Kosice - Prague
- EC 126/127 "Fatra". Zilina - Prague
- EC 128/129 "Hradčany". Zilina - Prague
- EC 130/131 "Moravia". Bratislava - Bohumin
- EC 134/135 Slovenská strela. Bratislava - Prague
- EC 140/141 "Detván". Zvolen - Ostrava
- EC 150/151 "Emona". Vienna - Graz - Ljubljana
- EC 156/157 "Zagreb". Vienna - Graz - Zagreb
- EC 160/161 "Maria Theresia". Vienna - Innsbruck - Zurich
- EC 162/163 "Transalpin". Vienna - Innsbruck - Zurich - Basel SBB
- EC 164/165 "Kaiserin (Empress) Elizabeth". Salzburg - Innsbruck - Zurich
- EC 170/171 "Hungaria". Budapest - Bratislava - Brno - Prague - Dresden - Berlin
- EC 172/173 "Vindobona". Vienna - Brno - Prague - Dresden - Berlin - Hamburg
- EC 174/175 "Ján Jesénius". Budapest - Bratislava - Brno - Prague - Dresden - Berlin - Hamburg
- EC 176/177. Prague - Dresden - Berlin - Hamburg
- EC 178/179 "Alois Negrelli". Prague - Dresden - Berlin
- EC 188/189 "Grodnertal (Val Gardena)". Verona - Bolzano - Innsbruck - Munich
- EC 190/191. Munich - Zurich
- EC 240/241 Wawel. Krakow - Katowice - Wroclaw - Berlin - Hamburg
- EC 278/279 "Jaroslav Hašek". Budapest - Bratislava - Brno - Prague
- EC 295/296 "Jean Monnet". Brussels - Luxembourg - Strasbourg - Basel SBB
- EC 370. Vienna - Brno - Prague - Dresden - Berlin - Hamburg - Aarhus
- EC 371. Aarhus - Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague
- EC 386/387. Hamburg - Aarhus
- EC 541. Salzburg - Vienna
- Milan Central— Basel
- Milan Central — Geneva Airport
- Milan Central— Nice Ville
- Dortmund - Frankfurt - Passau - Vienna - Budapest
- Dortmund - Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt
- Venice S.Lucia— Schaffhausen (Switzerland)
Links
- Brunhouse, Jay (May 17, 1987). " The New Age Dawns on Train Travel in Europe ." The Chicago Tribune.
- Malaspina, Jean-Pierre (2005). Intercity, Eurocity, EURegio, EuroNight, City Night Line, Auto-trains. Trains d'Europe (Fr.) . 2. Paris: La Vie du Rail. ISBN 2915034494 .