With the Deutsche Bahn (DB) timetable change, the ICE 4 trains inaugurate transport service on the high-speed line between Berlin and Munich, making more stops along the route than the ICE 3 trains that operate as Sprinters. Compared to the Sprinter’s five intermediate stops, the ICE 4 will make eight. Nineteen 12-car ICE 4 trains will be in service.
With the launch of ICE 4 service and additional Sprinters, there will be around 3,000 more seats available on this route every day. The new 12-car trains will connect Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, Berlin Central Station, Berlin-Südkreuz, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Leipzig, Erfurt, Bamberg, Erlangen, Nürnberg and Munich Central Station. The new DB flagship also operates on the Cologne-Rhine-Main route, and between Hamburg and Munich, and to Stuttgart.
“We’re writing a new chapter in the success story of the ICE 4 with the timetable change. Starting in December, the ICE 4 will run on additional routes and offer our passengers more space and comfort as well as greater reliability,” said Michael Peterson, Marketing Director at DB Fernverkehr.
In October, the Federal Railway Authority approved the ICE 4 for operating with the ETCS in Germany. With this approval, the ICE 4 can begin operation on the ETCS-equipped rail line between Berlin and Munich.
All 137 of the ordered trains will be equipped with ETCS and can thus run on the VDE 8 route (German Unity Railway Project Nr. 8).
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