{ "contentStorage": "postgres", "title": "ICE 18 (Hamburg – Berlin – Munich) · Relations", "description": "ICE line 18 runs two-hourly from Hamburg-Altona via Berlin, Halle and Erfurt to Munich; between Hamburg and Berlin it forms an hourly service with line 23.", "url": "/en/concepts/ice-18/relation.html", "entity": { "customFields": [ { "key": "line_depots", "value": "ICE-Werk Hamburg-Eidelstedt (ICE 1)" }, { "key": "line_headway", "value": "Zweistundentakt (mit Linie 23 Hamburg–Berlin Stundentakt; mit den Linien 28 und 29 halbstündliches Angebot Erfurt–Nürnberg)" }, { "key": "line_last_extension", "value": "Fahrplanjahr 2026: neue Linienführung mit zusätzlichen Halten in Büchen, Ludwigslust und Wittenberge; München wird über Augsburg (Donauwörth, München-Pasing) statt über Ingolstadt erreicht" }, { "key": "line_max_speed", "value": "bis zu 280 km/h (ICE 1)" }, { "key": "line_opened", "value": "Dezember 2017 (wieder eingerichtet mit Inbetriebnahme der Schnellfahrstrecke Erfurt–Nürnberg)" }, { "key": "line_operator", "value": "DB Fernverkehr AG" }, { "key": "line_owner", "value": "Deutsche Bahn AG (Betreiber: DB Fernverkehr AG)" }, { "key": "line_rolling_stock", "value": "ICE 1" }, { "key": "line_status", "value": "In Betrieb" }, { "key": "line_structure", "value": "Ausbaustrecke Hamburg–Berlin; ab Berlin über Halle und die Schnellfahrstrecken Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle und Erfurt–Nürnberg (VDE 8); weiter über Bamberg und die Ausbaustrecke Nürnberg–Augsburg nach München" }, { "key": "line_termini", "value": "Hamburg-Altona – München Hbf" } ], "id": "concept_ice_18", "type": "concept", "title": "ICE 18 (Hamburg – Berlin – Munich)", "slug": "ice-18", "summary": "ICE line 18 runs two-hourly from Hamburg-Altona via Berlin, Halle and Erfurt to Munich; between Hamburg and Berlin it forms an hourly service with line 23.", "status": "published", "categories": [ "category-transit" ], "tags": [ "tag-rail" ], "sources": [ { "id": "wikipedia", "title": "ICE-Verkehr — Wikipedia", "url": "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE-Verkehr", "locator": "Linientabelle; abgerufen 2026-10-28" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "List of Intercity-Express lines — Wikipedia", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intercity-Express_lines", "locator": "Abschnitt Line 18; abgerufen 2026-10-28" } ], "createdAt": "2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00", "updatedAt": "2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00", "updatedBy": "user:admin", "revision": 5, "body": "## Overview\n\nICE line 18 connects Hamburg-Altona via Hamburg Hbf, Büchen, Ludwigslust and Wittenberge with Berlin and continues from there via Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Erfurt, Bamberg and Nuremberg to Munich. It uses the VDE 8 high-speed line between Erfurt and Nuremberg and forms a common hourly service with line 28 between Hamburg and Nuremberg. Trains of the ICE 1 series are used.\n\n## Operator\n\nThe operator is [[organization_db_fernverkehr|DB Fernverkehr (DB Long-Distance Transport)]].\n\n\n## History\n\nLine 18 was re-established with the commissioning of the Erfurt–Nuremberg high-speed line in December 2017 and runs exclusively via Halle. For the 2026 timetable year, as part of the restructuring of the Berlin–Munich axis, it received a new route with additional stops in Büchen, Ludwigslust and Wittenberge. After reversing direction in Nuremberg, it runs via Augsburg with stops in Donauwörth and München-Pasing to Munich.\n## Major stations\n\nThe line serves, among others, the following stations:\n\n- Hamburg-Altona\n- Hamburg Hbf\n- Ludwigslust\n- Wittenberge\n- Berlin-Spandau\n- Berlin Hbf\n- Berlin Südkreuz\n- Halle (Saale) Hbf\n- Erfurt Hbf\n- Bamberg\n- Nürnberg Hbf\n- Augsburg Hbf\n- München Hbf\n\n## Further information\n\nline_frequency: two-hourly (hourly service shared with line 28 Hamburg–Nuremberg)", "url": "/concepts/ice-18.html", "lang": "en", "availableLangs": [ "zh", "en", "zh-hant" ], "conceptKind": "rail_line" }, "entities": null, "mentions": [ { "fromId": "place_de_berlin_hbf", "fromTitle": "Berlin Hauptbahnhof", "fromUrl": "/en/places/de-berlin-hbf.html", "fromType": "place" }, { "fromId": "place_de_hamburg_hbf", "fromTitle": "Hamburg Hauptbahnhof", "fromUrl": "/en/places/de-hamburg-hbf.html", "fromType": "place" }, { "fromId": "place_de_muenchen_hbf", "fromTitle": "Munich Hauptbahnhof", "fromUrl": "/en/places/de-muenchen-hbf.html", "fromType": "place" }, { "fromId": "place_de_nuernberg_hbf", "fromTitle": "Nuremberg Hauptbahnhof", "fromUrl": "/en/places/de-nuernberg-hbf.html", "fromType": "place" } ], "lang": "en", "availableLangs": [ "zh", "en", "zh-hant" ], "infoFields": [ { "key": "concept_kind", "label": "Concept kind", "value": "Rail line" }, { "key": "line_opened", "label": "Opened", "value": "Dezember 2017 (wieder eingerichtet mit Inbetriebnahme der Schnellfahrstrecke Erfurt–Nürnberg)" }, { "key": "line_last_extension", "label": "Last extension", "value": "Fahrplanjahr 2026: neue Linienführung mit zusätzlichen Halten in Büchen, Ludwigslust und Wittenberge; München wird über Augsburg (Donauwörth, München-Pasing) statt über Ingolstadt erreicht" }, { "key": "line_termini", "label": "Termini", "value": "Hamburg-Altona – München Hbf" }, { "key": "line_structure", "label": "Structure", "value": "Ausbaustrecke Hamburg–Berlin; ab Berlin über Halle und die Schnellfahrstrecken Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle und Erfurt–Nürnberg (VDE 8); weiter über Bamberg und die Ausbaustrecke Nürnberg–Augsburg nach München" }, { "key": "line_max_speed", "label": "Maximum speed", "value": "bis zu 280 km/h (ICE 1)" }, { "key": "line_status", "label": "Status", "value": "In Betrieb" }, { "key": "line_operator", "label": "Operator", "value": "DB Fernverkehr AG" }, { "key": "line_owner", "label": "Owner", "value": "Deutsche Bahn AG (Betreiber: DB Fernverkehr AG)" }, { "key": "line_depots", "label": "Depots", "value": "ICE-Werk Hamburg-Eidelstedt (ICE 1)" }, { "key": "line_rolling_stock", "label": "Rolling stock", "value": "ICE 1" }, { "key": "line_headway", "label": "Headway", "value": "Zweistundentakt (mit Linie 23 Hamburg–Berlin Stundentakt; mit den Linien 28 und 29 halbstündliches Angebot Erfurt–Nürnberg)" } ], "pagination": { "page": 1, "pageSize": 50, "total": 0, "pageCount": 0 }, "mentionsTotal": 4 }