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Europe's dining cars

Almost every European railway operator has dining cars to go with its trains. These are to be found on long-haul trains, and provide full at-seat service, warm meals and branded cutlery. On shorter-distance trains you get either a bar-bistro car, or at-seat snack service, with cold and warm drinks. This is a review of all the dining amenities in European trains that I know of. It is also unique, as far as I know

Updated August 3, 2008
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  1. é-express
    Average priced "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Vienna, Austria
    The É-express Firma is the official catering partner of the Austrian Railways (OEBB). It provides dining car management and also at-seat service with snacks and drinks on most trains going through Austria. You can find a list of where they operate h…
  2. Eurostar
    Average priced "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in London, England, UK
    The Eurostar trains are an experience in themselves. Although they ply a relatively short route, they're so well known for connecting continental Europe to England via an underground tunnel. However, there's more to that experience. On board the t…
  3. Thalys (Thalys Bar)
    Average priced "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Brussels, Belgium
    The Thalys trains are a high-speed brand plying routes between Paris, Bruxelles, Amsterdam and Koeln. The trains have a very nice violet / silver livery and offer the best travel speeds for their routes. Each Thalys train has a Thalys Bar and, wh…
  4. NS Hispeed snack service
    Cheap "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Utrecht, Netherlands
    The Inter-City Brussels train of the NSHispeed company, which deals with international trains going out of The Netherlands is a very interesting affair. It's not a big branded train like, say, Thalys, or ICE, but a very reliable, old-school train, wi…
  5. Elvetino
    Average priced "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Zurich, Switzerland
    Elvetino is the catering operator of the Swiss national railways, SBB. As such, it provides both dining car services and at-seat snacks and drinks throughout Switzerland, and on international trains such as the Transalpin. Their restaurant cars a…
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