Classic route
IC Gera–Düsseldorf
Gera → Düsseldorf · Germany
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East Thuringia to the Rhine: Gera and Jena, Erfurt and Eisenach under the Wartburg, then Kassel, the Ruhr and Düsseldorf.
Stations
- 0 kmGera Hauptbahnhof
- 19 kmHermsdorf-Klosterlausnitz
- 30 kmStadtroda
- 40 kmJena-Göschwitz +1
- 45 kmJena West
- 67 kmWeimar
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- 88 kmErfurt Hbf +2
- 116 kmGotha +2
- 145 kmEisenach Hbf +1
- 243 kmKassel-Wilhelmshöhe +5
- 294 kmWarburg (Westf)
- 331 kmAltenbeken
- 348 kmPaderborn Hbf
- 380 kmLippstadt
- 400 kmSoest
- 425 kmHamm (Westf) Hbf
- 456 kmDortmund Hbf +2
- 474 kmBochum Hbf +2
- 490 kmEssen Hauptbahnhof +2
- 509 kmDuisburg Hauptbahnhof +5
- 524 kmDüsseldorf Flughafen +1
- 532 kmDüsseldorf Hauptbahnhof +5
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. 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 9264573 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 67 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.3% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 19 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of IC 2152
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the IC Gera–Düsseldorf?
The IC Gera–Düsseldorf runs 532 km from Gera to Düsseldorf.
How long does the IC Gera–Düsseldorf take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 6 h 05 min for the 532 km. That is an average of 87 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the IC Gera–Düsseldorf?
DB Fernverkehr, with DB IC coaches.
How old is the IC Gera–Düsseldorf?
The line has been in service since 1876. 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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