In Germany with Deutsche Bahn there are three classes of trains: Regional, Intercity, and Intercity Express. Intercity Express is the high speed long distance

In Germany with Deutsche Bahn there are three classes of trains: Regional, Intercity, and Intercity Express. Intercity Express is the high speed long distance train, and are the most common long distance trains by a long shot. They're the ones that have the dining cars. Regular Intercity trains usually don't have dining cars, but they're rather rare. I've still never actually ridden one because they're almost never used (since Intercity Express is so sucessful, and the Regional trains are fast enough for journeys of around 200km)