Interregio-Express
Black Forest railway (Baden) at Singen station
The Interregio-Express (IRE) is a local public transport railway service operated by the Interregio routes by DB's long-distance division (DB Fernverkehr ). As a result, several German states ordered InterRegioExpress trains on the routes affected. In addition IRE trains were also introduced on routes that had not previously had an Interregio service (e. g. on the Stuttgart–Tübingen–Aulendorf and Ulm–Aalen routes).
Unlike the former Interregio trains, IRE trains were classified as local passenger trains and can therefore be used by passengers with local tickets (DB Fares product group C as well as tickets issued by Passenger Transport Executives). This led however to some passengers being confused, especially to begin with, because they frequently did not realise that they could use these trains with local tickets. Furthermore, the new train type was often wrongly referred to in the early days as an InterRegionalExpress or ironically as an InterRegioErsatz (InterRegio substitute). However, since then the name Interregio-Express has established itself. Interregio-Express routesBaden-Württemberg (also cross-border trains to Bavaria and Switzerland):
Saxony-Anhalt and Berlin:
Temporary routesIn the meantime IRE trains with former IR coaches ran on the StadtExpress term. In addition, in several federal states, on the introduction of the InterRegioExpress, former RE routes were changed to IRE routes. Whilst the difference between IRE and RE is hardly discernible, RE and RB trains can clearly be told apart just by the frequency of stops. The renaming of RE to IRE has been reversed in all cases.
Usual running and rolling stockIRE services in Baden-Württemberg use a great variety of stock, including diesel-driven Class 146 locomotives however means that that type of train formation belongs to history.
tilting trains are used on the Franconia-Saxony Express.
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