Stadt-Express

The Stadt-Express has the role of linking cities to those areas outside their immediate surroundings; it therefore stops at every station in the outlying region. However, in the 'core' area of the conurbation, served by other local passenger trains like the S-Bahn and Regionalbahn trains, it runs faster, like a Regional-Express, and therefore only stops at the most important stations.

While there are no more Stadt-Express services in Germany, several Regionalbahn or Regionalexpress services still follow the concept: For example, the RE 22 (Eifel-Express) stops from Cologne Messe/Deutz to Kall only at important stations, thereafter it stops at every station on the way to Gerolstein, like a Regionalbahn train, a service not provided on this section of the line. After Gerolstein it changes its designation to "RB 22" and runs officially as a Regionalbahn to Trier.

Not all Stadt-Express routes followed this concept exactly; several services stopped at all stations even in the core area.

The Stadt-Express category was classified as a local service (Nahverkehr) and therefore could be used without supplementary fare.

Due to the general refurbishment of the Riedbahn, which connects Mannheim and Frankfurt with a high-speed rail line, from 15 July to 14 December 2024, the Regional Express services RE4 and RE14 were temporarily converted to SE14.^[3]

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