Classic route
IC Karlsruhe–Nürnberg
Karlsruhe → Nuremberg · Germany
- Distance
- 295 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 10 min
- Average speed
- 93 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- DB Fernverkehr
- Train
- DB Intercity
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1861
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The cross-country IC via the 1861 Remsbahn: Stuttgart, the Rems valley vineyards, then Aalen and Crailsheim’s hills to Nuremberg.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 12 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Transitous: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 2067
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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