The dining car glossary

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Dacia

a loaded mixed grill plate with french fries and a mixed vegetables salad next to it, as well as a bottle of Paulaner beer. Slices of toast bread are also visible. In the background an otherwise empty bistro carraige is visible with seats aligned to the vidows and smal tables before. seat coverings are in Bordeaux red and table cloths in a petrol blue / green.

The “Dacia” is a famous long-distance night train between Bucharest, Romania, Budapest, Hungary and Vienna, Austria.

DB Bordgastronomie

bright Restaurant carriage of an ICE 1 train with red benches and white table cloths. The room is bright and tall with roof hashes.

DB’s passenger railway company “DB Fernverkehr” provide their onboard service on their own and not via an external catering company as many other railway companies in Europe do. DB is clearly Europe’s biggest railway company and also Europe’s biggest dining car company with a restaurant service on all their ICE-trains. Their dining cars are called […]

Do’s and Don’ts

One of the frequently asked questions regarding a stay at a dining car is, if there is a sort of code-of-conduct? A lot of people are not visiting a dining car at all or only on very rare occasions, so this question is more than understandable! First and foremost I would like to mention that […]

DoN’s

Cup of espresso in white porcelain in the top left corner of the picture, centred a poppy seeds cake. The DoN's logo is visible on the branded table mat and tissue.

Since 2018 DoN’s is the caterer of the ÖBB dining cars (en: Austrian Federal Railways).