Classic route
IC Köln–Norddeich
Cologne → Norddeich · Germany
- Distance
- 376 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 4 h 32 min
- Average speed
- 83 km/h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- DB Fernverkehr
- Train
- DB Intercity
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1856
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
DB’s seaside Intercity: down the Rhine-Ruhr, through Münster and the Emsland flats to the North Sea pier at Norddeich Mole.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 8 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Deutsche Bahn — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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