Classic route
IC Hamburg–Köln
Hamburg → Cologne · Germany
IC Hamburg–Köln in pictures
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- Distance
- 425 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 45 min
- Average speed
- 113 km/h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- DB Fernverkehr ↗
- Train
- DB IC · ICE
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1874
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Germany’s busiest conventional corridor: ports to Ruhr through Bremen, Münster and five more big cities — twice an hour, no high-speed line in sight.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2947220 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 7 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
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the IC Hamburg–Köln?
The IC Hamburg–Köln runs 425 km from Hamburg to Cologne.
How long does the IC Hamburg–Köln take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 45 min for the 425 km. That is an average of 113 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the IC Hamburg–Köln?
DB Fernverkehr, with DB IC, ICE.
How old is the IC Hamburg–Köln?
The line has been in service since 1874. 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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