eventually replace the Trans Europ Express trains. At first, IC services were first-class only, often using TEE stock and the then-new Class 103 locomotives. Trains ran bi-hourly. DB paid a royalty fee to BR for many years for the use of the brand name. In 1978, it was decided to expand the IC network to services with both first and second class, and so the new scheme, called IC '79 was launched in 1979 with the motto "Jede Stunde, jede Klasse" ("every hour, every class") to emphasize its new structure. Large numbers of air-conditioned open coach cars, the Bpmz 291, were built for InterCity services, which at first were using the TEE colour scheme. In 1985, with many of the TEE trains gone and the introduction of the InterRegio, the network was expanded again, now covering virtually any major city of then-West Germany. It faced further changes after the German reunification and the introduction of the InterCityExpress in the early 1990s. Today, after the abolition of the InterRegio in 2002, most long-distance connections in Germany are either IC or ICE trains; they most commonly offer at least bi-hourly service. Maximum speed for an IC is 200 km/h. Greece In Greece, InterCity trains operated by privately owned TrainOSE run in the following routes: Athens–Lamia–Larissa–Thessaloniki Athens–Lamia–Palaiofarsalos–Karditsa–Trikala–Kalambaka, one pair of trains per day at 160 km/h Thessaloniki–Serres–Drama–Xanthi-Alexandroupoli, one pair of trains per day at 160 km/h Hungary In Hungary the first InterCity train departed in 1991, since then almost 10 million people use these trains every year. Since then almost 250 InterCity trains operate in the country. Intercity train services in Hungary: Budapest Déli pu–Pécs (Every 2–3 hours) Budapest Keleti pu–Pécs (Every 1-2 hours) Budapest Déli pu–Kaposvár–Nagykanizsa (Somogy IC) Budapest Déli pu.-Szekszárd-Baja (Gemenc IC) Budapest Keleti pu– Miskolc–Tiszai–Debrecen–Budapest Nyugati pu (Circle-IC, every 2 hours) Budapest Keleti pu–Miskolc–Tiszai (Every hour) Budapest Keleti pu–Győr–Sopron and Szombathely (Every hour) Budapest Keleti pu–Békéscsaba–Timișoara /Târgu Mureș/Simeria/Brașov/București-Nord (Every 2h) Budapest Keleti pu-Békéscsaba-Lőkösháza (Every hour) Budapest Nyugati pu–Nyíregyháza (Every 2 hours) Budapest Nyugati pu–Szeged (Every hour) The Hungarian intercity trains are operated by MÁV-START, the Hungarian railway company. Ireland In the Republic of Ireland, Iarnród Éireann introduced the brand name InterCity in 1984, replacing the previous name of Mainline, which had been introduced in 1976. Initially applied to services operated by British Rail Mark 3 trains, it was later extended to include all services not part of the Dublin Suburban