City express train

This article deals with the train category of the Swiss Federal Railways, for the city express service of the Deutsche Reichsbahn see Cities Express , for the Austrian multiple units see ÖBB 4010

Museum train at Chillon Castle with a Re 4/4 locomotive and two lightweight steel cars (first and third)

As cities express trains were referred to 1974 , a train category on the Swiss east-west transversal St. Gallen - Geneva of the Swiss Federal Railways .

The city express trains were initially run in the 1940s and 1950s from the then ultra-modern light steel wagons and the Re 4/4 I as light express trains and were later replaced by the subsequent standard wagons I and II . The term Easy Express has been used since the introduction of lightweight steel cars in 1936, they were from the Ae 3/6 I performed.

In 1974, with the opening of the Heitersberg line, the trains called Swiss Express equipped with the orange, air-conditioned EW III and the Re 4/4 II came into operation. They replaced older, fir-green express trains. Since the introduction of the regular timetable in 1982, the trains have been called InterCity and run on all of Switzerland's main axes.

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  The first city express trains were made up of lightweight steel cars and an Ae 3/6 I.

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  The new RBe 4/4 used in city express traffic after delivery.

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  For many years the Re 4/4 II with standard cars I and II shaped the city express trains.

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  Train ready to depart with Re 4/4 II and type I standard car in Zurich HB.

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  Swiss Express with standard coach III and Re 4/4 II in a matching color on the east-west axis.