ICE 26 Hamburg-Altona → Hamburg Hbf → Hannover Hbf → Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe → Gießen → Frankfurt Hbf → Darmstadt Hbf → Karlsruhe

Route Details:

Operator: DB Fernverkehr
Train Type: Highspeed Train
Route Length: 664.5 km
Travel Time: 245 min
Average Speed: 163 km/h
Maximum Speed: 280 km/h

Speed Profile:

Please note: Only the maximum speed of the rails are used for speed calculations. Because of signalling, individual maxspeed for different rolling stocks, tilting technology and economic reasons the actually driven speed can be different. Time needed for boarding is also not evaluated.

Railway Details:

Railway Operators: DB Netz AG (80.1 %), DB Netz (19.9 %), N/A (0 %)
Railway Users: mixed traffic (33.2 %), passenger traffic (2.3 %), N/A (64.5 %)
Electrification: 15000 V / 16.7 Hz AC (99.9 %), N/A V / 16.7 Hz AC (0.1 %)
Structures: 36.7 km in tunnels (5.5 %), 21.7 km on bridges (3.3 %), 17.9 km on embankments (2.7 %), 1.3 km in cuttings (0.2 %), 586.9 km on ground level (88.3 %)
Gaps in Route: 0

Map of Route and Stops:

Train Details:

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Train Name: DB ICE 3
Train Type: Highspeed Train
Maximum Speed: 330 km/h
Weight empty: 410 t
Power: 8000 kW
Maximum Torque: 300 Nm
Maximum Brake Acceleration: 0.7 m/s²
Length: 201 m
Seats: 206