Classic route
IC Karlsruhe–Nürnberg
Karlsruhe → Nuremberg · Germany
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The cross-country IC via the 1861 Remsbahn: Stuttgart, the Rems valley vineyards, then Aalen and Crailsheim’s hills to Nuremberg.
Stations
- 0 kmKarlsruhe Hauptbahnhof +1
- 5 kmKarlsruhe-Durlach
- 31 kmPforzheim Hauptbahnhof
- 43 kmMühlacker
- 52 kmVaihingen (Enz)
- 80 kmStuttgart Main Station +5
- 109 kmSchorndorf
- 130 kmSchwäbisch Gmünd
- 154 kmAalen Hauptbahnhof
- 170 kmEllwangen
- 191 kmCrailsheim +1
- 238 kmAnsbach +1
- 281 kmNürnberg Hauptbahnhof +4
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2947202 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 32 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Deutsche Bahn — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
Questions and answers
How long is the IC Karlsruhe–Nürnberg?
The IC Karlsruhe–Nürnberg runs 295 km from Karlsruhe to Nuremberg.
How long does the IC Karlsruhe–Nürnberg take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 10 min for the 295 km. That is an average of 93 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the IC Karlsruhe–Nürnberg?
DB Fernverkehr, with DB Intercity.
How old is the IC Karlsruhe–Nürnberg?
The line has been in service since 1861. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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