ICE Frankfurt–Dresden

The Saxony ICE: Fulda’s wooded hills, Luther’s Eisenach and Erfurt, the 2015 high-speed line into Leipzig, then the Elbe plain to Dresden.

Stations

1. 0 kmFrankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof +8
2. 103 kmFulda +4
3. 145 kmBad Hersfeld
4. 200 kmEisenach Hauptbahnhof +1
5. 229 kmGotha +2
6. 257 kmErfurt Hauptbahnhof +2
7. 373 kmLeipzig Hauptbahnhof +5
8. 488 kmDresden-Neustadt +2
9. 492 kmDresden Hbf +4

The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the ICE 1555 on 12 October 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. 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

• Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 15 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3 km
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line passes within 96 m of every station ICE 1555 calls at (the planner's own shape was too coarse to measure a line against)

Questions and answers

How long is the ICE Frankfurt–Dresden?

The ICE Frankfurt–Dresden runs 492 km from Frankfurt to Dresden.

How long does the ICE Frankfurt–Dresden take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 4 h 24 min for the 492 km. That is an average of 112 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 230 km/h.

Who runs the ICE Frankfurt–Dresden?

DB Fernverkehr, with DB ICE T.

How old is the ICE Frankfurt–Dresden?

The line has been in service since 2015. 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.

How often does the ICE Frankfurt–Dresden run?

7 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).

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