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ICE 2 near Ingolstadt (February 2007) From 1997, the successor, the ICE 2 trains pulled by Class 402 powerheads, was put into service. One of the goals of the ICE 2 was to improve load balancing by building smaller train units which could be coupled or detached as needed. These trainsets were used on the ICE line 10 Berlin-Cologne/Bonn.
The ICE 2 is the second series of German high-speed trains and one of six in the Intercity-Express family since 1995. The ICE 2 (half-) trains are even closer to a conventional push–pull train than the ICE 1, because each train consists of only one locomotive (Class 402, called powerhead), six passenger cars (Classes 805 to 807) and a cab car (Class 808).
Frequency of trains and allowed max speed on the German Intercity-Express (ICE) network (2022) This list of Intercity-Express lines in Germany includes all Intercity-Express lines in Germany. [1] The latest changes to the Intercity Express network took place at the timetable change on 10 December 2023. The network currently has 35 scheduled lines.
City Station stop every 1h stop every 2h few trains daily Aschaffenburg: Aschaffenburg Hbf: 41: 31, 91: Augsburg: Augsburg Hbf: 11, 28, 42: 25, 83: Bamberg: Bamberg ...
The InterCity Express (ICE) was a class of electric multiple units manufactured by Walkers, Maryborough for Queensland Rail in 1988/89. They were built to operate the Spirit of Capricorn service on the North Coast line service between Brisbane and Rockhampton .
The third generation of the ICE has a service speed of 330 km/h (205 mph) and has reached speeds up to 363 km/h (226 mph). Admission of ICE trains onto French LGVs was applied for in 2001, and trial runs completed in 2005. Since June 2007, ICEs service Paris from Frankfurt and Saarbrücken via the LGV Est.
The programme to procure a replacement for the Intercity 125 fleet was launched by the DfT in 2005. [5] [6] In March 2007, the DfT published an OJEU notice (2007/S 48-059536, [7] [8] [9] contract title: Intercity Express Programme (IEP), previously referred to as HST2) [10] announcing its intention to seek an organisation to finance, build, construct facilities (depots) for, and maintain over ...
Following the successful inauguration of the Intercity-Express system in 1991 and the order to develop the ICE 2, in 1994 DB started plans to upgrade long-distance services using conventional lines, with comfort level raised near the ICE standard and higher speeds, with tilting electric multiple units to replace locomotive-pulled InterCity (IC) and InterRegio (IR) trains.