ICE 1 routes

[FGWHST43009]

Hi,

I'm thinking of going interrailing next summer and planning to go through Germany and wanting to get an original ICE 1 set. Which routes would be best for this? Any advice would be more than welcome!

 

[Halish Railway]

You can flick through the allocations for all ICE services on this excellent website. https://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/razeni.php?zeme=DB&kategorie=ICE&rok=2025

Generally every two hours the Köln Hbf / Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof to Berlin Ostbahnhof / Sud service is worked by a nine carriage ICE 1.

I had the experience of riding a full 12 carriage set on Eurocity 7, running in place of an SBB rake of carriages.

Short notice allocation changes can always happen of course.

 

[43096]

You can flick through the allocations for all ICE services on this excellent website. https://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/razeni.php?zeme=DB&kategorie=ICE&rok=2025

A bit of trial and error gives this link (https://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/razeni.php?rok=2025&vuz=DB+401+LDV&najit=Hledat&s=1&v=p) that ought to give planned ICE1 LDV services. Looking at that (and from recent experience), Berlin Hbf looks to be a good location to catch them.

 

[30907]

I've lost track of the ICE1s - are any still running as 14-car which was the original?

 

[Halish Railway]

I've lost track of the ICE1s - are any still running as 14-car which was the original?

Most have been shortened to 9 intermediate carriages, although a few sets with intermediate 12 carriages remain. Pretty much all of the routes that were traditionally booked to be 12 carriage ICE 1s are now worked by 12/13 carriage ICE 4s.

 

[43096]

Most have been shortened to 9 intermediate carriages, although a few sets with intermediate 12 carriages remain. Pretty much all of the routes that were traditionally booked to be 12 carriage ICE 1s are now worked by 12/13 carriage ICE 4s.

There's only two sets left running as 2+12 formations: sets 06 and 07. The rest have either been fully refurbished as 2+9 LDV sets or are unrefurbished and shortened to 2+9.