EuroCity in Germany

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.

Hamburg to Chur EuroCity service between Karlsruhe and Mannheim. A DB Class 101 hauls a rake of SBB coaches.

EuroCity services

Below is a list of current EuroCity services in Germany.

# Line Route Countries Frequency Stock Name
6–9 30 Hamburg[1] - Dortmund - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mannheim - Karlsruhe - Freiburg - Basel - Zürich   Switzerland 2 per day SBB Rätia †
40–47 95 Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Poznań - Warsaw  Poland 4 per day PKP Intercity/DB Berlin-Warszawa-Express
54–55 95 Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Poznań - Gdańsk - Gdynia  Poland 1 per day PKP Intercity Berlin-Gdynia Express
80–81, 83, 88–89, 188 89 Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Verona  Austria,  Italy 3 per day ÖBB Paganini †
82, 189 89 Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck  Austria 1 per day ÖBB
84–85 89 Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Bologna  Austria,  Italy 1 per day ÖBB
86–87 89 Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Venice  Austria,  Italy 1 per day ÖBB Tiepolo †
110–111 62 Munich - Salzburg - Villach - Klagenfurt  Austria 1 per day ÖBB
112–113[2] 62 Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt  Austria 1 per day ÖBB
114–115 32 Münster - Dortmund - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mannheim- Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt  Austria 1 per day DB Wörthersee
116–117 62 Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt  Austria 1 per day DB Wörthersee
170–171 27 Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Bratislava - Budapest  Czech Republic,  Slovakia,  Hungary 1 per day MÁV Hungaria
172–173 27 Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Vienna - Graz - Klagenfurt - Villach  Czech Republic,  Austria 1 per day ÖBB Vindobona
174–175 27 Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Bratislava - Budapest  Czech Republic,  Slovakia,  Hungary 1 per day MÁV Jan Jesenius
176–177 27 Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Brno - Prague - Bratislava[3]  Czech Republic,  Slovakia 1 per day ČD Johannes Brahms †
178–179 27 Berlin - Dresden - Prague  Czech Republic 1 per day ČD Alois Negrelli †
190–197 88 Munich - Lindau - Bregenz - St. Gallen - Zurich  Austria,   Switzerland 4 per day SBB
216–217 62 Saarbrücken - Mannheim - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Leoben - Graz  Austria 1 per day DB
218–219 62 Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Leoben - Graz  Austria 1 per day DB
248–249 99 Hamburg - Berlin - Cottbus - Kraków  Poland 1 per day DB/PKP Wawel
378–379 27 Binz - Stralsund - Berlin - Dresden - Brno - Prague - Bratislava[4]  Czech Republic,  Slovakia 1 per day ČD
390–391 62 Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Linz  Austria 1 per day DB

† 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.

# Line Route Countries Frequency Notes
118–119 32 Münster - Cologne - Koblenz - Stuttgart - Lindau - Bregenz - Innsbruck - Salzburg  Austria 1 per day ÖBB coaching stock
130–134, 137, 231 35 Norddeich Mole - Emden - Münster - Oberhausen - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Trier - Luxembourg  Luxembourg 3 per day ex-InterRegio
140–149, 240–243 77 Berlin - Hannover - Osnabrück - Bad Bentheim - Amsterdam  Netherlands 8 per day ex-InterRegio
180–187, 280–285 87 Stuttgart - Singen - Schaffhausen - Zurich   Switzerland 7 per day SBB coaching stock
360–361 60 Munich - Stuttgart - Karlsruhe - Strasbourg  France 1 per day
382–387 76 Hamburg - Flensburg - Fredericia - Aarhus  Denmark 3 per day DSB
392–399 75 Hamburg - Kolding - Odense - Copenhagen  Denmark 4 per day DSB
1280–1284 26 Flensburg - Hamburg - Hannover - Würzburg - Augsburg - Munich - Zell am See - Schwarzach St. Veit  Austria 1 per day

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 Milano Centrale was introduced and branded by Deutsche Bahn (though neither by the Swiss nor the Italian railroads) as "EuroCity Express" with tickets put in the same price category as ICE tickets, unlike "regular" EuroCity trains which are in the same 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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