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EuroCity Express, or short ECE, is a category of Eurocity train marketed by Deutsche Bahn that runs on two routes as of 2021. It was created to classify a newly introduced international high speed train service in a higher category - equivalent to the Intercity-Express - than the existing Eurocity, which is equivalent to the "second tier" domestic Intercity.
In the timetables 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 there were three train pairs of the ICE line 15 Frankfurt-Erfurt-Halle-Berlin together with the ICE line 51 Dortmund-Paderborn-Kassel-Erfurt-Leipzig-Dresden as a line exchanger in time with the ICE Line 50 Frankfurt-Erfurt-Leipzig-Dresden.
The line most heavily utilised by ICE trains is the Mannheim–Frankfurt railway between Frankfurt and Mannheim due to the bundling of many ICE lines in that region. When considering all traffic (freight, local and long-distance passenger), the busiest line carrying ICE traffic is the Munich–Augsburg line , carrying about 300 trains per day.
München Hauptbahnhof sees about 450,000 passengers a day, which puts it on par with other large stations in Germany, such as Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 1 station , one of 21 in Germany and two in Munich, the other being München Ost . [ 5 ]
On 2 June 1991, the route between Mainz and Augsburg was changed, to run via Mannheim, Heidelberg, and Stuttgart instead of Frankfurt, Nuremberg, and Würzburg – but still running Dortmund–Klagenfurt overall – and the train was renumbered to EC114 northbound and EC115 southbound. [15] The name Blauer Enzian was abandoned from 14 December ...
The Intercity logo, in use from 1971 to 1991 The original Intercity network A classic Intercity train at Emmerich in 1973, hauled by a Class 103. The idea for Intercity services on the Deutsche Bundesbahn network was first proposed in 1967, inspired by the success of British Rail's InterCity brand.
ICE 1 Heppenheim/Bergstraße in München-Pasing station running towards Frankfurt. South of the railway tracks is the station building of 1873, which is still used today and contains administrative offices of Deutsche Bahn, a travel centre, a ServicePoint and a fast food restaurant.
Außerfern-Bahn Kempten – Durach – Oy-Mittelberg – Pfronten-Steinach Garmisch-Partenkirchen–Kempten: 973 Pesa Link III (633) [18] RB 74: 60 Vorortverkehr München–Buchloe München – München-Pasing – Fürstenfeldbruck – Geltendorf – Kaufering – Buchloe München–Buchloe: 970 Alstom Coradia Continental (440) RE 75: 60