ICE High-Speed Train

The ICE (InterCity Express) is a high-speed train that connects all major cities in Germany.

With speeds up to 300km/h, this is one of the fastest ways to travel between cities such as Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne.

The ICE has international connections to Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Austria

 

The ICE connects 32 major cities. Here are some domestic and international examples of the travel times and routes available:

• Frankfurt - Hamburg
• Frankfurt - Munich
• Frankfurt - Cologne
• Frankfurt - Stuttgart
• Hamburg - Munich
• Berlin - Hamburg
• Berlin - Frankfurt
• Berlin - Munich
• Cologne - Berlin
• Frankfurt - Aachen
• Frankfurt - Brussels
  via Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord
  
• Hamburg - Copenhagen
• Cologne - Brussels
  via Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord
  
• Frankfurt - Paris
• Frankfurt - Basel
• Frankfurt - Amsterdam
• Nuremberg - Vienna

 Fireworks light up along the platform as the inaugural Inter-City Express train (ICE) linking Erfurt to Halle/Leipzig pulls into Leipzig's main railway station on December 9, 2015

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures besides Ruediger Grube, CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG, center behind train driver Stefan Baumgart, front, in the ICE driver's cab during the opening of the new high-speed rail line between Erfurt and Halle/Leipzig near Leipzig, Germany, Wednesday, December 9, 2015.