page_title: Vindobona (train)
section_title: EuroCity
hierarchical_section_title: Vindobona (train) / EuroCity
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Vlak projíždějící železniční zastávkou Řež u Prahy, česká lokomotiva, německé a rakouské vagony English: A train passing through Řež u Prahy station; the locomotive is Czech, the other cars are german and austrian
context_page_description: The Vindobona is an international named passenger train which began service in 1957 between Berlin and Vienna via Dresden and Prague. In later years the route was extended to run from Hamburg via Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Brno and Vienna to Villach. It was named after the ancient settlement of Vindobona on the site of the modern city of Vienna. Labelled as a EuroCity train connection from 1993, services discontinued in 2014.
  Since December 2018 there is a daily direct Intercity-Express high-speed train between Vienna and Berlin via Linz, Passau and Erfurt. The name Vindobona is now used for Railjet trains between Prague and Graz via Vienna operated by České dráhy and Austrian Federal Railways. This route shall be again extended to Berlin from mid-2020.
context_section_description: After the Revolutions of 1989 and the fall of the Iron Curtain, the railway connection gained new significance. A EuroCity (EC) service from Hamburg to Prague was already inaugurated in 1992 and in the following year, the Vindobona train also became categorised as EC 172/173. The DR operations were taken over by Deutsche Bahn AG by 1994. With the opening of Berlin Hauptbahnhof on 28 May 2006, trains passed through Berlin via the new North–South mainline. As of 2010, trains ran 1,469 kilometres (913 mi) from Villach Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Altona via Klagenfurt, Vienna, Brno, Prague, Dresden and Berlin in about 16 hours.
  As of 14 December 2014, the EC 172/173 Vindobona was replaced by the EC 172/173 Porta Bohemica from Hamburg-Altona to Budapest Keleti, connecting in Prague hlavní nádraží to a Railjet train service via the newly built Wien Hauptbahnhof to Graz Hauptbahnhof and vice versa. Since December 2018 there is a daily direct DB Intercity Express high-speed train (ICE 92/93 Berolina) from Berlin to Vienna via Erfurt, Nuremberg and Linz, as well as a ÖBB Nightjet train with sleeping car (NJ 456/457) via Wrocław, Bohumín and Břeclav. The name Vindobona has then been reused for the Railjet line connecting Prague, Vienna and Graz (RJ 256/257). After delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this route shall be extended to Berlin from 14 june 2020; thus, the historic train connection is reestablished.
caption: ČD 371 EuroCity Vindobona at Řež, 2007
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