Services
SBB has the following services:
- R: Regio (Regionalzug): stops at all stations
- S: S-Bahn/RER (Commuter train): same as Regio, but organized as a network around the major cities, with several lines and generally more frequent service.
- RE: RegioExpress
- IR: InterRegio,
- IC: InterCity: stops at major cities (Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg etc.)
- ICN: InterCity Tilting Train Same kind of product as IC, but using tilting trains instead of standard/double-decked trains
- CityNightLine: specially equipped night trains to
- the Netherlands (from Zurich and Basel)
- Austria (from Zurich)
- Denmark (from Basel)
- Germany (from Zurich and Basel)
- Extra: Charter train or special train added when an exceptionally heavy traffic is expected.
Regional trains are sometimes operated by another Swiss railways operator (for example, the Bern S-Bahn services operated by the BLS.)
SBB also operates international EuroCity and EuroNight trains while within Switzerland, while Deutsche Bahn operates InterCityExpress services to, from, and (a few services) within the country. It also has a few TGV stations.
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