High-speed route
ICE Frankfurt–Stuttgart
Frankfurt → Stuttgart · Germany
Down the Rhine-Neckar to Mannheim and up into the Swabian capital: a hard-worked spine of the south-west ICE network.
- Distance
- 184 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 20 min
- Average speed
- 138 km/h
- Top speed
- 250 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmFrankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof +9
- 79 kmMannheim Hauptbahnhof +5
- 185 kmStuttgart Hbf +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 3431945: 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 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of ICE 591
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the ICE?
The ICE runs 184 km from Frankfurt to Stuttgart.
How long does the ICE take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 20 min for the 184 km. That is an average of 138 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the ICE?
Deutsche Bahn, with ICE 3.
How old is the ICE?
The line has been in service since 1991. 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 run?
21 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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