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Interexpress
Interexpress (abbreviated as "''IEx''") is a former international train category. The word ''Interexpress'' is a short form version of the German language term (English: ''International Express'') and its foreign language equivalents. Interexpress services operated between 1986 and 1991 as express trains between Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Hungary and Poland. History In the mid 1980s, the State railways of Czechoslovakia ( Československé státní dráhy (ČSD)), the GDR (Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR)), Hungary (Magyar Államvasutak (MÁV)) and Poland (Polskie Koleje Państwowe (PKP)) decided to introduce the Interexpress train category for high value passenger train traffic between these four countries. In 1986, a few ''Schnellzug''-category trains were converted into IEx trains. This conversion anticipated by one year the equivalent transformation of international express train traffic by the Western European rail operators, which introduced their own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progress (train)
''Progress'' was an express train between Prague, then the capital of Czechoslovakia, and the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Introduced in 1974, ''Progress'' went through a number of iterations, and also endured a one-year period off the rails, until it ceased running altogether in about 1990. History ''Progress'' first ran in 1974. Initially, it was categorised as a Schnellzug, D76/77, and ran between Praha-Holešovice in Prague and Berlin-Lichtenberg Lichtenberg () is a quarter (''Ortsteil'') of Berlin in the homonymous borough (''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg. Until 2001 it was an autonomous district with the localities of Fennpfuhl, Rummelsburg, Friedrichsfelde and Karlshorst. History The hi ... in East Berlin, GDR. In 1986, ''Progress'' was recategorised as one of the new top-of-the-line ''Interexpress'' services, and renumbered as IEx 78/79. Its route remained as before. ''Progress'' ran as an ''Interexpress'' only until 1988, when it disappeared from the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungaria (train)
Hungaria () is a EuroCity train which runs between Budapest Nyugati and Hamburg - Altona, currently running with coaches of MÁV. It is numbered as ''EC 252-253'' and runs daily, mainly with MÁV owned rolling stocks. History Earlier numbering included ''EC 170-171'', ''EC 174-175'', ''IEx 74/75'' and ''Ex 154/155''. The Hungaria international express train is one of the oldest express trains still in operation. Its first run between Budapest and Berlin via Prague was on 29 May 1960 with a diesel locomotive. It was the first train in the former Czechoslovakia which reached a speed of 130 km/h. During the 1970s it ran as an express train between the capitals of Hungary and East Germany under train numbers ''Ex 154/155''. Electric locomotives were introduced in this period. The capacity of these locomotives just reached the necessary level. There were further improvements in the 1980s. MÁV planned to introduce a high level, international rail service with other railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primator (train)
The ''Primator'' was an international express train. Introduced in 1986, it ran between Prague, then the capital of Czechoslovakia, and East Berlin, then the capital of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Following the major political changes that took place in Central Europe in the second half of 1989, Prague became the capital of the Czech Republic, East Berlin was absorbed by Berlin and the GDR by Germany. In 1993, under the influence of all of these changes, the ''Primator'' was replaced by a new EuroCity train, the '' Porta Bohemica''. History The ''Primator'' first ran in 1986. Initially, it was categorised as one of the new top-of-the-line ''Interexpress'' services, numbered IEx 76/77. The train ran between Praha hl.n. in Prague and Berlin-Lichtenberg in East Berlin, on the route and in the time slots previously used by another train, ''Progress'', which was rescheduled to different time slots. In 1991, the ''Interexpress'' category was discontinued, and the ''Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berolina (train)
Berolina was a named passenger train between Warsaw and Berlin via Frankfurt (Oder). Introduced in 1959, it went through a number of iterations, including a short period without a name. Part of the Interexpress network as IEx 242/243 from 1986, it became categorised as EuroCity trains 42 and 43 in 1992. The service was finally replaced by the Berlin-Warszawa-Express in 2002. Berolina is reintroduced as an ICE train from Berlin to Vienna in 2018. The train's name, ''Berolina'', is the New Latin name for Berlin and the allegorical female figure symbolizing the city. History Initially, the ''Berolina'' was operated using DRG Class 137 diesel multiple units (Bauart Köln). By the 1970s, these had been replaced by a rake of coaches hauled by DR Class 130 locomotives. For part of its existence, the train continued as a ''Schnellzug'' service (D 242/243) from Berlin to Paris, France, and then returned to Berlin (as D243), in each case via the Ruhr district and Belgium. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vindobona (train)
The ''Vindobona'' is an international named passenger train which began service in 1957 between Berlin and Vienna via Dresden and Prague. In later years the route was extended to run from Hamburg via Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Brno and Vienna to Villach. It was named after the ancient settlement of Vindobona on the site of the modern city of Vienna. Labelled as a EuroCity train connection from 1993, services discontinued in 2014. Since December 2018 there is a daily direct Intercity-Express high-speed train between Vienna and Berlin via Linz, Passau and Erfurt. 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. Route The service began on 13 January 1957 using diesel multiple units classified as '' Fernschnellzug'' (FDt 50/51) running from Friedrichstraße station in East Berlin via Berlin Ostbahnhof, Elsterwerda, Dresden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. In Germany and Austria it is also referred to colloquially as a ''D-Zug'', a short form of ''Durchgangszug'' ("through train"), and express train services were often given numbers preceded by the letter ''D''. The similar term, ''snälltåg'', was used in Sweden until January 1980. On the railway networks operated by the Deutsche Bahn (DB), the Austrian Federal Railway (ÖBB) and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) today, express trains are divided into categories such as Eurocity, Intercity, Interregio etc. The DB still occasionally runs ''D-Zug'' services in night trains ('' D-Nacht''), especially those to its eastern European neighbours, and as relief trains. Museum services running on DB routes are also given ''D-Zug'' numbers. ÖBB runs D-Züge on main routes from/to Vien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovakia
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Consist
In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and Passenger train, transport people or Rail freight transport, freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often known simply as "engines"), though some are self-propelled, such as multiple units. Passengers and cargo are carried in railroad cars, also known as wagons. Trains are designed to a certain Track gauge, gauge, or distance between rails. Most trains operate on steel tracks with steel wheels, the low friction of which makes them more efficient than other forms of transport. Trains have their roots in wagonways, which used railway tracks and were Horsecar, powered by horses or Cable railway, pulled by cables. Following the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom in 1804, trains rapidly spread around the world, allowing freight and passengers to move over land faster and cheaper than ever pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal population of 350,647 in 2021. The Malmö Metropolitan Region is home to over 700,000 people, and the Øresund Region, which includes Malmö and Copenhagen, is home to 4 million people. Malmö was one of the earliest and most industrialised towns in Scandinavia, but it struggled to adapt to post-industrialism. Since the 2000 completion of the Öresund Bridge, Malmö has undergone a major transformation, producing new architectural developments, supporting new biotech and IT companies, and attracting students through Malmö University and other higher education facilities. Over time, Malmö's demographics have changed and by the turn of the 2020s almost half the municipal population had a foreign background. The city contains many histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Through Coach
In rail terminology, a through coach is a passenger car (coach) that is re-marshalled during the course of its journey. It begins the journey attached to one train, and arrives at its destination attached to another train. Through coaches save their transit passengers the need to change trains themselves. They also increase the number of direct links offered by the train operator(s). Most frequently in the form of sleeping or couchette cars, through coaches have commonly been used for long-distance journeys, especially in continental Europe, although they are much less common now than they were in the early 1970s. Example In 2010 and 2011, the Basel – Moscow sleeping car ( in 37 hours and 11 minutes) was attached successively to the following trains: * from Basel SBB to Hannover Hbf: ''CNL 472'' Basel SBB – Copenhagen; * from Hannover Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia: ''EN 447'' Amsterdam – Warszawa Wschodnia; * from Warszawa Wschodnia to Brest: ''405'' Bohumin – Brest; wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couchette Car
A couchette car is a railway carriage conveying non or semi-private sleeping accommodation. Overview The car is divided into a number of compartments (typically 8 to 10) accessed from the side corridor of the car, which in daytime are configured with a bench seat along each long side of the compartment. At an appropriate time in the journey, the attendant who travels in the car (or by agreement the passengers booked in the compartment) converts the compartment into its night-time configuration with two (1st class) or three (2nd class) bunks on each long side of the compartment, creating a total of four bunks in first class and six in second class. Typically, in 2nd class the seat serves as the lowest bunk, and the back of the seat is turned into a horizontal position and serves as the middle bunk. There are two types of couchette car in countries of the former USSR: "coupé" and "platzkart". "Coupé" cars are more expensive and comfortable with 4-bunk compartments fully separa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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