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ICE 28 (Hamburg – Berlin – Munich)

ICE line 28 runs two-hourly from Hamburg-Altona via Berlin, Leipzig and Erfurt to Munich and, together with line 18, forms an hourly service between Hamburg and Nuremberg.

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Concept kind
Rail line
Termini
Hamburg-Altona – München Hbf (einzelne Züge Kiel Hbf)
Structure
Ausbaustrecke Hamburg–Berlin; über Lutherstadt Wittenberg und Leipzig, Schnellfahrstrecken Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle und Erfurt–Nürnberg (VDE 8); ab Nürnberg über die Schnellfahrstrecke Nürnberg–Ingolstadt nach München
Maximum speed
bis zu 250 km/h (ICE 4) bzw. 280 km/h (ICE 1)
Status
In Betrieb
Operator
DB Fernverkehr AG
Owner
Deutsche Bahn AG (Betreiber: DB Fernverkehr AG)
Depots
ICE-Werk Hamburg-Eidelstedt (ICE-1-Triebzüge)
Rolling stock
ICE 4, ICE 1
Headway
Zweistundentakt (mit Linie 18 gemeinsamer Stundentakt Hamburg–Nürnberg)

Overview

ICE line 28 connects Hamburg-Altona via Hamburg Hbf, Wittenberge and Berlin-Spandau with Berlin and continues from there via Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Leipzig, Erfurt, Bamberg, Erlangen and Nuremberg to Munich. Unlike line 18, it runs via Leipzig instead of Halle. Individual trains begin or end in Kiel. Trains of the ICE 4 and ICE 1 series are used.

Operator

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

History

Line 28 runs from Hamburg-Altona via Berlin and Leipzig – unlike the otherwise similar line 18, which runs via Halle – to Munich. One train pair begins and ends in Kiel. In Coburg, because of the roughly twelve minutes longer journey time, only individual trains are served; between Nuremberg and Munich all trains run via Ingolstadt, with only one train stopping there southbound.

Major stations

The line serves, among others, the following stations:

Further information

line_frequency: two-hourly (hourly service shared with line 18 Hamburg–Nuremberg)

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Sources

  1. ICE-Verkehr — Wikipedia

    Linientabelle; abgerufen 2026-10-28

  2. List of Intercity-Express lines — Wikipedia

    Abschnitt Line 28; abgerufen 2026-10-28