In Europe, railway companies assign trains to different categories or train types depending on their role, i.e. based on the used rolling stock, their speed, distance of travel, stopping frequency and
Sign panel displaying abbreviations of train categories
Information display indicating the train's category and number (IC 86)
EuroNight, abbreviated EN, is a European train category that denotes many mainline national and international night train services within the Western and Central European inter-city rail network.