ICE 1 - Formation

Formation

ICE 1 trains consist of two powerheads and 9 to 14 intermediate cars. Because trainsets are not separated in regular service, they are multiple units from an operational point of view. During the refurbishment, which was completed in late 2008, trainsets were being standardized to 12 intermediate cars.

Until the refurbishment was completed, there had been three different configurations of ICE 1 trainsets:

• Refurbished trainsets consist of two power cars and 12 intermediate cars. These include four cars first class, including the service car with the conductors' compartment (numbered 9, 11, 12, 14), one restaurant car (8) and seven cars second class (1 to 7). Smoking is prohibited in all cars. Cars 1, 3, 9, 11 and 14 are equipped with cellular repeaters.
• Non-refurbished trainsets for domestic service consisted of three cars first class (11, 12 and 14), seven cars second class (1 to 7), a service car (9) and a restaurant car (10). Car number 7 might have been one of three types: an original second-class-car of the ICE 1, a second-class-car from the ICE 2 or a first-class car from the ICE 1, marked as second class. The first class car number 13 was removed; this was one of two first class cars for smokers, but without the additional equipment of car 14 (video, telephone)
• Non-refurbished trainsets for service into Switzerland consisted of four cars first class (11 to 14) and six cars second class (1 to 6) plus service and restaurant cars (9 and 10)

A train consisting of 14 cars has a length of 410.70 meters (1,347.4 ft). Prior to the refurbishment this train would have had 192 seats in first class, 567 seats in second class and 40 seats in the restaurant car plus four in the conference compartment. There are two storing positions for wheelchairs.

Most cars of the ICE 1 offer both compartments and rows of seats, just like the seating in German InterCity cars. Cars at the ends of the trainsets were smoking areas. There are "quiet" cars as well as cars that were later equipped with cell phone repeaters. Some seats were designed to turn to face the direction of travel, but this was never used in revenue service.