ICE 12 (Berlin – Basel/Interlaken)
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ICE line 12 runs two-hourly from Berlin via Wolfsburg, Göttingen, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, Frankfurt am Main and Karlsruhe to Basel, with individual trains continuing into Switzerland (Interlaken, Brig, Chur).

## Overview

ICE line 12 connects Berlin via Wolfsburg, Braunschweig, Hildesheim, Göttingen, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe and Fulda with Frankfurt am Main and runs via the Rhine Valley railway (Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Freiburg) to Basel. Every second train crosses the border into Switzerland, with individual trains continuing to Bern, Interlaken, Visp/Brig or Zurich/Chur. Trains of the ICE 4 series are used.

## Operator

The operator is [DB Fernverkehr (DB Long-Distance Transport)](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/organizations/db-fernverkehr.html).


## History

Line 12 runs two-hourly from Berlin via Braunschweig, Kassel and Frankfurt to Basel and on into Switzerland, with individual trains to Zurich, Chur, Interlaken or Brig. Between Berlin and Fulda it forms an hourly service with line 13, established in 2017, and between Mannheim and Basel with line 43. One overnight train pair runs via Hanover instead of Braunschweig.
## Major stations

The line serves, among others, the following stations:

- Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Berlin Hbf
- Berlin-Spandau
- Wolfsburg Hbf
- Braunschweig Hbf
- Hildesheim Hbf
- Göttingen
- Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Fulda
- Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
- Mannheim Hbf
- Karlsruhe Hbf
- Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf
- Basel Bad Bf
- Basel SBB

## Further information

line_frequency: two-hourly

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Railway https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/rail.html

Mentioned in:
- Berlin Hauptbahnhof https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/de-berlin-hbf.html
- Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/de-frankfurt-hbf.html

Sources:
- ICE-Verkehr — Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE-Verkehr Linientabelle; abgerufen 2026-10-28
- List of Intercity-Express lines — Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intercity-Express_lines Abschnitt Line 12; abgerufen 2026-10-28