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InterCityExpress
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system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and its surrounding countries
InterCityExpress is a network of high-speed trains that primarily operates throughout Germany and neighboring countries. It matters because it provides fast, efficient rail transportation across a major region of Europe, connecting cities and reducing travel times compared to conventional trains.
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Key facts
- Locale
- Germany , Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland and France. Formerly Denmark.
- Dates of operation
- 1985 – present
- Predecessor
- See History
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge
- Website
- www .bahn .com /en /trains /ice-ice-sprinter
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Deutsche Bahn trains from ICE to Intercity
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.bahn.com/en/trains/ice-ice-sprinter
- Image
- ICE 3 Oberhaider-Wald-Tunnel.jpg
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- ICE
- Commons category
- Intercity-Express
- inception
- 1985-00-00
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Intercity Express (commonly known as ICE ( German pronunciation: [iːtseːˈʔeː] ) and running under this category) is a high-speed rail system and service in Germany. It also serves destinations in Austria, France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands as part of cross-border services. It is the flagship of the German state railway, Deutsche Bahn. ICE fares are fixed for station-to-station connections, on the grounds that the trains have a higher level of comfort. Travelling at speeds up to 300 km/h (190 mph) within Germany and 320 km/h (200 mph) when in France, they are aimed at business travellers and long-distance commuters and marketed by Deutsche Bahn as an alternative to flights.
The ICE 3 also has been the development base for the Siemens Velaro family of trainsets which has subsequently been exported to Renfe in Spain (Renfe Class 103), which are certified to run at speeds up to 350 km/h (220 mph), as well as versions ordered by China for the Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway link (CRH 3) and by Russia for the Moscow–Saint Petersburg and Moscow–Nizhny Novgorod routes (Velaro RUS) with further customers being Eurostar as well as Turkey and Egypt.