Classic route
EuroCity Zürich–München
Zurich → Munich · Switzerland · Austria · Germany
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Electrified through in 2020, which cut an hour off the run: out of Zurich by Winterthur and St Gallen, over the Rhine at St Margrethen, along Lake Constance through Bregenz and Lindau, then the Allgäu to Munich.
Stations
- 0 kmZürich Hauptbahnhof (Löwenstrasse)
- 11 kmZürich Flughafen
- 31 kmWinterthur
- 87 kmSt. Gallen
- 114 kmSt. Margrethen SG
- 126 kmBregenz
- 134 kmLindau-Reutin
- 218 kmMemmingen
- 264 kmBuchloe
- 331 kmMünchen Hbf
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6485057 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 31 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 8 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of EC 97
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the EuroCity Zürich–München?
The EuroCity Zürich–München runs 332 km from Zurich to Munich. It runs through Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
How long does the EuroCity Zürich–München take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 44 min for the 332 km. That is an average of 89 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the EuroCity Zürich–München?
SBB and DB, with SBB Astoro ETR 610.
How old is the EuroCity Zürich–München?
The line has been in service since 2020. 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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