Editing InterCity (section)

== History ==
[[File:Trains in Napoli Centrale-Garibaldi 18 55 44 221000.jpeg|thumb|An Italian InterCity train at [[Napoli Centrale railway station]]]]
The Inter-City Rapid Transit Company was an [[Ohio]] [[interurban]] company, which began operations in 1930 as it had purchased its route from the Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company. It remained in operation till 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.american-rails.com/interurbans.html|title = Interurbans and Trolleys (Trains): History/Photos}}</ref>

The use of ''Inter-City'' was reborn in the United Kingdom: A daily [[The Inter-City|train of that name]] was introduced in 1950, running between the cities of [[London]] and [[Birmingham]]. This usage can claim to be the origin of all later usages worldwide.

In 1966 [[British Rail]] introduced the brand InterCity for all of its express train routes, and in 1986 the term was adopted by the [[InterCity (British Rail)|InterCity sector of British Rail]]. Following the privatisation of the railways in Great Britain, the term is no longer in official use there although many people still refer to fast long-distance services as InterCity trains. The brand still exists though, and belongs to the [[Department for Transport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00001277000 |publisher=Intellectual Property Office |title=Trademark registration UKUK00001277000 - "INTERCITY"}}</ref>

[[File:IC Steuerwagen.jpg|thumb|right|[[Deutsche Bahn|DB]] InterCity [[cab car]] in [[Bremen Hauptbahnhof|Bremen Hbf]]]]
In West Germany, the [[Deutsche Bundesbahn]] first used the name (then written ''Intercity'') in 1968, denoting special first-class services on the [[F-Zug]] train network.  Many of the [[DB Class VT 11.5|Class VT 11.5]] [[diesel multiple unit]]s formerly used on the [[Trans Europ Express|TEE]] network were converted for early Intercity services.

In Switzerland, the InterCity brand replaced SwissExpress in the 1982 schedule.

In Norway, ''intercity'' (later also written ''InterCity'') trains were introduced in 1975 on the Vestfold Line (the [[Oslo]]-[[Skien]] service), later also on the Østfold Line (Oslo-[[Halden]]). They were (relatively) fast trains on distances up to 2–3 hours. Today, the name is used not on the trains, but on the main lines from Oslo to Skien, [[Lillehammer]], and Halden – and also on the Ringerike Line, which is under construction from Oslo to Hønefoss.

An international variant of InterCity, [[EuroCity]] (EC), was introduced in May 1987. EuroCity trains consist of high-standard, [[air conditioned]] coaches, are run by a variety of operators, and are usually subject to on-board border controls. For example, EuroCity trains running in Germany can be made up by [[rolling stock]] of either the [[Swiss Federal Railways|SBB]] (Switzerland), [[ÖBB]] (Austria), [[SNCF]] (France), and less commonly by stock of the Czech [[ČD]] and Hungarian [[MÁV]] railways.