Intercity (Deutsche Bahn)
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Intercity (IC) is the second-highest train classification in Germany, after the Intercity Express (ICE). Intercity services are locomotive-hauled express trains, usually over long-distances. There are Intercity routes throughout Germany and routes generally operate every other hour, with multiple routes giving a more frequent service on core routes. Intercity services are operated by the DB Fernverkehr division of Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national railway.
The Intercity name was introduced in Germany in 1971, replacing the
History
Inception
The idea for Intercity services on the Deutsche Bundesbahn network was first proposed in 1967, inspired by the success of British Rail's InterCity brand. After some planning, the proposal was approved in 1969, and the services were finally introduced in September 1971, after some delays in delivery of new coaching stock. The original network consisted of four lines, operating every two hours, and connecting the largest cities in West Germany. At this time, Intercity trains were first-class only. The original lines were:
- line 1 (red): Hamburg-Altona – Bremen – Münster (Westf) – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich
- line 2 (blue): Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Hagen – Wuppertal-Elberfeld (– Solingen-Ohligs) – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Wiesbaden – Frankfurt (Main) – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Augsburg – Munich
- line 3 (green): Hamburg-Altona – Hannover – Göttingen – Fulda – Frankfurt (Main) – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg (Breisgau) – Basel
- line 4 (gold): Bremen – Hannover – Göttingen – Bebra – Fulda – Würzburg (– Ingolstadt) – Munich
Gradually, the Intercity network started to expand, and with the introduction of the Class 103 locomotives, 200 km/h running was possible. Services were increased in frequency to hourly, and second class accommodation was provided – in 1979 this was promoted with the slogan "every hour, every class".
Additionally, there is also another new line 5, running from Dortmund to Munich. It was opened since 2 May 1985.
- line 1 (red): Hamburg-Altona – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster (Westf) – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln – Bonn – Koblenz – Wiesbaden – Frankfurt (Main)
- line 2 (brown): Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich
- line 3 (green): Hamburg-Altona – Hannover – Göttingen – Fulda – Frankfurt (Main) – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg (Breisgau) – Basel (– Switzerland)
- line 4 (gold): Hamburg-Altona – Hannover – Göttingen – Bebra – Fulda – Würzburg – Augsburg – München
- line 4a (grey): Oldenburg or Bremerhaven – Bremen – Hannover
- line 5 (blue): Dortmund – Hagen – Wuppertal-Elberfeld (– Solingen-Ohligs) – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt (Main) (– Aschaffenburg) – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Augsburg – Munich
The InterCity for 3a is also part of the TransEuropExpress:
- line 3a: Amsterdam – Utrecht – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – (Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg (Breisgau) – Basel) or (Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich – Salzburg) or (Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt (Main) – Würzburg – Augsburg – Munich – Innsbruck)
Some ICs switched between lines 4 and 5, 2 and 5 (Essen or Wuppertal), or 2 and 3 (Basel or Stuttgart).
Reunification and growth
The network continued to evolve throughout the 1980s, and in the early 1990s it saw major changes. One major driving force for this was German reunification, which saw the network expand across the former East Germany, but also the opening of two high-speed lines in 1991: Mannheim to Stuttgart and Hannover to Würzburg. The first generation ICEs were introduced around this time, and took over most services on the Hannover – Fulda corridor, while the remaining services expanded in all directions.
The routes on 2 June 1991 were as follows:
- IC line 1 (red): Hamburg-Altona – Bremen – Münster (Westf) – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen – Frankfurt (Main) – Aschaffenburg – Würzburg – Nürnberg – (Ingolstadt – Munich) or (Regensburg – Passau – Linz – Wien) (connecting to Austria)
- IC line 1a (magenta): Wiesbaden – Frankfurt (Main) (every two hours)
- IC line 2 (brown): (Dortmund – Bochum) or (Münster (Westf) – Recklinghausen – Gelsenkirchen) – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich (eight EC train pairs via Salzburg to Budapest, Klagenfurt, Wien or Zagreb)
- IC line 2a (magenta): Wiesbaden – Mainz
- IC line 3 (green): Berlin – Potsdam – Magdeburg – Helmstedt – Braunschweig – Hildesheim – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Frankfurt (Main) – Mannheim – Karlsruhe (every two hours, one EC train pair via Basel to Zürich)
- IC line 4 (gold): Hamburg-Altona – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Würzburg – Augsburg – Munich (every two hours to Nuremberg)
- IC line 5 (blue): (every two hours: Berlin – Potsdam – Magdeburg –) Braunschweig – Hannover– Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Hagen – Wuppertal – Solingen-Ohligs – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg (Breisgau) – Basel (new EC pairs of trains to Brig, Chur, Geneva, Interlaken, Milan or Sestri Levante)
- EC line 5a (lilac): Amsterdam – Utrecht – Emmerich – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne (every two hours, two EC train pairs on line 5 to Chur and Interlaken)
- ICE line 6 (orange): Hamburg-Altona – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Frankfurt (Main) – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich
- IC line 6a (grey): Oldenburg or Bremerhaven – Bremen – Hannover
Meanwhile, a new type of express train – the
The new changes on 31 May 1992 were as follows:
- IC line 1 (red): from Nuremberg to Munich
- IC line 3 (green): Hamburg-Altona – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe (– Basel – Zürich)
- ICE line 4 (yellow): either Bremen or Hamburg-Altona, to Nuremberg
- IC line 6a (grey): every two hours Bremen – Hannover
- IC line 8 (lime): Berlin – Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld – Leipzig – Naumburg – Jena – Saalfeld – Probstzella – Lichtenfels – Bamberg – Erlangen – Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich (every two hours)
From 1996, IC line 8 was connected from Berlin to Hamburg, which together with IC line 7 between the two cities, which ran until 1998, created an hourly service. IC line 5 ran from 1997 via Hanover Magdeburg and Leipzig to Dresden instead of Berlin. as a result, the new ICE line 10 was established from Berlin to Cologne/Bonn. At the same time, the branch to Basel, which was previously served by IC line 5, was abandoned. The line now ended in Nuremberg. From 1998 the trains of ICE line 6 and ICE line 10 ran over the new Berlin–Hanover line.
Modern era
The next major change to Intercity services came about in 2002, with the opening of the
As a result, the character of Intercity has changed. Having been on an almost equal footing with the ICE, it is very much secondary. While it still provides a high quality of service, trains now stop more frequently, and are more commonly found on lesser routes. Most current IC trains convey fewer
Current services
Deutsche Bahn's long distance services are operated over numbered routes. If they are operated by Intercity-Express rolling stock they are considered to be Intercity-Express lines. Lines operated by Intercity rolling stock or a mixture of Intercity and Intercity-Express sets are listed below (as of 2022).
Line 17
IC line 17 was established on 15 December 2019. This is a service that has been served every two hours since 9 March 2020. Between Rostock and Berlin, IC line 17 is the successor to Interregio line 14, which operated here until 2002. Some services of trains on IC line 28 are replaced here by line 17. On the section between Berlin and Dresden, the line supplements the heavily used Eurocity line 27 to Prague and has connected Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) since it opened.
Since the Stadler KISS multiple units used on IC route 17 are owned by the Austrian WESTbahn and are serviced in Vienna, a pair of trains runs six times a week overnight between Rostock and Vienna via Nuremberg.
Line | Route | |
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IC 17 | ( Berlin Südkreuz –
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Berlin Brandenburg Airport – Doberlug-Kirchhain – Elsterwerda – Dresden-Neustadt – Dresden (– Freiberg – Chemnitz) | ||
Fürth – Nuremberg – Regensburg – Straubing – Plattling – Passau – Schärding – Wels – Linz – St. Pölten – Vienna Meidling – Vienna
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Line 24
Intercity rolling stock is used for one train pair on ICE/IC line 24. It runs from Hamburg via Hanover, Kassel and Würzburg to Augsburg where the train splits, with one portion continuing to Munich and Berchtesgaden and the other continuing to Oberstdorf.
Line | Route | |
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IC 24 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg Dammtor – Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Lüneburg – Uelzen – Celle – Hanover – Göttingen – Kassel – Fulda – Würzburg – Steinach (b Rothenburg ob der Tauber) – Ansbach – Treuchtlingen – Donauwörth – Augsburg – | Munich-Pasing – Munich East – Rosenheim – Bad Endorf – Prien am Chiemsee – Übersee – Traunstein – Freilassing – Bad Reichenhall – Bad Reichenhall-Kirchberg – Bayerisch Gmain – Bischofswiesen – Berchtesgaden |
Buchloe – Kaufbeuren – Kempten – Immenstadt – Sonthofen – Fischen – Oberstdorf |
Line 26
Intercity rolling stock are used for some rotations on ICE/IC line 26.
Line 27
On the main route of EC line 27, Intercity and Eurocity services run every two hours between Hamburg and Prague. A pair of trains continue to Budapest. One pair of trains a day runs between Westerland or Dagebüll and Berlin. Between Berlin and Dresden, together with line 17, there is a service approximately every hour. Since 16 June 2020, a pair of Railjet services have operated as ICE 27 between Berlin and Graz.
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EC 27 | Hamburg-Altona – | Budapest Keleti )
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Kiel – Neumünster – | ||||
Heide – Itzehoe –
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Schleswig – Rendsburg – Neumünster –
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1 Norddeutsche Eisenbahngesellschaft Niebüll runs through coaches from Niebüll to Dagebüll Mole via the following stations. They do not run as IC services, but as NEG regional services:
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– Niebüll – Deezbüll – Maasbüll – Dagebüll Kirche – Dagebüll Mole |
Line 28
Only a few trains run on line 28, which connects Nuremberg with Munich via Augsburg.
Line | Route |
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IC 28 | Nuremberg – Treuchtlingen – Donauwörth – Augsburg – Munich |
Line 32
Since the start of the 2024 annual timetable, the line only consists of IC 2012/2013 train pair (Allgäu).
Line | Route | ||
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IC 32 | Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz – Bingen – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Plochingen – Göppingen – Ulm – Memmingen – Kempten – Immenstadt – Sonthofen – Fischen – Oberstdorf |
ICE train pair ICE 32 118/119 (Bodensee) also runs on the line.
Line 34
Trains run every two hours between Frankfurt and Siegen. Two pairs of trains run at high speed from Siegen via Unna and Hamm to Münster and continue via Emden to Norddeich Mole; the other six train pairs take over almost all stops for regional traffic and run to Dortmund or via Dortmund to Münster. These slower trains can also be used between Dillenburg and Iserlohn-Letmathe with local tickets. The first train on Mondays to Fridays towards Dortmund runs from Stuttgart via Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Mannheim and Frankfurt Airport.
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IC 34 | ( – | |
Lennestadt-Altenhundem – ) | ||
Siegen-Weidenau – Lennestadt-Grevenbrück – Finnentrop – Plettenberg – Werdohl – Altena – Iserlohn-Letmathe – Witten – Dortmund (– Hamm – Münster)
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Line 35
Trains run every two hours between Emden and Cologne. Some trains start at Norddeich Mole or Emden Außenhafen. South of Cologne, individual trains continue to Koblenz and on weekends to Konstanz or Stuttgart. Emden Außenhafen is only served from March to October. A pair of trains runs from Norddeich Mole to Bonn-Bad Godesberg and from Bad Godesberg to Emden. A pair of trains runs daily from Koblenz (on weekends from Cologne) to Bremerhaven-Lehe or from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Cologne. All IC trains running between Leer and Norddeich Mole can be used with local tickets. Since December 2023, some train pairs have been running as ICE 35.
Line | Route | Stock | ||
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IC 35 | ( – | Münster – Recklinghausen – Wanne-Eickel – Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz – Bingen – Mainz – Worms – Mannheim – | Singen – Radolfzell – Konstanz
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IC2
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Bremerhaven-Lehe – Bremerhaven – Osterholz-Scharmbeck – Bremen – Osnabrück – | Stuttgart |
Line 37
Since the 2018 annual timetable, a daily pair of trains has again been running between Düsseldorf and Luxembourg. Until December 2014, this section was part of line 35. (Stadler KISS) double-deck multiple units of the CFL are used. On the Koblenz–Trier railway, the train runs as an RE, between Koblenz and Düsseldorf as an IC on behalf of DB Fernverkehr with the option of reserving seats and taking bicycles.[1]
Line | Route |
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IC 37 | Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz – Kobern-Gondorf – Treis-Karden – Cochem – Bullay – Wittlich – Schweich – Trier – Wasserbillig – Luxemburg |
Line 43
Since the 2022 annual timetable, two daily pair of trains have run between Hamburg-Altona and Zürich or Interlaken Ost (running on the IC 55 route between Cologne and Mannheim), replacing services on the former line 30.
Line | Route |
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EC 43/ | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Baden-Baden – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich or Interlaken Ost |
Line 50/51
Line 51 is based on ICE 50 and supplements it with relief journeys on Fridays and Sundays as well as journeys on the "Mid-Germany Railway" (Mitte-Deutschland-Verbindung, MDV). It was called line 50 between 2018 and December 2022. Line 51 MDV runs three pairs of trains between Düsseldorf/Cologne and Gera/Leipzig via Dortmund, Hamm, Soest, Lippstadt, Paderborn, Altenbeken, Warburg, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, Bebra, Eisenach, Gotha and Erfurt. The services that relieve the ICE line during peak hours are grouped as line 51 E. The "E" stands for Entlastungsverkehr (relief traffic).
Line | Line part | Train pairs | Route | |
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IC 51 | 51 MDV | IC 2150/2151 IC 2152/2155 IC 2156/2157 |
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51 E | IC 1950/1951 IC 1956/1957 |
Berlin Südkreuz – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Bitterfeld – Halle (Saale) – Leipzig – Weimar – Erfurt – Gotha – Eisenach – Bad Hersfeld – Hünfeld – Fulda – Schlüchtern – Hanau – Offenbach – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Bensheim – Weinheim – Heidelberg – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Karlsruhe-Durlach – Karlsruhe
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Line 55
Line 55 runs every two hours from Dresden via Leipzig, Magdeburg, Hanover, Dortmund, Hagen and Wuppertal to Cologne. With the annual timetable change in December 2022, the line was extended to Stuttgart as a replacement for line 30. Since December 2023, one train pair has continued to/from Tübingen, replacing a train pair on line 32.
Line | Route | Stock |
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IC 55 | Hamm – Dortmund – Hagen – Wuppertal – Solingen – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Vaihingen (Enz) – Stuttgart – Plochingen – Nürtingen – Metzingen – Reutlingen – Tübingen
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IC2
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Line 56
Line 56 starts in Norddeich Mole and runs every two hours via Braunschweig to Leipzig. A few trains use an alternative route from Emden Außenhafen station. Peine is served by two trains in the direction of Leipzig and one in the direction of Emden. One pair of trains runs from Magdeburg via Potsdam and Berlin to Cottbus; it is the only long-distance service to stop at some stations. The other trains run via Köthen and Halle to Leipzig. Intercity 2 sets have been in service since December 2015.
Between Norddeich Mole and Bremen, the trains run one hour later than the Lower Saxony services; on this section they can be used with local transport tickets.[2] This also applies to the free ride for severely disabled people.[3]
Line | Route | |
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IC 56 | Oldenburg – Hude – Delmenhorst – Bremen – Verden – Nienburg – Hannover – Peine – Braunschweig – Helmstedt station – Magdeburg –
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– Halle – Leipzig |
– Brandenburg – Potsdam – Berlin-Wannsee – Berlin – Berlin Ost – Königs Wusterhausen – Lübben – Lübbenau – Cottbus |
Line 57
Three pairs of trains are used daily on line 57. The IC 2230/2233 train pair connects Magdeburg with Hamburg. There is also the IC 2234/2235 train pair, which connects Leipzig with Rostock via Magdeburg and Schwerin, and the IC 2238/2239 train pair, which also connects Leipzig with Rostock via Magdeburg and Schwerin, but runs beyond Rostock to Warnemünde
Line | Route | |
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IC 57 | ( Stendal – Wittenberge – Ludwigslust –
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– Hamburg |
– Schwerin – Bad Kleinen – Bützow – Rostock (– Warnemünde) |
Line 60
Line 60 ran between Karlsruhe and Munich every two hours until December 2022. It is now operated as ICE 60.
Line 61
Line 61 runs every two hours between Karlsruhe and Leipzig. Schorndorf is only served by two trains in the morning towards Nuremberg and by two trains in the evening towards Stuttgart. Since the line runs via Pforzheim, it only uses part of the Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway. Since December 2018, the line has been gradually converted to operation with Intercity 2 sets.[4]
Line | Route | |
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IC 61 | Karlsruhe – Pforzheim – Mühlacker – Vaihingen – Stuttgart – Schorndorf – Schwäbisch Gmünd – Aalen – Ellwangen – Crailsheim – Ansbach – Nuremberg – Erlangen – Bamberg – Lichtenfels – Kronach – Saalfeld – Jena-Göschwitz – Jena Paradies – Naumburg – Weißenfels – Leipzig |
Line 62
Between Frankfurt and Stuttgart and between Stuttgart and Salzburg, the line runs every 2 hours. Since December 2023, the trains pairs operated by DB have been running as ICE 62 services and only the train pairs operated by ÖBB have been running as EC services. One pair of trains runs between Frankfurt and Graz (Chiemgau) and Saarbrücken and Graz (Dachstein).
Line | Route | Stock | |
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EC/RJ 62 | Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Bensheim – Weinheim – Heidelberg – | Prien – Traunstein – Freilassing – Salzburg – Salzburg Süd – Hallein – Golling-Abtenau – Werfen – Bischofshofen – Radstadt – Schladming – Stainach-Irdning – Liezen – Selzthal – Stadt Rottenmann – St. Michael – Graz
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ÖBB-EC |
Saarbrücken – Homburg – Landstuhl – Kaiserslautern – Neustadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – |
Line 75
Three pairs of trains run every four hours on line 75 between Hamburg and Copenhagen, replacing ICE line 75 since the 2018 timetable. Until the 2019 timetable change, they ran via Puttgarden, where they were loaded onto a ferry to Rødby and then continued to Copenhagen. Due to construction work, the trains have been running across the Danish mainland since December 2019,[5] which, together with line 76, creates a two-hour service between Hamburg and Padborg.
Line | Route |
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IC 75 | Odense – Ringsted – Copenhagen
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Line 76
Individual services run between Hamburg and Aarhus. In Hamburg, the line starts at the main station and does not serve Hamburg-Altona. Since December 2017, lines 75 and 76 have been operated exclusively with Danish diesel multiple units of the IC3 class, which have been equipped with the PZB train protection system and are therefore approved for operation on the German network.
Line | Route |
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IC 76 |
Line 77
Line 77 runs between Amsterdam and Berlin every two hours. Since December 2023, the train does not stop at Almelo, Ibbenbüren, Bad Oeynhausen, Minden, Wolfsburg and Stendal anymore and due to the new Vectron locomotives the locomotive change at Bad Bentheim is no longer needed making the train around 30 minutes faster.[6]
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IC 77 |
One to two pairs of trains daily (IC 2241/2242, Sunday IC 2343/2240) do not go to the Netherlands, but instead run from Osnabrück to Münster.
Line 87
Until 2010, this line was run as ICE 87, but as there were not enough ICE T sets available due to several problems, locomotive-hauled Intercity trains were used.
An hourly service is offered between Stuttgart and Zurich. Every two hours it is served by Deutsche Bahn IC2 runs from Stuttgart to Singen. Two pairs of trains continue to Konstanz from Monday to Friday. To continue to Zurich, it is usually necessary to change trains in Singen to a Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) service. In the other hour there is a direct connection operated by SBB from Stuttgart to Zurich, but with fewer intermediate stops. Line 87 will be fully converted to Intercity 2 trains when the installation of ETCS equipment in the Swiss network is completed. Local transport tickets are also valid from Stuttgart to Singen/Konstanz.[7]
Line | Route |
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IC 87 | Stuttgart – Böblingen – Horb – Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Singen – Schaffhausen – Zürich |
Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Gäufelden – Bondorf – Horb – Sulz – Oberndorf – Rottweil – Spaichingen – Tuttlingen – Engen – Singen – Radolfzell – Konstanz |
Line 88
Six pairs of trains run daily on the EuroCity-Express line 88 operated with RABe 503 multiple units of the SBB, which are classified as Eurocity between Lindau-Reutin and Zurich.
Line | Route |
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ECE 88 | Munich – Buchloe – Memmingen – Lindau-Reutin – Bregenz – St. Margrethen – St. Gallen – Winterthur – Zürich Airport – Zürich |
Line 89
Line 89 runs every two hours from Munich to Verona. There are also two pairs of trains in the morning hours to Bologna.
Line | Route |
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EC 89 | Munich – Munich East – Rosenheim – Kufstein – Wörgl – Jenbach – Innsbruck – Brenner – Franzensfeste – Brixen – Bolzano – Trento – Rovereto – Verona – Bologna |
Line 95
Four pairs of trains run daily between Berlin and Warsaw. These are called the
Line | Route | |
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EC 95 | Berlin-Warszawa-Express (PKP: EIC ) | Berlin – Berlin Ost – Frankfurt – Rzepin – Świebodzin – Zbąszynek – Poznań – Konin – Kutno – Warsaw West – Warsaw Central – Warsaw East |
Gedania (PKP: IC ) | ||
Wawel (PKP: IC ) | Berlin – Berlin Ost – Frankfurt – Rzepin – Zielona Góra – Głogów – Lubin – Legnica – Wrocław – Opole – Gliwice – Zabrze – Katowice – Kraków (Główny) – Kraków (Płaszów) – Bochnia – Tarnów – Dębica – Rzeszów – Łańcut – Przeworsk – Jarosław – Przemyśl |
Named services
Originally, all Intercity services had names, usually named after a famous figure from one of the cities along the route. Nowadays, fewer services are named, usually those that serve the extremities of the rail network. Names are usually taken from a geographical location along the route.
Line | Train No. | Route | Name |
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35 | 133–134 | Norddeich Mole – Emden – Münster – Gelsenkirchen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Koblenz – Trier – Luxembourg
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Ostfriesland
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35 | 2004–2005 | Emden – Münster – Gelsenkirchen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Offenburg – Konstanz | Bodensee
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35 | 2006–2007 | Dortmund – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Offenburg – Konstanz | Bodensee
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32 | 2010–2011 | Loreley
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55 | 2012–2013 | Hannover – Dortmund – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Oberstdorf
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Allgäu |
35 | 2018–2019 | Norddeich Mole – Emden – Münster – Gelsenkirchen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart
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Nordeney
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27 | 2072–2073 | Westerland – Hamburg – Wittenberge – Berlin | Sylter Strand |
26 | 2082–2083 | Königssee | |
26 | 2084–2085 | Nebelhorn | |
26 | 2170–2171, 2190–2191, 2193 | Gießen – Frankfurt
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Wattenmeer
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26 | 2184 | Strelasund | |
31 | 2220–2221 | Fehmarn – Puttgarden – Lübeck – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt | Fehmarn |
56 | 2238–2239 | Warnow | |
30 | 2310–2311 | Westerland – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt – Stuttgart | Nordfriesland
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30 | 2314–2315 | Westerland – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt | Deichgraf
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31 | 2327 | Fehmarn – Puttgarden – Lübeck – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Passau | Lübecker Bucht
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35 | 2332, 2336–2337 | Emden – Rheine – Münster – Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen – Düsseldorf – Cologne | Borkum |
35 | 2333 | Norddeich Mole
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Nordeney
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26 | 2355–2356 | Gießen – Frankfurt
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Arkona |
26 | 2370–2371 | Schwarzwald
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26 | 2377 | Gießen – Frankfurt
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Strelasund |
56 | 2431 | Borkum | |
56 | 2432 | Norddeich Mole
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Ostfriesland
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56 | 2434 | Norddeich Mole
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Borkum |
56 | 2435 | Halle, Leipzig
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Ostfriesland
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Rolling stock
Motive power
The original Intercity services were hauled by the
On non-electrified Intercity routes, such as
After
While most Intercity trains have been loco-hauled, a small number of services have been operated by
Gallery
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101 (Electric loco)
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146.5 (Electric loco)
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147.5 (Electric loco)
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218 (Diesel loco) | 245 (Diesel loco)
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Coaching stock
Early Intercity trains used classic
Formations
Intercity trains are usually 7 to 11 coaches long, depending on the route. There are one or two first class coaches – one compartment coach, and one open on longer trains. A few routes still use restaurants, but most use a bistro cafe, which also provides half a coach of first-class accommodation. Most of the second class coaches are open, but with some compartments, and some ex-Interregio coaches. Cycle space is provided by the driving trailer, but these are not used on all routes, so there are some non-driving coaches with space for bicycles.
Livery
Intercity coaches were originally in the blue and beige colour scheme employed on D-Zug services, with first class coaches in the
Refurbishment
In 2012, DB began a programme of refurbishing the interior its Intercity coaches with decor similar to that found in the ICE3. Name of the programme is IC mod.[8] The work is expected to be completed by 2014.
Overview
Image | Description | Classification | Interior | Refurbished interior |
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1st class open | Apmz | |||
1st class compartment | Avmz | |||
Bistro Café / 1st class compartment & open (ex-InterRegio) | ARkimbz | |||
Restaurant
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WRmz | |||
2nd class open | Bpmz | |||
2nd class open with wheelchair space | Bpmbz | |||
2nd class compartment & open, train conductor compartment, baby compartment
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Bvmsz | |||
2nd class compartment & open | Bvmz | |||
2nd class compartment (former 1st class) | Bwmz | |||
2nd class compartment & open (ex-InterRegio) | Bimz | |||
2nd class compartment & open with cycle space (ex-InterRegio) | Bimdz | |
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2nd class compartment & open driving trailer (ex-Inter Regio)
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Bimdzf | |||
2nd class driving trailer | Bpmbdzf |
Future rolling stock
Deutsche Bahn plans to replace most Intercity and Eurocity rolling stock with
In addition to the ICE 4, Deutsche Bahn has awarded Bombardier Transportation a contract to supply double-decker coaches for Intercity services. These kind of coaches are used in German Regional-Express trains, for Intercity services the coaches will get a more comfortable interior than in regional train double-decker coaches. In both classes only open coaches are provided, there will be no dining car.[11] The double-decker coaches have been in service since 2015.[12] Unlike most previous IC stock the new trains, marketed as "InterCity 2" by DB have a top speed of 160 km/h and are mainly intended for routes where higher speeds aren't possible or would offer little or no benefit with the ICE 4 to take over routes with maximum speeds between 160 km/h and 250 km/h. The IC2 is also intended to expand the Intercity network to cities that had lost their long-distance service upon withdrawal of the Interregio.
See also
- EuroCity in Germany
- Intercity-Express
- Trans Europe Express
- InterCity (in other countries)
Notes
- ^ "Vortrag Änderungen im DB Fernverkehr ab Dezember 2017" (PDF) (in German). DB Fernverkehr. 14 September 2017. p. 41. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Tarifkooperation Bremen–Norddeich" (in German). LNVG. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Intercity-Züge auf der Strecke Norddeich Mole–Bremen Hbf" (in German). oepnv-info.de. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Die Bahn erhöht zum 9. Dezember ihre Preise". Badische Zeitung (in German). 4 October 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Abschied von der Vogelfluglinie". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Versnelling naar Berlijn: vanaf vandaag in minder dan zes uur" (in Dutch).
- ^ "Neues Angebotskonzept auf der Gäubahn und Vorstellung von Intercity 2 und Talent 2" (Press release) (in German). Baden-Württemberg Minister for Transportation. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ see for example File:IC mod Umbauschild der Deutschen Bahn 2013 01 20.jpg
- ^ "Siemens preferred bidder for ICx inter-city train deal". Railway Gazette International. 25 January 2010.
- ^ Ralf Roman Rossberg (25 September 2008). "DB keeps ICX options open". Railway Gazette International.
- ^ "DB orders double-deck trains for long-distance services". Railway Gazette International. 12 January 2011.
- ^ "Bahn muss bis 2015 auf neue Doppelstock-Intercitys warten". Reuters. 24 November 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
External links
- Deutsche Bahn (in German)
- DB Intercity 1 (IC1) (in German)
- DB Intercity 2 (IC2) (in German)
- Fernbahn.de – Information on long-distance train services in Germany (in German)
- 2023 Deutsche Bahn IC/EC Network