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The List of railway routes in Thuringia provides a list of all railway routes in Thuringia. This includes Intercity-Express, Intercity, Regional-Express, Regionalbahn services. In the route tables, the major stations are shown in bold text. Where intermediate stations are not given, these are replaced by three dots "...".
The following Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services run through Thuringia:
| Line | Route | KBS | Frequency | Material | Operator | |
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| RE 1 | Göttingen – Heiligenstadt – Leinefelde – Mühlhausen – Großengottern – Bad Langensalza – Gotha – Neudietendorf – Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Stadtroda – Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz – Gera – Gera Süd – Ronneburg – Schmölln – Gößnitz – Meerane – Glauchau | 540, 540.1, 565, 600, 604, 605 | 120 min | Class 612 | DB Regio Südost | |
| RE 2 | Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Fuldatal-Ihringshausen – Speele – Hann Münden – Hedemünden – Gertenbach – Witzenhausen Nord – Eichenberg – Arenshausen – Uder – Heiligenstadt – Leinefelde – Silberhausen – Dachrieden – Mühlhausen – Großengottern – Bad Langensalza – Döllstädt – Erfurt | 600, 603, 604 | 120 min | Siemens Desiro Classic (classic 642) Siemens Desiro A TER (class 641), some trains | ||
| RE 3 | Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Stadtroda – Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz – Gera (split/joined) – Gera Süd | – Gera-Zwötzen – Wünschendorf – Berga – Neumühle – Greiz | 540 541 565 | 120 min | Class 612 | |
| – Ronneburg – Nöbdenitz – Schmölln – Lehndorf – Altenburg | ||||||
| RE 3V | Erfurt Hbf – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz | 565 | Some trains | |||
| RE 7 | Erfurt – Neudietendorf – Arnstadt – Plaue – (Gräfenroda –) Zella-Mehlis – Suhl – (Rohr –) Grimmenthal – (Rentwertshausen –) Mellrichstadt Bahnhof – Bad Neustadt (Saale) – (Burglauer –) Münnerstadt – (Rottershausen –) Ebenhausen – (Poppenhausen – Oberwerrn –) Schweinfurt – Würzburg | 570 815 | 120 min | |||
| RE 8 | Leinefelde – Sollstedt – Bleicherode Ost – Wolkramshausen – Nordhausen – Berga-Kelbra – Sangerhausen – Wolferode – Eisleben – Röblingen am See – Halle | 600 590 | 120 min | Bombardier Talent 2 (class 9442, three parts) | Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland | |
| RE 9 | Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Hann Münden – Witzenhausen Nord – Eichenberg – Heiligenstadt – Leinefelde – Bleicherode Ost – Wolkramshausen – Nordhausen – Heringen – Görsbach – Berga-Kelbra – Roßla – Bennungen – Wallhausen – Sangerhausen – Blankenheim – Wolferode – Eisleben – Röblingen am See – Halle | 590 600 611 | 120 min | Bombardier Talent 2 | ||
| RE 10 | Magdeburg – Magdeburg-Buckau – Schönebeck (Elbe) – Schönebeck-Bad Salzelmen – Eggersdorf – Eickendorf – Förderstedt – Staßfurt – Neundorf (Anh) – Güsten – Sandersleben – Hettstedt – Klostermansfeld – Sangerhausen – Oberröblingen – Voigtstedt – Artern – Reinsdorf (Artern) – Bretleben – Heldrungen – Etzleben – Griefstedt – Leubingen – Sömmerda – Großrudestedt – Stotternheim – Erfurt Ost – Erfurt | 595 335 590 330 340 | 120 min | Alstom Coradia LINT (class 648) | ||
| RE 12 | Leipzig – Leipzig-Plagwitz – Leipzig-Knauthain – Groß Dalzig – Pegau – Profen – Zeitz – Wetterzeube – Crossen Ort – Bad Köstritz – Gera-Langenberg – Gera – Gera-Süd – Gera-Zwötzen – Weida – Niederpöllnitz – Triptis – Neustadt – Pößneck oberer Bahnhof – Saalfeld | 550 555 | 120 min | Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 (class 650) | Erfurter Bahn | |
| RE 15 | Jena Saalbahnhof – Jena Paradies – Jena-Göschwitz – Kahla – Rudolstadt – Rudolstadt-Schwarza – Saalfeld | 590 | 120 min | Bombardier Talent 2 | Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland | |
| RE 16 | Erfurt – Weimar – Apolda – Großheringen – Bad Kösen – Naumburg – Weißenfels – Merseburg – Halle | 580 | 120 min | |||
| RE 17 | Erfurt – Weimar – Apolda – Bad Sulza – Bad Kösen – Naumburg | 580 | 120 min | |||
| RE 18 | Halle – Merseburg – Weißenfels – Naumburg – Bad Kösen – Jena Paradies – Jena-Göschwitz | 581 560 | 120 min | Bombardier Traxx (class 146) + 3 double-deck coaches | DB Regio Südost | |
| RE 19 | Nuremberg – Fürth – Erlangen – Forchheim– Hirschaid – Bamberg – Coburg – Coburg Nord – Dörfles-Esbach – Rödental – Rödental Mitte – Mönchröden – Neustadt – Sonneberg | 820 | 120 min | Vectron (class 193) + 4 double-deck coaches | DB Regio Bayern | |
| RE 21 | Erfurt – Vieselbach – Weimar – Oberweimar – Mellingen – Großschwabhausen – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Neue Schenke – Stadtroda – Papiermühle – Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz – Kraftsdorf – Töppeln – Gera | 565 | 1 trip in the evening | Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 | Erfurter Bahn | |
| RE 42 | Leipzig – Weißenfels – Naumburg – Camburg – Jena Paradies – Jena-Göschwitz – Kahla – Rudolstadt – Rudolstadt-Schwarza – Saalfeld – Breternitz – Kaulsdorf – Unterloquitz – Probstzella – Ludwigsstadt – Steinbach am Wald – Förtschendorf – Pressig-Rothenkirchen – Stockheim – Gundelsdorf – Kronach – Neuses (b Kronach) – Küps – Redwitz – Hochstadt-Marktzeuln – Michelau – Lichtenfels – Bad Staffelstein – Ebensfeld – Zapfendorf – Breitengüßbach – Bamberg – Hirschaid – Forchheim – Erlangen – Fürth – Nuremberg | 582 580 560 840 841 820 | 120 min | Bombardier Talent 2 | DB Regio Bayern | |
| RE 45 | Erfurt Hauptbahnhof – Neudietendorf – Arnstadt – Arnstadt Süd – Ilmenau Pörlitzer Höhe – Ilmenau | 566 | Individual services | Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 | Süd-Thüringen-Bahn | |
| RE 50 | Erfurt – Neudietendorf – Arnstadt – Arnstadt Süd – Plaue – Gräfenroda – Zella-Mehlis – Suhl – Grimmenthal – Meiningen | 570 | 2 train pairs | |||
| Erfurt Hbf – Neudietendorf – Arnstadt – Plaue – Gräfenroda – Zella-Mehlis – Zella-Mehlis West – Benshausen – Viernau – Steinbach-Hallenberg – Altersbach – Schmalkalden-Fachhochschule – Schmalkalden – Auehütte – Mittelschmalkalden – Niederschmalkalden – Wernshausen | 570 573 | 3 train pairs | ||||
| IC 51 RE 51 | Erfurt – Weimar – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Stadtroda – Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz – Gera | 580 565 | 3 train pairs (local tickets usable on IC train on this section) | DB Fernverkehr | ||
| RE 55 | Nordhausen - Wolkramshausen - Kleinfurra - Großfurra - Glückauf - Sondershausen - Hohenebra Ort - Niederspier - Wasserthaleben - Greußen - Gangloffsömmern - Straußfurt - Ringleben-Gebesee - Walschleben - Kühnhausen - Erfurt-Gispersleben – Erfurt Nord – Erfurt | 601 | 120 min, RE 55 and RE 56 provide hourly service in combination | Siemens Desiro Classic | DB Regio Südost | |
| RE 56 | Nordhausen - Werther - Wolkramshausen - Kleinfurra - Großfurra - Glückauf - Sondershausen - Hohenebra Ort - Niederspier - Wasserthaleben - Greußen - Gangloffsömmern - Straußfurt - Ringleben-Gebesee - Walschleben - Kühnhausen - Erfurt-Gispersleben - Erfurt Nord - Erfurt | |||||
| RB 4 | Gera - Gera Süd - Gera-Zwötzen - Wünschendorf Nord - Wünschendorf - Berga - Neumühle - Greiz - Greiz-Dölau - Elsterberg - Elsterberg-Kunstseidenwerk - Rentzschmühle - Barthmühle - Plauen Mitte - Kürbitz - Weischlitz | 541 | 120 min | Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 | Vogtlandbahn | |
| RB 6 | Bebra - Ronshausen - Wildeck-Hönebach - Wildeck-Bosserode - Wildeck-Obersuhl - Gerstungen - Herleshausen Hp - Hörschel Hp - Eisenach Opelwerke Hp - Eisenach West - Eisenach | 605 | 60 (Mon–Fri) 120 (Sat+Sun) | Flirt | Cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft | |
| RB 13 | Leipzig – Leipzig-Plagwitz – Leipzig-Knauthain – Zwenkau-Großdalzig – Pegau – Profen – Zeitz – Wetterzeube – Crossen Ort – Bad Köstritz – Gera-Langenberg – Gera – Gera Süd – Gera-Zwötzen – Weida – Weida Mitte – Weida Altstadt – Loitsch-Hohenleuben – Triebes – Zeulenroda unt Bf – Mehltheuer – Schönberg – Feilitzsch – Hof | 820, 840 | 546 | Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 | Erfurter Bahn | |
| RB 20 | Leipzig Hauptbahnhof – Leipzig-Möckern – Leipzig-Leutzsch – Leipzig-Rückmarsdorf – Leipzig-Miltitz – Markranstädt – Großlehna – Kötzschau – Bad Dürrenberg – Großkorbetha – Weißenfels – Leißling – Naumburg (Saale) Hauptbahnhof – Bad Kösen – Großheringen – Bad Sulza – Niedertrebra – Apolda – Oßmannstedt – Weimar – Hopfgarten – Vieselbach – Erfurt Hauptbahnhof – Erfurt-Bischleben – Neudietendorf – Wandersleben – Seebergen – Gotha – Fröttstädt – Mechterstädt – Sättelstädt – Schönau – Wutha – Eisenach | 582 581 | 60 min | Bombardier Talent 2 | Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland | |
| RB 21 | Erfurt – Vieselbach – Weimar – Oberweimar – Mellingen – Großschwabhausen – Jena West – Jena-Göschwitz – Neue Schenke – Stadtroda – Papiermühle – Hermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz – Kraftsdorf – Töppeln – Gera | 565 | 120 min | Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 | Erfurter Bahn | |
| RB 22 | Leipzig – Leipzig-Plagwitz – Leipzig-Knauthain – Groß Dalzig – Pegau – Profen – Zeitz – Crossen Ort – Crossen an der Elster – Bad Köstritz – Gera – Gera Süd – Gera-Zwötzen – Wolfsgefärth – Weida – Niederpöllnitz – Triptis – Neustadt (Orla) – Neuenhofen – Oppurg – Pößneck oberer Bahnhof – Krölpa-Ranis – Könitz – Unterwellenborn – Saalfeld | 550 555 | 120 min | |||
| RB 23 | Erfurt – Erfurt-Bischleben – Neudietendorf – Sülzenbrücken – Haarhausen – Arnstadt – Marlishausen – Niederwillingen – Stadtilm – Singen – Paulinzella – Rottenbach – Bad Blankenburg – Saalfeld | 561 | 60 min | |||
| RB 25 | Halle – Halle-Ammendorf – Schkopau – Merseburg – Leuna Werke Nord – Leuna Werke Süd – Großkorbetha – Weißenfels – Leißling – Naumburg – Bad Kösen – Camburg – Dornbur] – Porstendorf – Jena-Zwätzen – Jena Saalbahnhof – Jena Paradies – Jena-Göschwitz – Rothenstein – Kahla – Orlamünde – Zeutsch – Uhlstädt – Rudolstadt – Rudolstadt-Schwarza – Saalfeld | 581 560 | 60 min | Bombardier Talent 2 | Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland | |
| RB 26 | Weimar – Weimar West – Weimar Berkaer Bf – Nohra – Obergrunstedt – Holzdorf – Legefeld – Hetschburg – Bad Berka Zeughausplatz – Bad Berka – München – Tannroda – Kranichfeld | 579 | 60 min | Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 | Erfurter Bahn | |
| RB 27 | Sömmerda – Kiebitzhöhe – Kölleda – Großneuhausen – Olbersleben-Ellersleben – Guthmannshausen – Buttstädt | 594 | 120 min | |||
| RB 28 | Jena Saalbahnhof – Jena Paradies – Jena-Göschwitz – Rothenstein – Kahla – Orlamünde – Freienorla – Langenorla West – Langenorla Ost – Pößneck unt Bf | 559 | 120 min | |||
| RB 32 | Saalfeld – Breternitz – Kaulsdorf – Hockeroda – Leutenberg – Lichtentanne – Wurzbach – Unterlemnitz – Bad Lobenstein – Harra Nord – Harra – Blankenstein | 557 | 120 min | |||
| RB 40 | Meiningen – Ritschenhausen – Wölfershausen – Bibra – Rentwertshausen – Mellrichstadt Bahnhof – Bad Neustadt – Burglauer – Münnerstadt – Rottershausen – Ebenshausen (Unterfr) – Poppenhausen – Oberwerrn – Schweinfurt | 815 | 120 min | |||
| RB 41 | Eisenach – Förtha – Marksuhl – Ettenhausen – Oberrohn – Bad Salzungen – Immelborn – Breitungen – Wernshausen – Schwallungen – Wasungen – Walldorf – Meiningen – Untermaßfeld – Grimmenthal – Vachdorf – Themar – Reurieth – Hildburghausen – Veilsdorf – Harras – Eisfeld – Bachfeld – Schalkau – Schalkau Mitte – Rauenstein – Seltendorf – Effelder – Mengersgereuth-Hämmern – Mengersgereuth-Hämmern Ost – Sonneberg (Thür) West – Sonneberg – Sonneberg (Thür) Ost – Sonneberg (Thür) Nord – Hüttengrund – Blechhammer (Thür) – Steinach (Thür) Süd – Steinach (Thür) – Lauscha (Thür) – Oberlauscha – Ernstthal am Rennsteig – Neuhaus-Igelshieb – Neuhaus am Rennweg | 564 569 575 | 60/120 min | Süd-Thüringen-Bahn | ||
| RB 43 | Wernshausen – Niederschmalkalden – Mittelschmalkalden – Auehütte – Schmalkalden –Schmalkalden-Fachhochschule – Altersbach – Steinbach-Hallenberg – Viernau – Benshausen –Zella-Mehlis West – Zella-Mehlis – Suhl | 573 | 60 min | |||
| RB 44 | Erfurt – Neudietendorf – Arnstadt – Arnstadt Süd – Plaue – Gräfenroda – Dörrberg – Gehlberg – Zella-Mehlis – Suhl – Suhl-Heinrichs – Dietzhausen – Rohr – Grimmenthal – Untermaßfeld – Meiningen | 570 | 120 min | |||
| RB 46 | Erfurt – Neudietendorf – Sülzenbrücken – Haarhausen – Arnstadt – Arnstadt Süd – Plaue – Martinroda – Geraberg – Elgersburg – Ilmenau-Roda – Ilmenau Pörlitzer Höhe – Ilmenau – Ilmenau Bad – Manebach – Stützerbach – Rennsteig | 566 | 60 min | |||
| RB 48 | Fröttstädt - Hörselgau - Waltershausen - Waltershausen Schnepfenthal - Reinhardsbrunn-Friedrichroda - Friedrichroda | 606 | 60 min | |||
| RB 52 | Leinefelde - Birkungen - Silberhausen - Dachrieden - Ammern - Mühlhausen - Seebach - Großengottern - Schönstedt - Bad Langensalza - Gräfentonna - Döllstädt - Dachwig - Elxleben - Kühnhausen - Erfurt-Gispersleben – Erfurt Nord – Erfurt | 600 603 604 | 120 min | Siemens Desiro Classic | DB Regio Südost | |
| RB 53 | Bad Langensalza – Eckartsleben – Ballstädt – Bufleben – Gotha Ost – Gotha | 604 | 120 min | Alstom Coradia A TER / Siemens Desiro Classic | ||
| RB 59 | Erfurt – Erfurt Ost – Stotternheim – Großrudestedt – Sömmerda – Leubingen – Griefstedt – Etzleben – Heldrungen – Bretleben – Reinsdorf – Artern – Sangerhausen | 595 335 | 120 min | Bombardier Talent 2 | Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland | |
| RB 60 | Rottenbach - Bechstedt-Trippstein - Schwarzburg - Sitzendorf-Unterweißbach - Obstfelderschmiede - Mellenbach-Glasbach - Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle - Katzhütte | 562 | 60 min | Alstom Coradia A TER | Oberweissbacher Berg- und Schwarzatalbahn | |
| RB 61 | Obstfelderschmiede – Lichtenhain (a d Bergbahn) – Oberweißbach-Deesbach – Cursdorf | 563 | 30 min | class 479.2 | ||
| RB 80 | Göttingen – Nörten-Hardenberg – Northeim – Katlenburg – Wulften – Hattorf – Herzberg – Bad Lauterberg im Harz Barbis – Bad Sachsa – Walkenried – Ellrich – Woffleben – Niedersachswerfen – Nordhausen-Salza – Nordhausen | 350 357 | 120 min | Alstom Coradia LINT | DB Regio Nord | |
| RB 81 | Bodenfelde – Uslar – Volpriehausen – Hardegsen – Northeim – Katlenburg – Wulften – Hattorf – Herzberg – Bad Lauterberg im Harz – Barbis – Bad Sachsa – Walkenried – Ellrich – Woffleben – Niedersachswerfen – Nordhausen-Salza – Nordhausen | 356.2 357 | 120 min | |||
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Krefeld Hauptbahnhof is the largest station of the city of Krefeld in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The double-track and electrified Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach railway and the Lower Left Rhine Railway cross at the station.
Hanau Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in Hanau in the German state of Hesse, and is a major railway junction east of Frankfurt am Main. It was opened in 1867, but the current building was built in the late 1960s. It is located about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south-east of central Hanau. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 2 station and has many train services, including Intercity Express, regional and S-Bahn services.
The Duisburg-Dortmund Railway is an important and historically significant railway in Germany. It is a major axis for long distance and regional passenger freight transport in the northern Ruhr. It is served by Intercity-Express, InterCity, Regional-Express, Regionalbahn and S-Bahn trains. It includes the central stations of Duisburg, Oberhausen, Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund and Wanne-Eickel and the regionally important stations of Essen-Altenessen and Herne. It is the middle section of the Cologne-Minden trunk line from Cologne-Deutz to Minden. It was opened in 1847 and has been modernised and developed several times since then. Today, it has two to four tracks and is electrified and classified as a main line.
The Gruiten–Cologne-Deutz railway is a major German railway. It is part of a major axis for long distance and regional rail services between Wuppertal and Cologne, and is served by Intercity Express, InterCity, Regional-Express and regionalbahn trains.
The Biederitz–Trebnitz railway is a double-tracked, standard gauge, electrified railway line in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt timetabled as (KBS) 254 and 256. The line begins in Biederitz near Magdeburg and runs via Güterglück towards Dessau. According to Deutsche Bahn, the line ends at Trebnitz on the former border between the Duchy of Anhalt and Prussia.
The Frankfurt-Höchst station is an important station in the Frankfurt district of Höchst and is the second largest station in the city with twelve tracks. It is currently mainly used by S-Bahn, suburban and regional services. It is the most important public transport node in western Frankfurt.
The Mid-Germany Railway is a rail link between German states of Thuringia and Saxony. The central element of this link connects Chemnitz and Glauchau in the east via Gera and Jena to Weimar in the west. It includes the Dresden–Werdau line, the Glauchau–Gößnitz line, the Gera–Gößnitz line and the Weimar–Gera line.
Jena West station is to the west of the centre of the city of Jena in the German state of Thuringia at the 22.59 km mark of the Weimar–Gera railway between Weimar, Jena-Göschwitz station and Gera Hauptbahnhof. This line is also called the Holzland Railway and it is part of the Mid-German Connection. The station is located in the suburb of Jena-Süd.
Altenbeken station is in the municipality of Altenbeken in the Paderborn district of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station has a great importance as a hub for local and long-distance transport due to its location on the line from the Ruhr area to Warburg and Kassel, as well as to Holzminden–Kreiensen, Hanover and Herford. Its importance has increased recently because of the lack of Intercity-Express/Intercity services on the so-called Mid-Germany Railway.
Schlüchtern station is a station for trains. It is in the town of Schlüchtern in the German state of Hesse on the Frankfurt–Göttingen railway. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station.
The Mittelhessen-Express is a train service operated by DB Regio AG in the German state of Hesse on the Main-Weser Railway and the Dill Railway, which was put into operation at the commencement of the 2007 timetable on 10 December 2006.