This List of Intercity-Express-Lines lists all Intercity-Express lines in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, not including ICE Sprinter.


Legend:

• Routes segments written in bold have a frequency of one hour.
• Routes segments written in Italics are only frequented by select trains or no more frequently than every four hours. ( Lines traversed in a 4 hour frequency are marked with a footnote).
• Route segemnts written in small, are of destinations outside of Germany.
• All routes written normally have a frequency of two hours.

10 – 12

Lines 10, 11, & 12 all begin in Berlin Ostbahnhof

Berlin Ostbahnhof

Berlin Ostbahnhof is a mainline railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is in Friedrichshain, now part of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district, and has undergone several name changes in its history. It was known as Berlin Hauptbahnhof from 1987 to 1998, a name now applied to Berlin's new central station...

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Line	Route		Stock
	Berlin Ostbahnhof Berlin Ostbahnhof Berlin Ostbahnhof is a mainline railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is in Friedrichshain, now part of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district, and has undergone several name changes in its history. It was known as Berlin Hauptbahnhof from 1987 to 1998, a name now applied to Berlin's new central station...  – Berlin Hbf – Berlin-Spandau – (Wolfsburg) – Hannover Hbf – Bielefeld – Hamm Hamm (Westfalen) railway station Hamm is a railway station situated in the city of Hamm in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia....	Dortmund Hbf – Bochum Hbf – Essen Hbf – Duisburg Hbf – Düsseldorf Hbf – (Köln Messe/Deutz – Köln/Bonn Flughafen)	ICE 2
		Hagen Hbf – Wuppertal Hbf Wuppertal Hbf is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Wuppertal, which is just south of the Ruhr Area, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the line between Düsseldorf/Cologne and Dortmund. The 1848 reception building is one of the oldest of its kind. The station was originally Elberfeld station...  – Köln Hbf –Bonn Hbf (Koblenz Hbf – Trier)
	Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin – Berlin-Spandau – Braunschweig – Hildesheim – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe railway station Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe is a railway station in the city of Kassel, in the German state of Hesse. It is the city's most important railway station, as it is connected to the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line, with InterCityExpress services calling at the station.- History :When the Deutsche...  – Fulda Fulda railway station Fulda station is an important transport hub of the German railway network in in the east Hessian city of Fulda. It is used by about 20,000 travellers each day. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station. It is a stop for Intercity-Express, Intercity services and regional services....  – Hanau Hbf – Frankfurt (Main) Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof is the central station for Frankfurt am Main. In terms of railway traffic, it is the busiest railway station in Germany. With about 350,000 passengers per day the station is the second most frequented railway station in Germany and one of the most frequented in Europe.- Proto-history :In the late...  – Mannheim Hbf – Stuttgart Hbf – Augsburg – München Hbf		ICE 1
	Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin – Berlin-Spandau – Braunschweig – Hildesheim – Kassel-Wilhelmsöhe – Fulda – Hanau – Frankfurt (Main) – Mannheim  – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel Bad Bf – Basel SBB – (Zürich – Interlaken Ost)		ICE 1

20 – 28

The primary route segments of lines 20, 22, 25 & 28 begin in Hamburg-Altona station. Select trains continue to Kiel

Kiel

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...

 or Lübeck

Lübeck

The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...

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Line	Route						Stock
	(Kiel) – Hamburg – Hannover  – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt (Main) –			Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – Mainz – Wiesbaden			ICE 1
				(Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – Mainz) – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg Bf – Basel Bad Bf – Basel SBB – (Zürich Interlaken Ost)
	(Kiel) – Hamburg –	Hannover  – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe railway station Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe is a railway station in the city of Kassel, in the German state of Hesse. It is the city's most important railway station, as it is connected to the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line, with InterCityExpress services calling at the station.- History :When the Deutsche...  – Frankfurt (Main) – Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – (Heidelberg – ) Stuttgart					ICE 1
	(Oldenburg (Oldb) ) – Bremen –
	(Lübeck) – Hamburg –	Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fulda – Würzburg –	Nürnberg – Ingolstadt –	München – (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)			ICE 1
	(Oldenburg (Oldb) ) – Bremen –		Augsburg –
	(Kiel) – Hamburg –	Berlin – Leipzig – Nürnberg –		Ingolstadt –	München –	(Innsbruck)	ICE T ICE T DBAG Class 411 and Class 415 are German tilting high-speed electric multiple-unit trains in service with Deutsche Bahn , commonly known as ICE T.- Development :...
	(Warnemünde – Rostock) – Berlin-Gesundbrunnen –			Augsburg – München-Pasing –		(Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

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Line	Route				Stock
	Kiel – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund –	Bochum – Essen– Duisburg – Düsseldorf –	Köln – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – Frankfurt (Main) –	Würzburg – Nürnberg – Regensburg	ICE 1
		Hagen – Wuppertal –		Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel Bad Bf – Basel SBB

41 – 49

The primary segment of lines 41, 42, 43, 45 & 49 begin in Köln Hauptbahnhof

Köln Hauptbahnhof

Köln Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station in Cologne, Germany.The station is an important local, national and international hub, with many ICE, Thalys and Intercity trains calling there, as well as regional RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and local S-Bahn trains...

 or Dortmund Hauptbahnhof

Dortmund Hauptbahnhof

is the central station for the city of Dortmund in Germany.The station's origins lie in a joint station of the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn and Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn which was built north of the city centre in 1847. That station was replaced by a new station, erected in 1910 at the current site....

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Line	Route		Stock
	(Dortmund – Bochum) – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – Frankfurt (Main) – Aschaffenburg – Würzburg – Nürnberg – (Ingolstadt) – München – (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)		ICE 3 ICE 3 ICE 3 is a family of high-speed EMUs of Deutsche Bahn. It includes classes 403 and 406, which are known as ICE 3 and ICE 3M respectively...
	(Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster) – Dortmund – (Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf ) – (Hagen - Wuppertal - Solingen) - Köln – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Augsburg – München		ICE 3 ICE 3 ICE 3 is a family of high-speed EMUs of Deutsche Bahn. It includes classes 403 and 406, which are known as ICE 3 and ICE 3M respectively...
	(Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm (Westf) – Dortmund – Hagen – Wuppertal – Solingen) –	Köln – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel Bad Bf – Basel SBB	ICE 3 ICE 3 ICE 3 is a family of high-speed EMUs of Deutsche Bahn. It includes classes 403 and 406, which are known as ICE 3 and ICE 3M respectively...
	(Amsterdam – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf) –
	Köln – Flughafen Köln/Bonn – Montabaur – Wiesbaden – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart		ICE 3 ICE 3 ICE 3 is a family of high-speed EMUs of Deutsche Bahn. It includes classes 403 and 406, which are known as ICE 3 and ICE 3M respectively...
	Köln – Siegburg/Bonn – Montabaur – Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – Frankfurt (Main)		ICE 3 ICE 3 ICE 3 is a family of high-speed EMUs of Deutsche Bahn. It includes classes 403 and 406, which are known as ICE 3 and ICE 3M respectively...

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Line	Route					Stock
	Dresden – Dresden-Neustadt –	Leipzig  – Erfurt – Fulda –		Frankfurt (Main) Süd –	Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – Mainz – Wiesbaden	ICE T ICE T DBAG Class 411 and Class 415 are German tilting high-speed electric multiple-unit trains in service with Deutsche Bahn , commonly known as ICE T.- Development :...
	Magdeburg – Flughafen Leipzig/Halle – (Naumburg) –			Frankfurt (Main) –

75 – 79

Lines 75, 76, 78 & 79 continue outside of Germany. Lines 75 & 76 originate in Berlin Ostbahnhof

Berlin Ostbahnhof

Berlin Ostbahnhof is a mainline railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is in Friedrichshain, now part of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district, and has undergone several name changes in its history. It was known as Berlin Hauptbahnhof from 1987 to 1998, a name now applied to Berlin's new central station...

 and travel to Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. Lines 78 & 79 originate in Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof

Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof

is the central station for Frankfurt am Main. In terms of railway traffic, it is the busiest railway station in Germany. With about 350,000 passengers per day the station is the second most frequented railway station in Germany and one of the most frequented in Europe.- Proto-history :In the late...

 and travel to the Benelux

Benelux

The Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe comprising three neighbouring countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These countries are located in northwestern Europe between France and Germany...

 countries:

Line	Route	Stock
	Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin – Hamburg – Lübeck – Kopenhagen	ICE TD ICE TD The DBAG Class 605 is a high-speed diesel multiple unit train, in service with Deutsche Bahn and DSB, commonly known as the ICE TD.- Development :...
	Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin – Hamburg – Flensburg – Århus	ICE TD ICE TD The DBAG Class 605 is a high-speed diesel multiple unit train, in service with Deutsche Bahn and DSB, commonly known as the ICE TD.- Development :...
	Frankfurt (Main) – Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – Köln – Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Amsterdam	ICE 3 ICE 3 ICE 3 is a family of high-speed EMUs of Deutsche Bahn. It includes classes 403 and 406, which are known as ICE 3 and ICE 3M respectively...
	Frankfurt (Main) – Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – Köln – Aachen – Liège Liège Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....  - Brussels Midi	ICE 3 ICE 3 ICE 3 is a family of high-speed EMUs of Deutsche Bahn. It includes classes 403 and 406, which are known as ICE 3 and ICE 3M respectively...

80 – 87

Lines 80, 82, 83 & 87 are also international lines. They connect Köln and Frankfurt with France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 and Frankfurt with Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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Line	Route	Stock
	Köln – Aachen – Brüssel – Paris Nord	TGV PBKA
	Frankfurt (Main) – Mannheim  – Kaiserslautern – Saarbrücken – Paris Est	ICE 3 ICE 3 ICE 3 is a family of high-speed EMUs of Deutsche Bahn. It includes classes 403 and 406, which are known as ICE 3 and ICE 3M respectively...  / TGV POS
	(München – Augsburg) – Stuttgart – Karlsruhe – Straßburg – Paris Est	TGV POS
	(Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Heidelberg) – Stuttgart – Singen – Zürich	InterCity Intercity (Deutsche Bahn) Intercity is the second-highest train classification in Germany, after the ICE. Intercity services are loco-hauled express services, usually over long-distances. There are Intercity routes throughout Germany, and routes generally operate with a two-hour frequency, with multiple routes giving a more...

Currently the ICE line 87 in the direction of Zürich HB is operated by InterCity trains of the SBB

SBB-CFF-FFS

Swiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons...

 caused of shortened maintenance rates on the ICE T

ICE T

DBAG Class 411 and Class 415 are German tilting high-speed electric multiple-unit trains in service with Deutsche Bahn , commonly known as ICE T.- Development :...

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90 – 91

Lines 90 & 91 both originate in Wien Westbahnhof and connect Vienna with München or with Nürnberg, Frankfurt and the Rhein-Ruhr area:

Line	Route			Stock
	München – Salzburg – Wien Westbahnhof			Railjet Railjet The Railjet is a high speed train of the Austrian Federal Railways , which was introduced with the timetable change of 2008–2009 and operates at speeds of up to , with a planned increase to by 2013...
	Dortmund –	Bochum – Essen – Düsseldorf –	Köln – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbf – Frankfurt (Main) – Hanau – (Aschaffenburg) – Würzburg – Nürnberg – Regensburg – Passau – Wien Westbahnhof	ICE 1 / ICE T ICE T DBAG Class 411 and Class 415 are German tilting high-speed electric multiple-unit trains in service with Deutsche Bahn , commonly known as ICE T.- Development :...
		Hagen – Wuppertal– Solingen