High-speed Rail in Germany - Travel Times

Travel Times

DB Intercity-Express travel times between major stations1, 2
Amsterdam Berlin Brussels Cologne Cop'hagen Düsseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg London Munich Paris Vienna Zürich
Amsterdam Centraal 1h 54min4 2h 39min 2h 12min 3h 56min 3h 50min4
Berlin Hbf 5 4h 20min 6h 45min 4h 15min 3h 37min3 1h 36min 5h 52min
Brussels Midi/Zuid 1h 54min4 1h 52min 3h 06min 1h 55min4
Cologne/Köln Hbf 5 2h 39min 4h 20min 1h 52min 21min 1h 02min 3h 29min3 3h 40min4 4h 38min 3h 15min 9h 29min
Copenhagen/København H 6h 45min 9h 13min 4h 43min
Düsseldorf Hbf 2h 12min 4h 15min 21min 1h 27min 3h 35min 4h 44min
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf 5 3h 56min 3h 37min3 3h 06min 1h 02min 9h 13min 1h 27min 3h 52min 4h 40min4 3h 11min 3h 48min 7h 01min 3h 55min
Hamburg Hbf 5 1h 36min 3h 29min3 4h 43min 3h 35min 3h 19min3 5h 46min 7h 59min
London St. Pancras 3h 50min4 1h 55min4 3h 40min4 4h 40min4
München Hbf 5h 50min 4h 38min 4h 44min 3h 11min 5h 41min 4h 13min
Paris Gare du Nord / Gare de l'Est 3h 15min 3h 48min
Vienna/Wien Westbf 9h 29min 7h 01min 4h 13min
Zürich HB 3h 55min 7h 48min

1 German category 1 stations and comparable international destinations of 250.000 passengers per day or more
2 only direct connections shown; travel times as of the DB 2011 timetable
3 ICE Sprinter
4 proposed services for 2015
5 additional or alternative ICE stops for Berlin at: Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, Berlin-Spandau and Berlin Ostbf
for Cologne (Köln) at: Köln Messe/Deutz and Köln/Bonn Flughafen Fbf
for Frankfurt at: Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fbf
and Hamburg at: HH-Altona, HH Dammtor and HH-Harburg
High-speed rail
Part of Rail transport
High-speed trains
300 km/h (186 mph) or more
  • AGV
  • AVE Class 100, 102, 103
  • CRH 2C, 3C, 380A, 380B, 380C, 380D,
  • ETR 500
  • Eurostar
  • ETR 1000
  • ICE 3
  • KTX-I
  • KTX-II
  • Oaris
  • Shinkansen Series 500, N700, E5, E6, L0
  • AVRIL
  • TGV Sud-Est (refurbished), Atlantique, Réseau, Duplex, POS
  • Thalys PBA, PBKA
  • THSR 700T
  • Transrapid
  • Shanghai Maglev Train
  • Velaro
  • Bombardier Zefiro
250–299 km/h (155–186 mph)
  • China Railways CRH 1A, 1B, 1E, 2A, 2B, 2E
  • New Pendolino
  • ICE 1, 2
  • RENFE Class 120, 121, 130
  • Sapsan
  • Shinkansen Series 200, 300, 700, 800, E2, E3, E7, W7
  • TCDD HT65000
  • TGV Sud-Est (original), La Poste
  • V250
  • Zefiro 250
200–249 km/h (124–155 mph)
  • Acela Express
  • Adelante
  • APT
  • AVE Class 101
  • China Railways CRH6
  • ER200
  • Euromed
  • GMB Class 71 (Flytoget)
  • IC4
  • InterCity 125, 225
  • ICx
  • ICN
  • Javelin
  • NSB Class 73
  • NSB Class 74
  • WESTbahn
  • Pendolino
  • Railjet
  • Regina
  • Shinkansen series 0, 100, 400, E1, E4
  • SBB RABDe 502
  • IC 2000
  • SJ 2000
  • SJ X40
  • Z-TER (Z 21500)
  • Sokol
  • Talgo XXI
  • Voyager/Meridian
  • X3
  • ICE TD
By country
Asia
  • East and Southeast Asia
    • China
      • Hong Kong
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • Taiwan
    • Vietnam
    • Philippines
  • Other
    • India
    • Iraq
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Russia
    • Turkey
    • Uzbekistan
Europe
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
Other
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Morocco
  • United States
Technologies
  • Conventional
  • Maglev
  • Vactrain
See also: Experimental and prototype high-speed trains (category), High-speed railway lines (category)

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