ICE 11 (Berlin – Munich)

ICE line 11 runs two-hourly from Berlin via Leipzig, Erfurt, Fulda, Frankfurt am Main, Mannheim and Stuttgart to Munich.

Updated 2026-10-28 · rev 5

Profile

Concept kind: Rail line
Last extension: seit Fahrplanwechsel Dezember 2022 über die Schnellfahrstrecke Wendlingen–Ulm
Termini: Berlin – München Hbf
Structure: Ausbaustrecken Berlin–Leipzig–Erfurt sowie Schnellfahrstrecken Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle und Mannheim–Stuttgart, seit Dezember 2022 auch Wendlingen–Ulm; dazwischen Ausbaustrecken (Fulda–Frankfurt–Mannheim, Stuttgart–Ulm–Augsburg)
Maximum speed: bis zu 250 km/h (ICE 4)
Status: In Betrieb
Operator: DB Fernverkehr AG
Owner: Deutsche Bahn AG (Betreiber: DB Fernverkehr AG)
Rolling stock: ICE 4
Headway: Zweistundentakt

Overview

ICE line 11 connects Berlin two-hourly via Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Leipzig, Erfurt and Eisenach with Fulda, Frankfurt am Main and Mannheim, continuing from there via Stuttgart, Ulm and Augsburg to Munich. It is the classic north–south axis via the Thuringia and Franconia valley routes and the Rhine Valley railway. Trains of the ICE 4 series are used.

Operator

The operator is DB Fernverkehr (DB Long-Distance Transport).

History

Line 11 initially ran via Braunschweig to Frankfurt; with the timetable change in December 2017 it was rerouted via Erfurt, and the new line 13 took over the Braunschweig route. It uses the Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed line between Leipzig and Erfurt as well as the Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed line. Since December 2022 it has run via the Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed line.