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Trenitalia

Trenitalia is the national Italian railway company. Thanks to its high-speed trains – Frecciarossa, Frecciarossa 1000, Frecciargento and Frecciabianca – and regional, Intercity and Eurocity trains, you can travel throughout the whole country in total ease and comfort.

Italo

Italo is the private train company created by Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV) and connects the main Italian cities with speeds of up to 350 km/h.

SNCF

Apart from the well-known TGV high-speed trains, which connect Paris to Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon and the main French cities, SNCF also offers medium- and long-distance Intercités and regional trains (TER) which operate in the rest of the country.

OUIGO

OUIGO is the high-speed and low-cost service launched by SNCF in France in 2013. Despite having a single class on board, OUIGO trains offer the same level of comfort as the one of a TGV Second Class. OUIGO train tickets can only be booked online.

Renfe

Renfe is the national train operator in Spain and offers different types of modern high-speed services – AVE, Avlo, AV-City, Avant, Alvia and Euromed – as well as medium and long-distance regional trains – Altaria, Talgo and Trenhotel.

AVE

Connecting Spain's major cities at speeds of up to 310km/h (193 mph), AVE is certainly one of the fastest trains in Europe – it can connect the 700 km between Madrid and Barcelona in just 2h 30m.

Avlo

Avlo is Renfe's new high-speed long-distance train service operating on the Madrid to Barcelona-Figueres line. Avlo trains can travel up to 300 km/h, all tickets are in Economy Class with assigned seats.

Alvia

Alvia is another high-speed, long-distance train operated by Renfe. Capable of speeds of up to 250km/h, Alvia trains connect major cities in Spain, including Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia, Alicante, Zaragoza and Cadiz.

Trenhotel

Trenhotel is Renfe's long-distance night train service. Capable of travelling at more than 200 km/h, these night trains are designed for routes between cities in Spain and Portugal, so they have several classes, cabins with beds and wagon-cafeteria.

OUIGO Spain

OUIGO Spain is the new low-cost, high-speed service operating on the Barcelona-Madrid line from the 10th May 2021. As with the French OUIGO trains, the Spanish version only has one class of seating, with tighter spacing than on conventional TGV trains, to provide around 590 seats per train. However, unlike the trains used in France, the Spanish OUIGO trains have a bar car.

iryo

iryo is the new high-speed train operating on the Madrid - Barcelona route. Reaching speeds of up to 223 mph (360 km/h), their latest-generation Frecciarossa 1000 trains come with 4 classes (Infinita, Singular Only YOU, Singular and Inicial), ultra-modern 5G WiFi and onboard restaurant service.

Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn, also known as DB, operates on most of the train network in Germany. With seven types of high-speed (ICE), intercity and regional trains, you can easily travel throughout Germany and the nearby countries.

Flixtrain

Flixtrain is part of the FlexMobility group, which now belongs to Flixbus, the largest coach company in Germany. Since March 2018, FlixMobility has started to offer high-speed and low-cost train connections between Hamburg and Cologne, Stuttgart and Berlin and Hamburg and Lörrach.

DB-SNCF

DB-SNCF is a joint venture between the German (DB) and the French (SNCF) train operators whose aim is to provide fast connections between Germany and France. The main routes covered by DB-SNCF are Frankfurt Main to Paris, Saarbrücken to Paris and Frankfurt to Marseille.

OBB

OBB is the main train operator in Austria and offers seven types of trains, including the night train Nightjet. The high-speed train Railjet also connects Austria with the main cities in Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland and Italy.

SBB

SBB is the national railway company in Switzerland and connects the main Swiss cities, such as Bern, Basel, Geneva and Zurich, and also operates in Italy in collaboration with Trenitalia.

WestBahn

WestBahn is a young Austrian train operator which has been connecting Vienna to Salzburg via Linz since 2011. Westbahn trains are very modern and can reach speeds of up to 200 km/h.

City Airport Train (CAT)

City Airport Train, also known as CAT, was created in 2002 by OBB in collaboration with Vienna Airport. This train mainly connects Vienna Airport to Wien Mitte train station.

DSB

DSB is the main train company in Denmark and has five types of trains, including intercity trains to Aarhus, Aalborg and Flensburg.

SNCB

SNCB is the national railway company in Belgium and offers regional, intercity and high-speed services to connect the main cities of the country.

NS

NS (Nederlanse Spoorwegen) is the main train company in the Netherlands and covers all the routes in the country with regional, intercity and high-speed trains.

TGV Lyria

As a result of the collaboration between SNCF and SBB, TGV Lyria trains connect Paris, Dijon and Marseille with Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich.

CD

CD (České dráhy) is the national railway company in Czech Republic. All CD trains leave from Prague, the capital city, and connect it to the rest of the country.

CFL

CFL (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Luxembourgeois) is the national railway company in Luxembourg. All the CFL trains depart from the capital city to the rest of the country.

Bernina Express

The Bernina Express, also known as the 'Red Train', is a scenic train that runs from Tirano in Italy to Chur in Switzerland, crossing one of the most magical routes in Europe.

Glacier Express

The Glacier Express uses the Rhaetian railway network to take you on an exciting journey through the Swiss Alps and discover the beauty of the glaciers and mountain villages.

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