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ICE 10 (Berlin – Cologne)
ICE line 10 connects Berlin hourly via Hanover, Bielefeld and the Ruhr area with Cologne; together with line 19 this produces an hourly service between Berlin and Cologne.
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Concepts · Rail line
ICE 11 (Berlin – Munich)
ICE line 11 runs two-hourly from Berlin via Leipzig, Erfurt, Fulda, Frankfurt am Main, Mannheim and Stuttgart to Munich.
Concepts · Rail line
ICE 12 (Berlin – Basel/Interlaken)
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).
Concepts · Rail line
ICE 18 (Hamburg – Berlin – Munich)
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.
Concepts · Rail line
ICE 25 (Hamburg – Munich)
ICE line 25 runs hourly from Hamburg via Hanover, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, Fulda, Würzburg and Nuremberg to Munich and since 2026 has been operated largely with ICE 4 trains.
Concepts · Rail line
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.
Concepts · Rail line
ICE 29 (Berlin – Munich)
Since the timetable change in December 2025, ICE line 29 has run hourly as a Sprinter service between Berlin, Halle, Erfurt, Nuremberg and Munich with a journey time of around four hours.
Concepts · Rail line
ICE 4 (Hamburg – Frankfurt)
ICE line 4 is a Sprinter service of DB Fernverkehr AG connecting Hamburg-Altona with Frankfurt am Main four times daily via Hamburg and Hanover.
Concepts · Rail line
ICE 41 (Ruhr area – Munich)
ICE line 41 runs hourly from Essen via Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, Würzburg and Nuremberg to Munich.
Concepts · Rail line
ICE 42 (Hamburg – Munich)
ICE line 42 runs two-hourly from Hamburg-Altona via Bremen, the Ruhr area, Cologne, Frankfurt Airport, Mannheim and Stuttgart to Munich.
Concepts · Rail line
ICE 43 (Hamburg – Basel)
ICE line 43 runs two-hourly from Hamburg-Altona via Bremen, the Ruhr area, Cologne, Frankfurt Airport, Mannheim and Karlsruhe to Basel, with individual trains continuing to Zurich or Chur.
Concepts · Rail line
ICE 50 (Dresden – Wiesbaden)
ICE line 50 is the only east–west ICE line in central Germany and runs two-hourly from Dresden via Leipzig, Erfurt and Frankfurt am Main to Wiesbaden.
Concepts · Theme
Administrative divisions and railways of Japan
Gateway to knowledge on Japan's 47 prefectures and its Shinkansen and JR lines.
Concepts · Rail line
Osaka Loop Line
JR West's loop line around Osaka, the backbone of mass transit in the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe area.
Concepts · Rail line
Tokaido Main Line
Japan's main rail artery from Tokyo to Kobe, managed by three JR companies.
Concepts · Rail line
Yamanote Line
JR East's loop line around central Tokyo, carrying about 1.4 million passengers a day.
Concepts · Rail line
Akita Shinkansen
A Mini-Shinkansen linking Morioka and Akita; Tokyo-Akita in about 3 hours 50 minutes.
Concepts · Rail line
Hokkaido Shinkansen
Linking Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto through the Seikan Tunnel since 2016; the Sapporo extension is under construction.
Concepts · Rail line
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Linking Tokyo and Tsuruga; the 2024 Kanazawa-Tsuruga extension brought it into Fukui Prefecture.
Concepts · Rail line
Joetsu Shinkansen
Linking Tokyo and Niigata since 1982, at up to 275 km/h.
Concepts · Rail line
Kyushu Shinkansen
Linking Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo; completed in 2011, Tokyo-Kagoshima takes about seven hours.
Concepts · Rail line
Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen
Linking Takeo-Onsen and Nagasaki since 2022, connecting with Hakata via the Nagasaki Main Line.
Concepts · Rail line
Sanyo Shinkansen
Linking Shin-Osaka and Hakata, through-running with the Tokaido Shinkansen at up to 300 km/h.
Concepts · Rail line
Tohoku Shinkansen
Japan's longest Shinkansen, linking Tokyo and Shin-Aomori over 674.9 km at up to 320 km/h.
Concepts · Rail line
Tokaido Shinkansen
The world's first high-speed railway, linking Tokyo and Shin-Osaka in 2.5 hours; over 6.5 billion passengers carried since 1964.
Concepts · Rail line
Yamagata Shinkansen
A Mini-Shinkansen linking Fukushima and Shinjo; Tokyo-Shinjo in about four hours.
Organizations · railway_company · 1987年4月1日（国鉄分割民営化）
Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
The JR company operating the Tokaido Shinkansen and the Chubu region's conventional lines, with the group's highest profitability.
Organizations · railway_company · 1987年4月1日（国鉄分割民営化）
East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
The largest JR company serving eastern Japan, operating the Tohoku, Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen and the capital region's commuter network.
Organizations · railway_company · 1987年4月1日（国鉄分割民営化）
Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido)
The JR passenger railway company serving Hokkaido, operating the Hokkaido Shinkansen and headquartered in Sapporo.
Organizations · railway_company · 1987年4月1日（国鉄分割民営化）
Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu)
The JR company serving Kyushu, operating the Kyushu and Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen, with active station-building and real estate businesses.
Organizations · railway_company · 1987年4月1日（国鉄分割民営化）
Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku)
The JR company serving Shikoku, linked to Honshu via the Seto-Ohashi Line.
Organizations · railway_company · 1987年4月1日（国鉄分割民営化）
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
The JR company serving Kansai, Chugoku and the Hokuriku region, operating the Sanyo Shinkansen and the Tsuruga section of the Hokuriku Shinkansen.
Organizations · rail_operator · 1. Januar 1999 (als DB Reise & Touristik AG)
DB Fernverkehr AG
The DB Fernverkehr AG, founded in 1999, is the subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG for long-distance rail passenger transport with ICE, IC and EC/ECE.
Places · Metro station · Berlin, Deutschland
Alexanderplatz station
Opened in 1882, Alexanderplatz station links regional and S-Bahn traffic on the Stadtbahn with Berlin's largest U-Bahn station, where lines U2, U5 and U8 cross.
Places · railway_station · Brandenburg, Deutschland
Berlin Brandenburg Airport station
Berlin Brandenburg Airport station lies as a tunnel station directly beneath the BER terminal, went into operation on 31 October 2020 and offers six tracks for long-distance, regional and S-Bahn traffic.
Places · railway_station · Berlin, Deutschland
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 2006 as Europe's largest crossing station, Berlin Hauptbahnhof is Berlin's central railway hub with 14 platform tracks on two levels and around 329,000 travellers and visitors per day (2019).
Places · railway_station · Bremen, Deutschland
Bremen Hauptbahnhof
The station building of Bremen Hauptbahnhof, built 1885–1889, characterises the most important railway hub of north-west Germany with nine platform tracks and around 140,000 travellers daily.
Places · railway_station · Sachsen, Deutschland
Dresden Hauptbahnhof
Completed in 1898, Dresden Hauptbahnhof is a combined through and terminus station on a viaduct with 16 tracks and around 64,500 travellers daily; the central hall was renovated by Norman Foster in 2006.
Places · railway_station · Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Düsseldorf Airport station
Opened on 26 May 2000, Düsseldorf Airport station lies on the Cologne–Duisburg line and is one of the city's two long-distance stations, connected to the terminals by the automatic SkyTrain people mover.
Places · railway_station · Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1891, Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof is a through station with 16 platform tracks and around 270,000 travellers daily (2017), and one of the state capital's two long-distance stations.
Places · railway_station · Hessen, Deutschland
Frankfurt Airport long-distance station
Opened on 30 May 1999, the Frankfurt Airport long-distance station is Germany's largest airport station with around 23,000 travellers daily and four tracks at two directional platforms beneath the Squaire building.
Places · railway_station · Hessen, Deutschland
Frankfurt Airport regional station
Opened on 14 March 1972, the Frankfurt Airport regional station is Germany's second airport station, with three tracks beneath Terminal 1 and over 40,000 people boarding, alighting or transferring daily (2017).
Places · railway_station · Hessen, Deutschland
Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1888, Frankfurt's Hauptbahnhof is one of Europe's largest terminus stations with 25 surface tracks and, with around 460,000 travellers daily, Germany's second-busiest long-distance station.
Places · railway_station · Hamburg, Deutschland
Hamburg Airport station
Opened on 11 December 2008 with the 2.6 km long airport S-Bahn line, Hamburg Airport station is a two-track terminus of line S1 of the Hamburg S-Bahn.
Places · railway_station · Hamburg, Deutschland
Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1906, Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is Germany's busiest long-distance station with around 550,000 travellers per day (2018) and the second-largest in Europe after Paris Gare du Nord.
Places · railway_station · Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Hanover Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1843 (today's building 1879), Hanover Hauptbahnhof is a central crossing station with 12 platform tracks, around 280,000 travellers daily and 750 trains per day, and the hub of the Hanover S-Bahn.
Places · Metro station · Hamburg, Deutschland
Jungfernstieg station
Jungfernstieg station, whose first platform opened in 1931 with the “KellJung” line, is a three-level tunnel station beneath the Binnenalster with U1, U2, U4 and the City S-Bahn lines S1–S3.
Places · railway_station · Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Cologne/Bonn Airport station
Opened on 12 June 2004, Cologne/Bonn Airport station is a 420 m long tunnel station with four tracks, 18 m underground, where ICE, S-Bahn and regional trains serve Cologne/Bonn Airport.
Places · railway_station · Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Cologne Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1859, Cologne Hauptbahnhof lies right next to the cathedral, has 11 tracks and, with around 350,000 travellers daily, is one of Germany's busiest stations.
Places · railway_station · Sachsen, Deutschland
Leipzig Hauptbahnhof
Opened in 1915, Leipzig Hauptbahnhof is Europe's largest terminus station by area at 83,640 m², combining 23 platform tracks with the S-Bahn City Tunnel beneath the city centre.