EuroCity in the context of "Inter-city rail"

In Europe, railway companies assign trains to different categories or train types depending on their role, i.e. based on the used rolling stock, their speed (high-speed, higher-speed, conventional), distance of travel (long, medium, short), stopping frequency (Inter-city, limited express, express, limited-stop, regional, commuter) and other criteria. Train categories/types often have specific abbreviations (e.g. IC). In addition, different lines or individual trains may be numbered. The abbreviations (and numbers) are usually indicated in timetables, passenger information systems and sometimes also on the destination sign of the train. There is no common classification scheme throughout Europe; each country has its own, although categories of internationally operating trains are used across borders (e.g. EC).

A train type is not essentially a trademark name. However, there are trademark names that are also used as train types, such as the VogtlandExpress (VX) or the former CityNightLine (CNL) and Cisalpino (CIS).

InterCity (commonly abbreviated IC on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to InterRegio, regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at major stations only.

An international variant of the InterCity trains are the EuroCity (EC) trains, which consist of high-standard coaches and are run by a variety of operators.

This is a sortable list of railway stations in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, with further information (see below for a map). In total, there are 29 railway stations, of which one is closed. Most stations are on 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in) standard-gauge lines, while four of them are tram stops along the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre-gauge tram network, served by a light rail (S18) that continues on its own tracks outside of the city.

The stations lie in the fare zone 110 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). They are served by commuter trains of the Zurich S-Bahn and are also well-connected with the Zurich tram and trolleybus network as well as with municipal and regional buses. Long-distance trains (categories: TGV, RJX, ICE, EC, IC, IR, RE, EN, NJ) call at the Main Railway Station, Zürich Hauptbahnhof (Zürich HB), with some IC, IR and RE services also serving Zürich Altstetten and Zürich Oerlikon stations.

The public transportation network of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) is divided into 45 fare zones covering Zurich, Switzerland, and nearby regions, mostly in the canton of Zurich. The fare zones (Tarifzonen) are numbered 110 to 184, with zones 180 to 184 designating those outside of the canton of Zurich (Aargau, Schwyz and St. Gallen), while zone 114 includes the southern part of the canton of Schaffhausen and zone 162 part of the canton of Thurgau. The city of Zurich corresponds to fare zone 110. The network covers a major portion of the Zurich metropolitan area.

Trips by tram/light rail, bus, fast and regional trains, such as InterCity (IC), InterRegio (IR), RegioExpress (RE), S-Bahn (S), even international trains (such as EuroCity Zürich HB–Munich), by any operator, are part of the fare network as long as the start and end of the journey both lie within the fare network's boundaries (see integrated ticketing). Passengers can use all modes of public transport within the fare zones covered by their ticket.