List of named passenger trains of Europe

This article contains a list of named passenger trains in Europe, listed by country. Listing by country does eliminate some EuroCity services from the list, but they are listed on the relevant EuroCity page for daytime trains and the EuroNight page for nighttime trains. Also separately listed are the named City Night Line services.

Austria

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
CNL Donau Kurier Vienna (Westbahnhof) Amsterdam (Centraal) present
D Chopin D 406/407 Vienna (Praterstern) Warsaw (Wschodnia) present
EC Lehár EC 968/969 ÖBB Vienna (Westbahnhof) Budapest (Nyugati) present
EC Mozart EC 68/69 ÖBB Vienna (Westbahnhof) Munich (Hauptbahnhof) present
EC San Marco EC 111/114 ÖBB, Trenitalia Vienna (Westbahnhof) Venice (Santa Lucia) present
EC Transalpin EC 162/163 ÖBB Vienna (Westbahnhof) Basel 1958–2010
EN Don Giovanni EN 236/237 ČD, ÖBB, Trenitalia Prague (Main) Vienna (Westbahnhof) Venice (Santa Lucia) present
EN Donau-Spree-Kurier EN 228/229 Vienna (Westbahnhof) Berlin (Wannsee) present
EN Hans Albers EN 490/491 Vienna (Westbahnhof) Hamburg (Altona) present
EN Kalman Imre EN 462/463 Budapest (Nyugati) Munich (Hauptbahnhof) present
EN Orient Express Discontinued CIWL Paris (l'Est) Vienna (Westbahnhof) Istanbul (Sirkeci) 18832009
EN Wiener Walzer EN 466/467 MÁV, ÖBB, ČD, SBB-CFF-FFS Budapest (Nyugati) Vienna (Südbahnhof) Prague (Main)
Budapest (Nyugati) Vienna (Südbahnhof) Zürich (Hauptbahnhof)
present
Giacomo Puccini Vienna (Südbahnhof) Ancona present
EC Avala EC 344/345 Vienna (Westbahnhof) Beograd present

Belarus

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Belarus RŽD, BŽD Moscow (Belorussky) Minsk (Main) present
Bug BŽD Minsk (Main) Brest present
Lijetuva RŽD, BŽD, LG Moscow (Belorussky) Minsk (Main) Vilnius present
Lybid' RŽD, BŽD, UZ St. Petersburg (Vitebsky) Kiev (Main) present
Mayak RŽD, BŽD, UZ St. Petersburg (Vitebsky) Kiev (Main) Odessa present
Minsk RŽD, BŽD Moscow (Belorussky) Minsk (Main) present
Polonez RŽD, BŽD, PKP Moscow (Belorussky) Minsk (Main) Warsaw (West) present
Sibirjak DB, PKP, BŽD, RŽD, KTŽ Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Adler
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Astana
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Chelyabinsk
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Kazan
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Moscow (Belorussky)
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Novosibirsk
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) St. Petersburg (Vitebsky)
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Ufa
present
Slavyansky Express RŽD, BŽD Moscow (Belorussky) Minsk (Main) present
Sozh RŽD, BŽD Moscow (Belorussky) Gomel present
Svisloch RŽD, BŽD Moscow (Belorussky) Minsk (Main) present
Vostok-Zapad Express RŽD, BŽD, PKP Moscow (Belorussky) Minsk (Main) Warsaw (Zachodnia) present
Yantar (Amber) RŽD, BŽD Moscow (Belorussky) Minsk (Main) Kaliningrad present
Zvezda RŽD, BŽD St. Petersburg (Vitebsky) Minsk (Main) present

Belgium

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Eurostar NMBS/SNCB, SNCF Brussels (Brussel-Zuid) or Paris (Gare du Nord) to London (St Pancras) 1994–present

Bulgaria

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Chaika Sofia (Central) Karlovo Bourgas present
Slynchev Briag Sofia (Central) Plovdiv Bourgas present
Zlatni Pyasatsi Sofia (Central) Varna present
Yantra Sofia (Central) Gorna Oriahovitsa present
Diana Sofia (Central) Yambol present
Bulgaria Express Sofia (Central) Moscow (Kiyevsky) present
Cherno More Varna Minsk present

Czech Republic/Slovakia (formerly Czechoslovakia)

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Brněnský drak Brno (Main) Prague (Main) present
Karel Čapek Nuremberg (Hauptbahnhof) Prague (Main) present
Slovenská strela Bratislava (Main) Prague (Main) present
Tatran Bratislava (Main) Košice present
Vltava Moscow (Belorussky) Prague (Main) present

Finland

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Allegro AE 30 ... AE 39 VR Group Helsinki (Central) St. Petersburg (Finlyandsky) present (replaced Repin and Sibelius)
Aurora Borealis Express 269 (northbound)
270 (southbound)
VR Group Helsinki (Central) Kolari present
Tolstoi (formerly Lev Tolstoi) P 31/ P 32 RŽD Helsinki (Central) Moscow (Leningradsky) present
Repin Discontinued VR Group Helsinki (Central) St. Petersburg (Finlyandsky) withdrawn December 2010
Santa Claus Express Discontinued VR Group Helsinki (Central) Rovaniemi discontinued
Sibelius Discontinued VR Group Helsinki (Central) St. Petersburg (Finlyandsky) withdrawn December 2010

France

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Caravaggio 9240/9249 SNCF, Trenitalia Paris (Lyon) Torino Milan (Central) Until December 2011
Catalán Talgo 70/71 Elipsos Montpellier (Saint-Roch) Barcelona (Estació de França) present
Côte d'Azur Pullman Express Discontinued PLM Paris (Lyon) Ventimiglia 19291939
EC Dumas EC 9242/9247 SNCF, Trenitalia Paris (Lyon) Torino Milan (Central) present
EC Iris EC 96/97 SBB, SNCF, SNCB Brussels (Midi/Zuid) Strasbourg Chur present
EC Jean Monnet Discontinued SBB, SNCF, SNCB Brussels (Midi/Zuid) Strasbourg Basel present
EC Vauban EC 90/91 SBB, SNCF, SNCB Brussels (Midi/Zuid) Strasbourg Brig present
Flèche d'Or Discontinued CF du Nord, SNCF Calais Paris (Nord) 19251972
Le Train Bleu (The Blue Train) Discontinued SNCF CalaisFrench Riviera 1886–2003
Ligure SNCF, Trenitalia Nice Milan (Central) present
EC Manzoni EC 50/51 SNCF, Trenitalia Paris (Lyon) Torino Milan (Central) present
Le Mistral Discontinued SNCF Paris (Lyon) – Nice 1950–1982
Montecarlo SNCF, Trenitalia Nice Napoli present
Nord Express SNCF, NMBS/SNCB, NS, DB, DSB, PKP, BŽD, LD, RŽD Paris (Nord) St. Petersburg (Vitebsky)
Paris (Nord) Warsaw (Gdańska)
Paris (Nord) Copenhagen (Central)
Paris (Nord) Hamburg (Hauptbahnhof)
18961914
19181936
19452007
2007 present
Orient Express Discontinued CIWL Strasbourg (Gare de Strasbourg) Vienna (Westbahnhof) Istanbul (Sirkeci) 1883 2009
Palatino Express EC 212/213 Thello Paris (Lyon) Bologna (Central) Florence (Santa Maria Novella) Rome (Termini) 1890 present (originally Rome Express)
EC Riviera dei Fiori EC 139/140 EC 159/160 SNCF, Trenitalia Nice Milan (Central) present
Rome Express CIWL Calais to Rome, later Paris to Rome 1890 1969, then renamed Palatino Express (see above)
EC Sanremo EC 143-146 SNCF, Trenitalia Nice Milan (Central) present
EC Stendahl EC 220/221 SNCF, Trenitalia Paris (Lyon) Milan (Central) Venice (Santa Lucia) present
Sud Express SNCF, RENFE, CP Paris (Montparnasse) Hendaye Irun Lisbon (Santa Apolónia)
Hendaye Irun Lisbon (Santa Apolónia)
18961990
1990 present
Talgo Mare Nostrum Elipsos Montpellier (Saint-Roch) Valencia Lorca present
Tren de los Alpes Elipsos Bourg-Saint-Maurice Madrid (Chamartín) winter season
Trenhotel Francisco de Goya EN 406/409 Elipsos Paris (d'Austerlitz) Madrid (Chamartín) present
Trenhotel Joan Miró EN 474/477 Elipsos Paris (d'Austerlitz) Barcelona (Estació de França) present

Germany

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Allersberg-Express DB Regio Nuremberg (Hauptbahnhof) Allersberg 2006present
Bavaria DB, SBB-CFF-FFS Munich (Hauptbahnhof) – Zurich (Hauptbahnhof) 1969–2002
Blauer Enzian DB, ÖBB Hamburg-Altona Klagenfurt 1965present (unnamed since the 1990s)
CNL Copernicus CNL 457/455 DB AutoZug Amsterdam Centraal Prague present
Helvetia DB, SBB-CFF-FFS Hamburg-Altona Zurich 19571979
Hungaria Budapest (Nyugati) Hamburg (Hauptbahnhof) present
Karel Čapek R 350 / 353 Nuremberg (Hauptbahnhof) Prague Praha-Holešovice railway station present
Franz Kafka R 354 / 357 Munich (Hauptbahnhof) Prague Praha-Holešovice railway station present
Karwendel Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Garmisch-Partenkirchen present
TEE Merkur TEE 34/35 DB, DSB København Stuttgart 19741978
EC Merkur EC 30/31 DB, DSB KøbenhavnFrankfurt 1987–1991
München-Nürnberg-Express DB Regio Munich (Hauptbahnhof) Nuremberg (Hauptbahnhof) 2006present
Norddeich Mole DB Luxembourg Norddeich Mole present
Rheingold DRG, DB Basel Hook of Holland/Amsterdam 19281987
TEE Rheinpfeil TEE 21/22 DB DortmundKöln (Cologne)München 19651971
IC Rheinpfeil IC 106/107 DB HannoverKöln (Cologne)München. After May 1979: Hamburg/Hannover – Köln (Cologne)Basel 1971–1987
EC Rheinpfeil EC 8/9 DB HannoverKöln (Cologne)Chur 1987–1991
Sibirjak DB, PKP, BŽD, RŽD, KTŽ Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Adler
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Astana
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Chelyabinsk
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Kazan
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Moscow (Belorussky)
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Novosibirsk
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) St. Petersburg (Vitebsky)
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Ufa
present
Vindobona DR (1957 - 1990) DB (since 1990), ÖBB, ČSD Hamburg-Altona Praha Wien Villach 1957present

Hungary

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Danube Express Operated by MÁV Nosztalgia Kft MÁV, CFR, BDŽ, TCDD, ŽSR, PKP Budapest (Nyugati) Istanbul (Sirkeci)
Budapest (Nyugati) Warszawa (Wschodnia)
2008–present
EN Wiener Walzer EN 466/467 MÁV, ÖBB, ČD, SBB-CFF-FFS Budapest (Nyugati) Vienna (Südbahnhof) Prague (Main)
Budapest (Nyugati) Vienna (Südbahnhof) Zürich (Hauptbahnhof)
present
EC Hungaria EC 170/171 Budapest (Nyugati) Hamburg (Hauptbahnhof) present
Ivo Andrić 342/343 Budapest (Nyugati) Belgrade (Belgrade Glavna) present
CONTINENTAL CLASSIC EXPRESS Various Continental Railway Solution Kft Excursion train, various routes present

Italy

Kazakhstan

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Kazakhstan RŽD Moscow (Paveletsky) Almaty present
Sibirjak DB, PKP, BŽD, RŽD, KTŽ Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Astana present
Tulpary KTŽ Astana Almaty present

Netherlands

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Rheingold Express (or Rheingold) Basel Hook of Holland and Amsterdam 19341987

Poland

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Chesnut/Kasztan DB, PKP, UZ Kiev (Main) Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) present
Kiev Express PKP, UZ Warsaw (West) Kiev (Main) present
Moscow Express/Berlin DB, PKP, BŽD, RŽD Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Moscow (Belorussky) present
Polonez RŽD, BŽD, PKP Moscow (Belorussky) Minsk (Main) Warsaw (Central) present
Sibirjak DB, PKP, BŽD, RŽD, KTŽ Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Adler
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Astana
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Chelyabinsk
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Kazan
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Moscow (Belorussky)
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Novosibirsk
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) St. Petersburg (Vitebsky)
Berlin (Hauptbahnhof) Ufa
present
Vostok-Zapad Express RŽD, BŽD, PKP Moscow (Belorussky) Minsk (Main) Warsaw (Central) present
Majority of Polish long-distance trains, as well as some regional and local trains, are named.

Portugal

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Sud Express 310/313 CP, RENFE, SNCF Lisbon (Santa Apolónia) Irun Hendaye Paris (Montparnasse)
Lisbon (Santa Apolónia) Hendaye
18961990
1990 Present
Trenhotel Lusitania 332/335 CP, RENFE Lisbon (Santa Apolónia) Madrid (Atocha) Present
Celta 422/423 CP, RENFE Porto (Campanhã) Valença Vigo 2013–Present
Alfa Pendular 12#/13#/18# CP Braga Porto (Campanhã) Lisbon (Oriente) Faro 1999–Present
Comboio Azul CP Porto (São Bento) Faro Summer Weekends
Comboio das Amendoeiras CP Porto (Campanhã) Freixo de Numão Pocinho "3 Different Road Trips" March Weekends during Almond Blossom Season
Comboio das Vindimas CP Porto (Campanhã) Peso da Régua September during Grape Harvest
Comboio das Cerejas CP Lisbon (Santa Apolónia) Castelo Branco Saturdays between May and July during Cherry Harvest
Comboio Histórico CP Peso da Régua Foz Tua Summer Weekends
Comboio Presidencial FMNF TBA
Foguete CP Porto (São Bento) Lisbon (Santa Apolónia) 1953 1986
Alfa CP Porto (Campanhã) Lisbon (Santa Apolónia) 1986 1999
Sotavento CP Barreiro Vila Real de Santo António (Guadiana) 1973 1982

Romania

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
R Dacia R 346/347 Bucharest Vienna (Westbahnhof) present[1]

Russia

Spain

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Al Andalus Expreso RENFE Granada Ronda Jerez de la Frontera present
Altaria Triana RENFE Barcelona (Sants) Cádiz present
Catalán Talgo Elipsos Montpellier (Saint-Roch) Barcelona (Estació de França) 1969present
El Transcantábrico FEVE Ferrol León Bilbao/Santiago de Compostela present
Limón Exprés FGV Benidorm Gata de Gorgos (Altea) 19712006
2008present
Picasso RENFE Bilbao (Abando) Málaga present
Sud Express CP, RENFE, SNCF Paris (Montparnasse) Hendaye Irun Lisbon (Santa Apolónia)
Hendaye Irun Lisbon (Santa Apolónia)
18961990
1990 present
Talgo Covadonga RENFE Barcelona (Sants) Gijón present
Talgo Finisterre RENFE Barcelona (Sants) A Coruña/Vigo present
Talgo Mare Nostrum Elipsos Montpellier (Saint-Roch) Valencia Lorca 1970s present
Talgo Miguel de Unamuno RENFE Barcelona (Sants) Irun/Bilbao (Abando)/Salamanca present
Tren de los Alpes Elipsos Madrid (Chamartín) Bourg-Saint-Maurice winter season
Trenhotel Antonio Machado 946/947 RENFE Barcelona (Sants) Cádiz -2010
Trenhotel Francisco de Goya 406/407/408/409 Elipsos Madrid (Chamartín) Paris (d'Austerlitz) present
Trenhotel Gibralfaro RENFE Barcelona (Sants) Granada/Málaga present
Trenhotel Joan Miró 474/477 Elipsos Barcelona (Estació de França) Paris (d'Austerlitz) present
Trenhotel Lusitania RENFE, CP Madrid (Atocha) Lisbon (Santa Apolónia) present
Trenhotel Pau Casals 272/273/274/275 Elipsos Barcelona (Estació de França) Zürich (Hauptbahnhof)
Trenhotel Rías Gallegas RENFE Madrid A Coruña/Vigo present
Trenhotel Salvador Dalí 11273/11274 Elipsos Barcelona (Estació de França) Milan (Central) present
There have been up to 125 named trains in Spain.

Sweden

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Lapplandståget Veolia Malmö Stockholm Boden Narvik 2008–2010
Arctic Circle Train 93/94 SJ Stockholm Boden Narvik present
Norrlandståget SJ Göteborg/Stockholm Boden Narvik/Luleå present
Inlandsbanan Inlandsbanan Kristinehamn Mora Östersund Gällivare present

Before 1980 there were several more named trains in Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

Train Name Train Number Train Operator Train Endpoints Operated
Capital Express UZ, RŽD Kiev Moscow-Kiyevsky present
Kiev UZ, RŽD Kiev Moscow-Kiyevsky present
Ukraine UZ, RŽD Kiev Moscow-Kiyevsky present
Dukla UZ Kiev Chop present
Rose of Donbas UZ, RŽD Donetsk Moscow-Kursky present
Tysa UZ, RŽD Uzhgorod Moscow-Kiyevsky present
Pridnieprovye UZ, RŽD Moscow-Kursky Dnipropetrovsk present
Luhan UZ Kiev Luhansk present
Slavutich UZ Kiev Simferopol present
Nikolai Konarev UZ Kharkov Moscow-Kursky present
Odessa UZ, RŽD Odessa Moscow-Kiyevsky present
Karpaty UZ Odessa Lviv present
Sevastopolets UZ Kiev Sevastopol present
Kashtan (Chestnut) UZ Kiev Berlin Hauptbahnhof present
Donbas UZ Donetsk Kiev present
Sevastopol UZ Sevastopol Kiev present

United Kingdom

References

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