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        "value": "Fahrplanwechsel Dezember 2025: Ausbau auf vier Zugpaare täglich; ein Zuglauf bis Flensburg, im Sommer einzelne Fahrten bis Padborg (Dänemark)"
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        "title": "List of Intercity-Express lines — Wikipedia",
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    "body": "## Overview\n\nICE line 4 has operated since the timetable change in December 2025 as a Sprinter service between Hamburg-Altona and Frankfurt am Main via Hamburg, Hanover and Fulda. It runs four times daily in each direction and calls at only a few intermediate stops; one train path runs through to Flensburg, and in summer individual services continue to Padborg (Denmark). Trains of the ICE 1 and ICE 4 series are used. Line number 4 must not be confused with the identically named ICE 4 multiple unit (Class 412).\n\n## Operator\n\nThe operator is [[organization_db_fernverkehr|DB Fernverkehr (DB Long-Distance Transport)]].\n\n\n## History\n\nLine 4 operates as a Sprinter service between Hamburg and Frankfurt Airport. At the timetable change in December 2025 the service was expanded to four train pairs daily; one train path runs through to Flensburg, and in summer individual services continue on to Padborg. Line number 4 must not be confused with the identically named ICE 4 series.\n## Major stations\n\nThe line serves, among others, the following stations:\n\n- Hamburg-Altona\n- Hamburg Dammtor\n- Hamburg Hbf\n- Hannover Hbf\n- Fulda\n- Frankfurt (Main) Hbf\n- Frankfurt (M) Flughafen Regionalbahnhof\n\n## Further information\n\nline_frequency: four times daily per direction (Sprinter service)",
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