Hungaria (train)
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| Service type |
Interexpress (IEx) (1986–ca. 1991) EuroCity (EC) (since 1993) |
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| Status | Operational | ||||
| Locale |
 Hungary Slovakia Czech Republic Germany
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| First service | 29 May 1960 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | ČD, DB, MÀV, ZSSK | ||||
| Former operator(s) | ČSD, DR, MÀV | ||||
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| Start | Budapest Keleti | ||||
| End | Berlin Hbf | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | EC 170/171 (1997-?), EC 172/173 (?-2018) | ||||
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| Catering facilities | Utásellató | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||||
| Electrification | 25 kV AC, 50 Hz 15 kV AC, 50 Hz |
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Hungaria (Hungária) is a EuroCity train which runs between Budapest Keleti and Berlin Hauptbahnhof, currently running with coaches of MÁV. It is numbered as EC 172-173 and runs daily, mainly with MÁV owned rolling stocks.
Earlier numbering included EC 170-171, EC 174-175, IEx 74/75 and Ex 154/155.
The Hungaria international express train is one of the oldest express trains still in operation. Its first run between Budapest and Berlin via Prague was on 29 May 1960 with a diesel locomotive. It was the first train in the former Czechoslovakia which reached a speed of 130 km/h.
During the 1970s it ran as an express train between the capitals of Hungary and East Germany under train numbers Ex 154/155. Electric locomotives were introduced in this period. The capacity of these locomotives just reached the necessary level.
There were further improvements in the 1980s. MÁV planned to introduce a high level, international rail service with other railway companies of the Eastern Bloc. The Interexpress alliance was founded with the membership of the Czechoslovakian ČSD, Polish PKP, Hungarian and East German DR. The contract was signed in 1986, one year before the establishment of the Western European EuroCity network. In the timetable year of 1986 the Hungaria became an interexpress train with train numbers IEx 74/75. At this time the train terminated in East Berlin, at Berlin-Lichtenberg station, the main railway station of the city. During the next two years it had direct rolling stocks to and from Vienna and in the summer period to Malmö. During this period and usually on Hungarian territories it used the MÁV V63 locomotives.
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