Intercity - Intercity

...At first, TEE was limited to international trains, but later, even limited express trains that only ran within a country were included in the TEE if they had first-class speed and facilities. At its peak, there were more than 40 trains, but since they were only for first class, the number of passengers was limited, and in the 1980s, the number of TEE trains decreased as more trains were replaced by "Intercity" trains that also had second-class cars. In May 1987, the "Eurocity" train network was created, and TEE and international "Intercity" trains were replaced by this. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Intercity" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…当初TEEは国際列車に限られたが，その後，一国内だけを走る特急列車でも，スピードと設備が一流ならばTEEに加えられることになった。最盛期には40本を超えたが，1等専用のため利用客に限度があり，80年代に入ると2等車も連結した〈インターシティ〉に変わる列車が増え，TEEの本数は少なくなった。87年5月からは〈ユーロシティ〉列車網が作られて，TEEと国際〈インターシティ〉はこれに代替された。…

※「インターシティ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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