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 6–930HamburgEC 102 continues from Hamburg to Kiel - Dortmund - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mannheim - Karlsruhe - Freiburg - Basel - Zürich 2 per daySBBRätia †40–4795Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Poznań - Warsaw4 per dayPKP Intercity/DBBerlin-Warszawa-Express54–5595Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Poznań - Gdańsk - Gdynia1 per dayPKP IntercityBerlin-Gdynia Express80–81, 83, 88–89, 18889Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Verona, 1 per dayÖBBPaganini †82, 18989Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck1 per dayÖBB84–8589Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Verona - Bologna, 3 per dayÖBB Brenner86–8789Munich - Kufstein - Innsbruck - Bolzano - Verona - Venice, 1 per dayÖBBTiepolo †110–11162Munich - Salzburg - Villach - Klagenfurt1 per dayÖBB112–113Continues as EC 212/213 to Zagreb62Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt1 per dayÖBB114–11532Münster - Dortmund - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mannheim- Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt1 per dayDBWörthersee116–11762Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Klagenfurt1 per dayDBWörthersee170–17127Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Bratislava - Budapest, , 1 per dayMÁVHungaria172–17327Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Vienna - Graz - Klagenfurt - Villach, 1 per dayÖBBVindobona174–17527Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Bratislava - Budapest, , 1 per dayMÁVJan Jesenius 176–17727Hamburg - Berlin - Dresden - Brno - Prague - BratislavaEC 176 is Brno to Hamburg, 1 per dayČDJohannes Brahms †178–17927Berlin - Dresden - Prague1 per dayČDAlois Negrelli †190–19788Munich - Lindau - Bregenz - St. Gallen - Zurich, 4 per daySBB216–21762Saarbrücken - Mannheim - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Leoben - Graz1 per dayDB218–21962Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Leoben - Graz1 per dayDB248–24999Hamburg - Berlin - Cottbus - Kraków1 per dayDB/PKPWawel378–37927Binz - Stralsund - Berlin - Dresden - Brno - Prague - BratislavaEC 378 terminates at Brno, 1 per dayČD390–39162Frankfurt - 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.
#LineRouteCountriesFrequencyNotes118–11932Münster - Cologne - Koblenz - Stuttgart - Lindau - Bregenz - Innsbruck - Salzburg1 per dayÖBB coaching stock130–134, 137, 23135Norddeich Mole - Emden - Münster - Oberhausen - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Trier - Luxembourg3 per dayex-InterRegio140–149, 240–24377Berlin - Hannover - Osnabrück - Bad Bentheim - Amsterdam8 per dayex-InterRegio180–187, 280–28587Stuttgart - Singen - Schaffhausen - Zurich7 per dayIntercity 2382–38776Hamburg - Flensburg - Fredericia - Aarhus3 per dayDSB392–39975Hamburg - Kolding - Odense - Copenhagen4 per dayDSB
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 Milan was introduced and branded by Deutsche Bahn (though neither by the Swiss nor the Italian railway companies) as EuroCity-Express followed by a second route between Munich and Zurich with tickets put in the same price category as ICE tickets, unlike "regular" EuroCity trains which are in the same - usually slightly cheaper - ticket category as IC.
Notes
See also EuroCity Intercity (Deutsche Bahn)
External links
Fernbahn - train formations Deutsche Bahn IC/EC Network