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The ''Interregio-Express'' (''IRE'') is a local public transport railway service operated by the Deutsche Bahn which is only available in the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Berlin as well as in Switzerland (Basel Badischer station, Schaffhausen, Kreuzlingen). The ''IRE'' service was first introduced in the 2001 summer timetable, due to the increasing abolition of ''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 passengers being irritated, 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 routes == Baden-Württemberg (also cross-border trains to Bavaria and Switzerland): * IRE (Stuttgart–Plochingen–Göppingen–)Ulm–Biberach–Aulendorf–Friedrichshafen–Lindau (Southern Railway and Fils Valley Railway) * IRE Stuttgart–Reutlingen–Tübingen-Balingen–Sigmaringen–Bad Saulgau–Aulendorf(–Ulm) (Neckar–Alb railway, Zollernalb Railway and Southern Railway) * IRE Karlsruhe–Pforzheim-Stuttgart (Karlsruhe–Mühlacker railway, Western Railway, Mannheim–Stuttgart HSL) * IRE Karlsruhe–Offenburg–Villingen–Singen–Konstanz-Kreuzlingen (Rhine Valley Railway, Black Forest Railway (Baden)) * IRE Ulm–Biberach–Ravensburg–Friedrichshafen–Singen–Schaffhausen–Waldshut–Tiengen–Basel (Southern Railway, Upper Rhine Railway) * IRE Ulm - Ehingen (Donau) - Sigmaringen - Tuttlingen - Donaueschingen - Neustadt (Schwarzwald) (Danube Valley Railway) * IRE Ulm–Heidenheim–Aalen (Brenz Railway) * IRE Stuttgart–Schorndorf–Schwäbisch Gmünd–Aalen (Rems Railway, only one pair of trains at peak traffic hours) * IRE Stuttgart–Osterburken (only one pair of trains at peak traffic hours) * IRE Stuttgart–Crailsheim (only one pair of trains at peak traffic hours) Saxony and Bavaria: * IRE ''Franconia-Saxony Express'' (''Franken-Sachsen-Express'') Nuremberg–Marktredwitz/Bayreuth–Hof–Plauen–Reichenbach–Zwickau–Glauchau–Chemnitz–Flöha–Freiberg–Dresden (Saxony-Franconia trunk line) : At the timetable change in December 2006, trains of the ''Mittelsachsen-Vogtland-Express'' from Hof to Dresden became a Regional-Express service. The designation ''IRE'' has since been used for the ''Franconia-Saxony Express'' from Nuremberg to Dresden, which replaced the previous ''Intercitys''. In contrast to all the other IRE routes, the ''Franconia-Saxony Express'' is not subsidised by the ''SPNV'' (local public transport) organisations, but by an internal arm of ''DB Fernverkehr''. * IRE Wertheim–Miltenberg–Aschaffenburg–Hanau (Main Valley Railway) Saxony-Anhalt and Berlin: * IRE 25 ''Magdeburg-Berlin-Express'': Magdeburg – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Potsdamer Platz – Berlin Hauptbahnhof (– Berlin Gesundbrunnen station) (two train-pairs Monday-Friday) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Interregio-Express」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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