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.

EuroCity services

Below is a list of current EuroCity services in Germany.
#LineRouteCountriesFrequencyStockName
6–930Hamburg - Dortmund - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mannheim - Karlsruhe - Freiburg - Basel - Zürich2 per daySBBRätia †
40–4795Berlin - Frankfurt - Poznań - Warsaw4 per dayPKP Intercity/DBBerlin-Warszawa-Express
54–5595Berlin - Frankfurt - Poznań - Gdańsk - Gdynia1 per dayPKP IntercityBerlin-Gdynia Express
80–81, 83, 88–89, 18889Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Verona, 3 per dayÖBBPaganini †
82, 18989Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck1 per dayÖBB
84–8589Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Bologna, 1 per dayÖBB
86–8789Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Venice, 1 per dayÖBBTiepolo †
110–11162Munich - Salzburg - Villach - Klagenfurt1 per dayÖBB
112–11362Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt1 per dayÖBB
114–11532Münster - Dortmund - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mannheim- Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt1 per dayDBWörthersee
116–11762Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt1 per dayDBWörthersee
170–17127Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Bratislava - Budapest,, 1 per dayMÁVHungaria
172–17327Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Vienna - Graz - Klagenfurt - Villach, 1 per dayÖBBVindobona
174–17527Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Bratislava - Budapest,, 1 per dayMÁVJan Jesenius
176–17727Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Brno - Prague - Bratislava, 1 per dayČDJohannes Brahms †
178–17927Berlin - Dresden - Prague1 per dayČDAlois Negrelli †
190–19788Munich - Lindau - Bregenz - St. Gallen - Zurich, 4 per daySBB
216–21762Saarbrücken - Mannheim - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Leoben - Graz1 per dayDB
218–21962Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Leoben - Graz1 per dayDB
248–24999Hamburg - Berlin - Cottbus - Kraków1 per dayDB/PKPWawel
378–37927Binz - Stralsund - Berlin - Dresden - Brno - Prague - Bratislava, 1 per dayČD
390–39162Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Linz1 per dayDB

† 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.
#LineRouteCountriesFrequencyNotes
118–11932Münster - Cologne - Koblenz - Stuttgart - Lindau - Bregenz - Innsbruck - Salzburg1 per dayÖBB coaching stock
130–134, 137, 23135Norddeich Mole - Emden - Münster - Oberhausen - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Trier - Luxembourg3 per dayex-InterRegio
140–149, 240–24377Berlin - Hannover - Osnabrück - Bad Bentheim - Amsterdam8 per dayex-InterRegio
180–187, 280–28587Stuttgart - Singen - Schaffhausen - Zurich7 per daySBB coaching stock
360–36160Munich - Stuttgart - Karlsruhe - Strasbourg1 per day
382–38776Hamburg - Flensburg - Fredericia - Aarhus3 per dayDSB
392–39975Hamburg - Kolding - Odense - Copenhagen4 per dayDSB
1280–128426Flensburg - Hamburg - Hannover - Würzburg - Augsburg - Munich - Zell am See - Schwarzach St. Veit1 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 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.

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