EUROCITY

'EuroCity', abbreviated 'EC', denotes an international train service within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains with the "IC" (InterCity) label, "EC" trains are international trains that meet certain criteria described below.In one hand, Euro City label replace older TEE labelling for fast cross border trains in Europe. First Euro City trains were introduced in 1987.
During the pre-Schengen era, passport checks were conducted on EC trains while in motion, rather than while parked at a station or requiring the passengers to disembark, as was sometimes the case for non EC trains. When crossing the border into Eastern Europe, this is still done, e.g. between Austria and Slovenia at Jesenice. A few require pre-reservation (though this is possible and recommended for all other trains) and in some countries a supplemental charge.

Contents

Criteria

Names

Routes

Other uses

Criteria

★ train through two or more countries (in a short period during the '90s Austrian Railways ran domestic EC services)

★ all cars air-conditioned

★ stop only at major cities

★ stops for no more than five minutes, in special cases up to 15 minutes

★ food and beverages available onboard (preferably from a dining car)

★ conductors speak at least two languages, one of which must be English, French or German

★ average speed (including stops) above 90 km/h, exceptions for mountainous terrain and train ferries

★ daytime journey (start after 6:00, arrival earlier than 0:00)

Names

Many of the EuroCity trains carry names continuing the practise started for the luxury trains of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of these names are the same that were carried by the earlier Trans-Europe Express trains that followed the same route, for example "Lutetia" for Paris to Milano. The names are printed on brochures showing the times of arrival at various stops and details of the journey, which are laced on the seats.

Routes

(including a number of European trains with prefix EC, as of January 14 2007):

★ EC 6/7 Hamburg-Chur

★ EC 6/7 Dortmund-Chur

★ EC 22 Vienna-Dortmund

★ EC 23 Hamburg-Vienna

★ EC 24/25 Budapest-Györ-Vienna-Frankfurt-Cologne-Dortmund

★ EC 30/31 Allegro Johann Strauss - Vienna-Villach-Venice

★ EC 30/33 Copenhagen-Hamburg

★ EC 31/34 Copenhagen-Hamburg

★ EC 32/35 Copenhagen-Hamburg

★ EC 32/33 Allegro Stadivari - Venice-Villach-Vienna

★ EC 37/38 Hamburg-Copenhagen

★ EC 39 Hamburg-Copenhagen

★ EC 40/41 Berlin-Warsaw

★ EC 42/43 Budapest-Vienna

★ EC 44/45 Warsaw-Berlin

★ EC 46/47 Warsaw-Berlin

★ EC 50/51 Casanova - Ljubljana-Venice

★ EC 52/53 Frankfurt-Saarbrücken-Paris (removed on June 10, 2007, replaced by a TGV)

★ EC 60/61 Munich-Stuttgart-Strasbourg

★ EC 62/63 Kálmán Imre - Budapest-Györ-Vienna-Salzburg-Munich

★ EC 64/65 Munich-Paris (removed on June 10, 2007, replaced by a TGV)

★ 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 80/81 Garda - Verona Porta Nuova-Munich

★ EC 82/83 Paganini - Verona Porta Nuova-Munich

★ EC 84/85 Michelangelo - Rome-Munich

★ EC 86/87 Tiepolo - Venice-Munich

★ EC 90/91 Vauban – Brussels-Luxemburg-Strasburg-Basel SBB-Berne-Interlaken Ost

★ EC 93-88/89-92 Leonardo Da Vinci - Milano Centrale-Munich

★ EC 96/97 Iris – Brussels-Luxemburg-Strasburg-Basel SBB-Zurich-Chur

★ EC 100/101 Chur-Hamburg

★ EC 100/101 Ljubljana-Graz-Linz-Prague

★ EC 102 Chur-Kiel

★ EC 102/103 Polonia - Vienna-Warsaw

★ EC 104/105 Sobieski – Vienna-Ostrava-Katowice-Warsaw

★ EC 106/107 Praha – Warsaw-Katowice-Ostrava-Prague

★ EC 106/117 Tiziano - Milano Centrale-Chiasso-Basel

★ EC 108/109 Comenius – Krakow-Ostrava-Prague

★ EC 108/117 Verdi - Milano Centrale-Chiasso-Basel

★ EC 109/110 Ticino - Basel-Chiasso-Milano Centrale

★ EC 111/114 San Marco - Venezia S.Lucia - Chiasso - Basel

★ EC 112/113 - Klagenfurt-Munich

★ EC 114/115 - Klagenfurt-Salzburg-Munich-Stutgart-Frankfurt-Dortmund

★ EC 115/116 Mediolanum - Basel-Chiasso-Milano Centrale

★ EC 120/121 Košičan – Košice-Prague

★ EC 121/126 Leman - Geneva Airport-Milano Centrale

★ EC 122/123 Vallois - Milano Centrale-Geneva Airport

★ EC 124/125 Monte Rosa - Milano Centrale-Geneva Airport

★ EC 126/127 Fatra – Žilina-Prague

★ EC 128/129 Hradčany - Žilina-Prague

★ EC 130/131 Moravia - Bratislava-Bohumín

★ EC 130/133 Verbano - Milano Centrale-Brig-Basel

★ EC 131/134 Val d'Ossola - Basel-Brig-Milano Centrale

★ EC 132/135 Borromeo - Milano Centrale-Brig-Basel

★ EC 134/135 Slovenská strela - Bratislava-Prague

★ EC 139-140/159-160 Riviera Dei Fiori - Nice Ville-Milano Centrale

★ EC 140/141 Detvan - Zvolen-Ostrava

★ EC 141-142/147-148 Ligure - Milano Centrale-Nice Ville

★ EC 143-144/145-146 Sanremo - Milano Centrale-Nice Ville

★ EC 150/151 Emona Vienna-Graz-Ljubljana

★ EC 156/157 Zagreb Vienna-Graz-Zagreb

★ EC 158/159 Zagreb-Graz-Vienna

★ 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 170/177 Monte Ceneri - Milano Centrale-Zurich

★ EC 171/178 Teodolinda - Zurich-Milano C.

★ EC 172/173 Vindobona – Vienna-Brno-Prague-Dresden-Berlin-Hamburg

★ EC 172/179 Insubria - Milano C. - Zürich

★ EC 173/174 Canaletto - Schaffhausen-Venice

★ EC 174/175 – Budapest-Bratislava-Brno-Prague-Dresden-Berlin-Hamburg

★ EC 175 Cinque Terre - Schaffhausen-Livorno Centrale

★ EC 176 Cinque Terre - Livorno Centrale-Zürich

★ EC 176 - Prague-Dresden-Berlin-Hamburg

★ EC 177 - Berlin-Wien

★ EC 178/179 - Prague-Berlin

★ EC 188/189 Grödnertal (Val Gardena) - Verona-Bolzano-Innsbruck-Munich

★ EC 190/191 Munich-Zurich

★ EC 192/193 Munich-Zurich

★ EC 194/195 Munich-Zurich

★ EC 196/197 Munich-Zurich

★ EC 212/213 Zagreb-Villach

★ EC 230/231 Copenhagen-Hamburg

★ EC 232/233 Copenhagen-Hamburg

★ EC 240/241 Wawel – Kraków-Katowice-Wrocław-Berlin-Hamburg

★ EC 278/279 Jaroslav Hašek – Budapest-Bratislava-Brno-Prague

★ EC 295/296 Jean Monnet – Brussels-Luxemburg-Strasburg-Basel SBB

★ EC 314/315 Zagreb-Ljubljana-Villach-Salzburg

★ EC 370 – Vienna-Brno-Prague-Dresden-Berlin-Hamburg-Aarhus

★ EC 371 - Arhus-Hamburg-Berlin-Dresden-Prague

★ EC 386/387 Hamburg-Arhus

★ EC 530/531 - (Sillian)-Lienz-Villach-Klagenfurt-Vienna

★ EC 541 - Salzburg-Vienna (removed)

★ EC 9240/9249 Caravaggio - Milano Centrale-Paris

★ EC 9241/9248 Manzoni - Paris-Milano Centrale

★ EC 9242/9247 Dumas - Milano Centrale-Paris
Major routes in Eastern Europe:

★ Avala Vienna-Györ-Budapest-Novi Sad-Belgrade

★ Beograd Budapest-Novi Sad-Belgrade

★ Citadella Budapest–Székesfehérvár–Veszprém–Zalaegerszeg–Murska Sobota– Ljubljana

★ Corvinus Vienna–Szombathely–Pécs

★ Dacia Vienna-Györ-Budapest-Szolnok-Békéscsaba-Arad-Sighişoara-Braşov-Bucharest

★ Ister Budapest-Szolnok-Békéscsába-Arad-Brasov-Bucharest

★ Körös Budapest-Szolnok-Békéscsába-Arad-Timişoara

★ Maestral Budapest-Székesféhervár-Zagreb

★ Tisza Budapest-Szolnok-Debrecen-Nyíreghaza-Lvov-Kiev-Moscow

★ Transbalkan Budapest-Szolnok-Békéscsaba-Arad-Craiova-Ruse-Sofia-Thessaloniki

★ Venezia Budapest-Székesféhervár-Zagreb-Ljubljana-Trieste-Venice

★ Wiener Walzer Budapest-Györ-Vienna-Salzburg-Innsbruck-Zurich

★ Zagreb-Villach (Austria)

Other uses

'EuroCity' is also a name used by the twin towns of Tornio and Haparanda, located by the Finland-Sweden border. Also, EuroCity magazin is traveler magazine of Austrian railways; and EC (EuroCity) Revija is traveler magazin of Croatian railways.