Train categories in Europe

European long-distance/high-speed rail brands

Austria

Germany

Switzerland

• TGV
• TGV Lyria
• ICE
• RJ
• EuroCity -EC
• Intercity -IC
• Intercity-Neigezug -ICN
• InterRegio -IR / IR
• RegioExpress -RE
• Regio -R
• S-Bahn -S
• Extratrain- EXT

  Private operators (Austria, Germany and Switzerland)

Belgium ([NMBS/SNCB])

Croatia ([Hrvatske Željeznice])

Czech Republic ([České dráhy])

Denmark (DSB and others)

DSB (Danish State Railways)">DSB (railway company)">DSB (Danish State Railways)

[Arriva]

Nordjyske Jernbaner (North Jutland Railways)

Local trains

Light rail

Metro

Finland (VR">VR (company)">VR)

France ([Société Nationale des [Chemins de fer Français|SNCF]])

Hungary (MÁV">Magyar Államvasutak">MÁV, GYSEV">Raaberbahn">GYSEV)

Italy (Trenitalia">Ferrovie dello Stato">Trenitalia and others)

International quality services

• EuroCity
• EuroNight

High-speed trains">High-speed rail in Italy">High-speed trains

• Frecciarossa
• Frecciargento
• .italo

  Long-distance services

• Frecciabianca: trains running once every hour or two hours on the most important long-distance routes
• InterCity
• InterCity Notte

  Regional and local trains

• Regionale Veloce "RV" : local or interregional train stopping at few stations
• Regionale "R": basic local train, equates to German Regionalbahn
• Suburbano "S": suburban commuter services, for the Milan suburban railway service
• Metropolitano: for line 2 of Naples "metro" and line Cagliari-Decimomannu in Sardinia

  Circumvesuviana (Naples area)

Ireland ([Iarnród Éireann] and [NI Railways])

• D.A.R.T, Rapid Transit train network in Dublin.
• Commuter, Suburban services operated around major cities.
• Intercity, Long Distance or Local Services operated between cities.
• Enterprise, Long Distance service operated Jointly by NI Railways and Iarnród Éireann out of Dublins Connolly Rail Station to Belfast Lanyon Place railway station.

  Luxembourg

International trains

• EuroCity

• InterCity

• InterRegio

• TGV

• Intercités de Nuit

• TER Lorraine

• Regional-Express

• Piekuurtrein/rush-hour train

• Lokale trein/local train

National trains

• InterRegio

• Regionalexpress

Luxembourgish? Foreign?

Netherlands (NS">Nederlandse Spoorwegen">NS and others)

Poland (PKP">Polskie Koleje Państwowe">PKP and others)

Portugal ([Comboios de Portugal] – CP)

Romania ([Caile Ferate Romane] – CFR)

Current

• Regio Express – 1st and 2nd class cars
• Regio – mainly 2nd class cars
• Regio Urban/Suburban – commuter trains, mainly 2nd class cars

• InterRegio – longer distance trains than Regio, only stop in stations where connections to other destinations are available
• InterRegio Night - sleeping services assured, frequent stops, may include cars from foreign operators and/or autoracks

  Former

• InterCity/EuroCity – national and international services, stopping in important stations only
• EuroNight – night services of the IC/EC
• InterCity Night – sleeping services assured, important stops only, may include cars from foreign operators and/or autoracks

  Russia (RZD">Russian Railways">RZD)

Slovakia ([ZSSK])

Slovenia (Slovenske železnice [SŽ">Slovenske železnice">Slovenske železnice [SŽ])

Spain ([RENFE])

• Madrid–Ciudad Real–Puertollano–Córdoba–Sevilla
• Madrid–Ciudad Real–Puertollano–Córdoba–Puente Genil-Herrera–Antequera–Málaga
• Madrid–Ciudad Real–Puertollano–Córdoba–Puente Genil-Herrera–Antequera–Loja–Granada
• Madrid–Guadalajara–Calatayud–Zaragoza–Huesca
• Madrid–Guadalajara–Calatayud–Zaragoza–Lleida–Tarragona–Barcelona
• Madrid–Guadalajara–Calatayud–Zaragoza–Lleida–Tarragona–Barcelona–Girona–Figueres
• Madrid–Segovia–Valladolid–León
• Madrid–Cuenca–Requena-Utiel–Valencia
• Madrid–Cuenca–Valencia–Castellón
• Madrid–Cuenca–Albacete–Villena–Alicante
• Sevilla–Córdoba–Puertollano–Ciudad Real–Zaragoza–Lleida–Tarragona–Barcelona
• Sevilla–Córdoba–Puertollano–Ciudad Real–Cuenca–Valencia
• Málaga–Antequera–Puente Genil-Herrera–Córdoba–Puertollano–Ciudad Real–Zaragoza–Lleida–Tarragona–Barcelona
• Barcelona–Tarragona–Lleida–Zaragoza–Córdoba–Puente Genil-Herrera–Antequera–Granada

• Madrid–Valladolid–Palencia–León–Oviedo–Gijón
• Madrid–Valladolid–Palencia–Torrelavega–Santander
• Madrid–Segovia–Valladolid–Burgos–Miranda de Ebro–Bilbao
• Madrid–Segovia–Valladolid–Burgos–Miranda de Ebro–Vitoria–San Sebastián–Irun
• Madrid–Segovia–Valladolid–Palencia–León–Ponferrada
• Madrid–Segovia–Medina del Campo–Salamanca
• Madrid–Segovia–Medina del Campo–Zamora–Ourense–Vigo–Pontevedra
• Madrid–Segovia–Medina del Campo–Zamora–Ourense–Santiago de Compostela–A Coruña–Ferrol
• Madrid–Guadalajara–Calatayud–Pamplona
• Madrid–Guadalajara–Calatayud–Tudela–Calahorra–Logroño
• Madrid–Cordoba–Huelva
• Madrid–Ciudad Real–Puertollano–Córdoba–Sevilla–Jerez de la Frontera–Cádiz
• Barcelona–Lleida–Zaragoza–Logroño–Bilbao
• Barcelona–Lleida–Zaragoza–Pamplona–San Sebastián–Irun
• Barcelona–Lleida–Zaragoza–Pamplona–Vitoria–Burgos–León
• Barcelona–Lleida–Zaragoza–Pamplona–Vitoria–Burgos–León–Oviedo–Gijón
• Barcelona–Lleida–Zaragoza–Pamplona–Vitoria–Burgos–León–Ponferrada–Ourense–Vigo
• Barcelona–Lleida–Zaragoza–Pamplona–Vitoria–Burgos–León–Ponferrada–Ourense–Santiago de Compostela–A Coruña
• Alicante–Albacete–Cuenca–Madrid–Valladolid–Palencia–León–Oviedo–Gijón
• Alicante–Albacete–Cuenca–Madrid–Segovia–Valladolid–Palencia–Santander
• Alicante–Albacete–Cuenca–Madrid–Segovia–Medina del Campo–Zamora–Ourense–Santiago de Compostela–A Coruña–Ferrol
• Castellón–Valencia–Madrid–Segovia–Valladolid–Palencia–León–Oviedo–Gijón
• Oropesa del Mar–Benicàssim–Castellón–Valencia–Madrid–Segovia–Valladolid–Palencia–León–Oviedo–Gijón

• Madrid–Toledo
• Madrid Pta. Atocha–Ciudad Real–Puertollano
• Madrid Chamartín–Segovia–Valladolid
• Sevilla–Córdoba–Puente Genil–Antequera–Málaga
• Barcelona–Tarragona–Lleida
• Barcelona–Girona–Figueres
• Barcelona–Camp de Tarragona–Cambrils–L'Hospitalet de l'Infant–Tortosa.
• Calatayud–Zaragoza
• A Coruña–Santiago de Compostela-Ourense
• Valencia–Requena Utiel

• Barcelona-Valencia-Alicante

• Madrid-Ronda-Algeciras
• Madrid-Antequera-Granada
• Madrid-Murcia-Cartagena

• Madrid-Almería
• Murcia- Barcelona

• Barcelona-Mérida-Badajoz
• Barcelona-Sevilla
• Barcelona-Málaga
• Barcelona-Granada
• Barcelona-Almería
• Barcelona-Murcia, nowadays it's classified as a Talgo

• Madrid-Lisbon
• Barcelona-Paris
• Barcelona-Zürich
• Barcelona-Milan C.le
• Lisbon-Irun
• Madrid- Santiago- A Coruña
• Madrid – Vigo
• Barcelona-Vigo
• Barcelona-Gijón

Sweden

Ukraine (Ukrzaliznycya">Ukrainian Railways">Ukrzaliznycya)

United Kingdom

• Great Eastern Main Line: all services are operated by Greater Anglia, except for urban local services between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield, which are operated by TfL Rail.
• Lea Valley Lines: services on the main route, regardless of stopping pattern, are operated by Greater Anglia. The Southbury Loop and Chingford branch routes are operated by London Overground.
• East Coast Main Line:
• * A variety of companies run intercity trains on the East Coast Main Line, of which the principal operator is London North Eastern Railway.
• * Regional services are run as Govia Thameslink Railway as far as Peterborough, Northern between Darlington and Chathill, & Abellio ScotRail from Dunbar.
• * London suburban services are operated by Govia Thameslink Railway.
• West Coast Main Line:
• * Avanti West Coast is the dominant brand of intercity trains.
• * Stopping & semi-fast services are run by West Midlands Trains & branded as London Northwestern Railway from London Euston as far as the junction for the Liverpool Lime Street branch, & by Northern between Wigan North Western & Preston.
• * Suburban services in London are run by London Overground, while those in Lanarkshire are operated by Abellio ScotRail.
• Great Western Main Line: suburban services of London are operated by TfL Rail. All other trains, including Bristol's suburban network, are operated by Great Western Railway.
• Regional & regional express trains of Wales & suburban trains of Cardiff are operated by Transport for Wales Rail. The country's two intercity routes, through the Severn Tunnel and along the North Wales Coast Line are operated by Great Western Railway and Avanti West Coast respectively.
• Brighton Main Line: Govia Thameslink Railway runs airport express trains under a dedicated brand. Other trains are branded by destination: those going via London Blackfriars are branded as Thameslink, others as Southern
• In the North of England, local & suburban trains are almost exclusively run by Northern and regional express services by TransPennine Express.
• In Scotland, all trains not running to/from England are operated by Abellio ScotRail.
• Stagecoach Group, while operator of the Midland & South Western franchises, painted its trains in 3 liveries: suburban trains in a red-based livery, regional blue, & intercity white.

  Bulgaria (Bulgarian state railways BDŽ">Bulgarian State Railways">BDŽ)

Former Yugoslavia (Successor companies of the JŽ">Jugoslovenske Železnice">JŽ)