EuroCity in Germany

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The German rail network provides connections to each of its neighbouring countries, many of which are under the EuroCity classification. EuroCity services are part of the Intercity network - many EC services represented a couple of train pairs on an IC route extended across the border, while other routes are served primarily by EuroCity services. EuroCity services are generally locomotive-hauled, using Intercity rolling stock, either from Deutsche Bahn or one of the other countries along the route.

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EuroCity services

Below is a list of current EuroCity services in Germany.

#LineRouteCountriesFrequencyStockName
6–9 30 Hamburg [1] - Dortmund - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mannheim - Karlsruhe - Freiburg - Basel - Zürich Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2 per day SBB Rätia
40–47 95 Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Poznań - Warsaw Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4 per day PKP Intercity/DB Berlin-Warszawa-Express
54–5595 Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Poznań - Gdańsk - Gdynia Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1 per day PKP Intercity Berlin-Gdynia Express
80–81, 83, 88–89, 18889 Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Verona Flag of Austria.svg  Austria, Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 per day ÖBB Paganini
82, 18989 Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1 per day ÖBB
84–8589 Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Verona - Bologna Flag of Austria.svg  Austria, Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3 per day ÖBB Brenner
86–8789 Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Verona - Venice Flag of Austria.svg  Austria, Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 per day ÖBB Tiepolo
110–11162 Munich - Salzburg - Villach - Klagenfurt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1 per day ÖBB
112–113 [2] 62 Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1 per day ÖBB
114–11532 Münster - Dortmund - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mannheim- Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1 per dayDB Wörthersee
116–11762 Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1 per dayDB Wörthersee
170–17127 Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Bratislava - Budapest Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic, Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia, Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1 per day MÁV Hungaria
172–173 27 Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Vienna - Graz - Klagenfurt - Villach Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic, Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1 per day ÖBB Vindobona
174–17527 Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Bratislava - Budapest Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic, Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia, Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1 per day MÁV Jan Jesenius
176–17727 Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Brno - Prague - Bratislava [3] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic, Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1 per day ČD Johannes Brahms
178–17927 Berlin - Dresden - Prague Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1 per day ČD Alois Negrelli
190–197 88 Munich - Lindau - Bregenz - St. Gallen - Zurich Flag of Austria.svg  Austria, Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4 per day SBB
216–21762 Saarbrücken - Mannheim - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Leoben - Graz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1 per dayDB
218–21962 Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Leoben - Graz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1 per dayDB
248–24999 Hamburg - Berlin - Cottbus - Kraków Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1 per dayDB/PKP Wawel
378–37927 Binz - Stralsund - Berlin - Dresden - Brno - Prague - Bratislava [4] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic, Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1 per day ČD
390–39162 Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Linz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1 per dayDB

† Name no longer in use.

Intercity services that cross borders

A number of trains provide international connections, but are classed as Intercity rather than Eurocity. This may be because the routes were former InterRegio services, or they only travel a short distance over the border.

#LineRouteCountriesFrequencyNotes
118–11932 Münster - Cologne - Koblenz - Stuttgart - Lindau - Bregenz - Innsbruck - Salzburg Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1 per day ÖBB coaching stock
130–134, 137, 23135 Norddeich Mole - Emden - Münster - Oberhausen - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Trier - Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3 per dayex-InterRegio
140–149, 240–24377 Berlin - Hannover - Osnabrück - Bad Bentheim - Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8 per dayex-InterRegio
180–187, 280–28587 Stuttgart - Singen - Schaffhausen - Zurich Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7 per day Intercity 2
382–38776 Hamburg - Flensburg - Fredericia - Aarhus Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3 per day DSB
392–39975 Hamburg - Kolding - Odense - Copenhagen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4 per day DSB

ICE international

The ICE network has grown since its introduction, and there are now services to Aarhus, Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Interlaken, Paris, Vienna and Zurich. In addition, there are TGV and Thalys routes to Brussels, Paris and Marseille, as well as ÖBB's Railjet to Vienna and Budapest.

EuroCity Express

With the December 2017 schedule change, a new train service between Frankfurt am Main and Milan was introduced and branded by Deutsche Bahn (though neither by the Swiss nor the Italian railway companies) as EuroCity-Express followed by a second route between Munich and Zurich with tickets put in the same price category as ICE tickets, unlike "regular" EuroCity trains which are in the same - usually slightly cheaper - ticket category as IC.

Notes

  1. EC 102 continues from Hamburg to Kiel
  2. Continues as EC 212/213 to Zagreb
  3. EC 176 is Brno to Hamburg
  4. EC 378 terminates at Brno

See also

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