Regional rail is a term used for passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops than inter-city rail, and unlike commuter rail, operate beyond the limits of urban areas, connecting smaller cities and towns.
Northern Rail Class 158 at York station
Inter-city rail services are express trains that run services that connect cities over longer distances than commuter or regional trains. They include rail services that are neither short-distance commuter rail trains within one city area nor slow regional rail trains stopping at all stations and covering local journeys only. An inter-city train is typically an express train with limited stops and comfortable carriages to serve long-distance travel.
A Acela Express high-speed train traveling on the busy Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C. in July 2011
A Moroccan inter-city train at the Rabat station
DF4D with 25G passenger cars used for K-series trains
A China Railway High-speed trains