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The ''Lehár'' was an express train between Budapest, Hungary, and Vienna, Austria. Introduced in 1979, it was the first eastern European train to become a EuroCity service,〔Brunhouse (1989).〕 in 1988. The train was operated by the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) and the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). It was named after Franz Lehár (1870–1948), an Austro-Hungarian composer. It was replaced by a Railjet service in 2008. ==History== The ''Lehár'' first ran in 1979. The following year, a trip on the train was featured in "Changing Trains", the final episode in Series 1 of ''Great Railway Journeys of the World'', a BBC TV travel documentary. The "Changing Trains" trip, which was the last stage of a longer journey from Paris to Budapest, was also included in the book published to complement the series.〔Robson (1981), pp. 184–185.〕 In the book, Eric Robson, the presenter and author of "Changing Trains", described the ''Lehár'' as "slow at the best of times", and gave the following account of its border crossing at Hegyeshalom:〔 In May 1988, the ''Lehár'' was added to the EuroCity network.〔 The time required for the border crossing was shortened to ten minutes, due to the introduction of dual-voltage locomotives that did not need to be changed at the border, and onboard passport and customs inspections. The overall travel time from Vienna to Budapest was reduced to just three hours.〔 In 1996, the ''Lehár''s Budapest terminal was moved from Budapest Déli to Budapest Keleti. By 2004, an upgrade of the Hegyeshalom to Budapest line had reduced the train's whole trip to less than three hours each way, making it possible for travellers to make a one day excursion from Vienna to Budapest and back. The border crossing time had been shortened to three minutes, with passport, visa and customs inspections performed on the train.〔Brunhouse (2004), p. 435.〕 In December 2008, the ''Lehár'' was replaced by a Railjet service. 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「Lehár (train)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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