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Construction of the first high-speed rail in Germany began shortly after that of the French LGVs (lignes à grande vitesse, high-speed lines). However, legal battles caused significant delays, so that the German Intercity-Express (ICE) trains were deployed ten years after the TGV network was established.
About 1,658 km (1,030 mi) are high-speed railway lines. [3] Germany has the 6th longest railway network in the world, and the largest in Europe after Russia. [5] Germany was ranked 4th among national European rail systems in the 2017 European Railway Performance Index assessing intensity of use, quality of service and safety. [6]
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.
Due to the number of railway stations it shows a selection of the principal stations and links to related state articles. Where there are 2 or more passenger stations in a large town or city, the most important is often designated by Deutsche Bahn as Hauptbahnhof (German for "central station"), of which there are 122 in total.
For railway companies that are no longer in existence, see the List of former German railway companies. The bulk of the railway network in Germany belongs to DB Netz , a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG – this situation is a relic from the time when the Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn had a monopoly.
(Keihanshin Area) JR West Urban Network [47] JA EN: 25 361 985.7 Hankyu Railway: JA EN+map: 9 91 136 1,950,000 Hanshin Electric Railway: JA EN: 3 46 43.9 Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway: JA: 1 2 7.5 Keihan Electric Railway: JA EN: 7 88 90.7 Kinki Nippon Electric Railway (Kintetsu) JA EN: 21 304 495.8 Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway (Kitakyu) JA+map EN ...
Intercity services are operated by the DB Fernverkehr division of Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national railway. The Intercity name was introduced in Germany in 1971, replacing the F-Zug category, and was the top category of train in Germany until the introduction of the high-speed ICE services in the early 1990s. With the proliferation of ICE ...
The railway network in Germany dates back to 1835 when the first tracks were laid on a 6 km (3.7 mi) route between Nuremberg and Fürth. The Deutsche Reichsbahn operated from 1920 [ 19 ] through the Weimar and Nazi eras until 1949, [ 20 ] when it was split between East and West Germany into two successor entities, Deutsche Reichsbahn and ...