High-speed route
TGV / ICE
Paris → Frankfurt · France · Germany
A Franco-German alliance since 2007: 320 km/h on the LGV Est to Lorraine, then the Saar and Rhine-Main into Frankfurt, TGV and ICE sharing the run.
- Distance
- 573 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 49 min
- Average speed
- 150 km/h
- Top speed
- 320 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmGare de l'Est +4
- 369 kmForbach
- 379 kmSaarbrücken Hauptbahnhof +3
- 445 kmKaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof +2
- 508 kmMannheim Hauptbahnhof +5
- 586 kmFrankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof +9
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 2078076: 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 8 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of TGV 9551
- 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 TGV / ICE?
The TGV / ICE runs 573 km from Paris to Frankfurt. It runs through France and Germany.
How long does the TGV / ICE take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 49 min for the 573 km. That is an average of 150 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 320 km/h.
Who runs the TGV / ICE?
SNCF and Deutsche Bahn, with TGV Euroduplex, ICE 3.
How old is the TGV / ICE?
The line has been in service since 2007. 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 TGV / ICE run?
7 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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