Name↕ | Line↕ | Termini↕ | Length↕ | Type↕ | Maximum speed↕ | Opening↕ | Status↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berlin–Hamburg Railway | Berlin–Hamburg Railway | Berlin–Hamburg | 284.1 km (176.5 mi) | Upgraded | 230 km/h (140 mph) | 1,931 | Operational |
Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway | Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway | Hamburg–Wanne-Eickel | 355 km (221 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,978 | Operational |
Augsburg–Nördlingen railway | Augsburg–Nördlingen railway | Augsburg-Donauwörth | 36.5 km (22.7 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1978-1981 | Operational |
Cologne–Duisburg railway | Cologne–Duisburg railway | Cologne–Duisburg | 64 km (40 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1980s | Operational |
Hamm–Minden railway | Hamm–Minden railway | Hamm–Minden | 112 km (70 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,980 | Operational |
Würzburg–Aschaffenburg railway | Würzburg–Aschaffenburg railway | Würzburg–Aschaffenburg | 89.3 km (55.5 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,982 | Operational |
Hanover–Minden railway | Hanover–Minden railway | Hannover–Minden | 64.4 km (40.0 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,984 | Operational |
Dortmund–Hamm railway | Dortmund–Hamm railway | Dortmund–Hamm | 31 km (19 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,986 | Operational |
Hanover–Hamburg railway | Hanover–Hamburg railway | Hannover–Hamburg | 355.3 km (220.8 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,987 | Operational |
Waghäusel Saalbach–Graben-Neudorf railway | Waghäusel Saalbach–Graben-Neudorf railway | NA (Connecting link) | 7.94 km (4.93 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,988 | Operational |
Hanover–Würzburg | Hanover–Würzburg | Hanover–Würzburg | 327 km (203 mi) | New | 250 km/h (160 mph) | 1,991 | Operational |
Mannheim–Stuttgart | Mannheim–Stuttgart | Mannheim–Stuttgart | 99 km (62 mi) | New | 250 km/h (160 mph) | 1,991 | Operational |
Rhine Railway | Rhine Railway | Mannheim–Rastatt | 99 km (62 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,991 | Operational |
Ulm–Augsburg railway (old line) | Ulm–Augsburg railway (old line) | Augsburg-Oberhausen–Dinkelscherben | 25.8 km (16.0 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,992 | Operational |
Frankfurt–Göttingen railway | Frankfurt–Göttingen railway | Hanau–Hailer-Meerholz | 19 km (12 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,993 | Operational |
Hanover–Berlin | Hanover–Berlin | Hannover–Berlin | 258 km (160 mi) | New | 280 km/h (170 mph) | 1,998 | Operational |
Nuremberg–Würzburg railway | Nuremberg–Würzburg railway | Nuremberg–Würzburg | 102.2 km (63.5 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,999 | Operational |
Mannheim–Frankfurt railway | Mannheim–Frankfurt railway | Mannheim–Frankfurt | 74.8 km (46.5 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 1,999 | Operational |
Cologne–Frankfurt | Cologne–Frankfurt | Cologne–Frankfurt | 180 km (110 mi) | New | 300 km/h (190 mph) | 2,002 | Operational |
Cologne–Aachen | Cologne–Aachen | Cologne–Düren | 39.2 km (24.4 mi) | Upgraded | 250 km/h (160 mph) | 2,002 | Operational |
Düren-Eschweiler Hbf | Düren-Eschweiler Hbf | 17.7 km (11.0 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 2030 | Undergoing upgrade | — |
Berlin–Halle railway | Berlin–Halle railway | Berlin–Halle | 161.6 km (100.4 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 2,006 | Operational |
Trebnitz–Leipzig railway | Trebnitz–Leipzig railway | Bk–Leipzig | 81.2 km (50.5 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 2,006 | Operational |
Nuremberg–Ingolstadt | Nuremberg–Ingolstadt | Nuremberg–Ingolstadt | 77.5 km (48.2 mi) | New | 300 km/h (190 mph) | 2006–2013 | Operational |
Hamm–Warburg railway | Hamm–Warburg railway | Hamm–Warburg | 131 km (81 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 2,007 | Operational |
Munich–Augsburg railway | Munich–Augsburg railway | Munich–Augsburg | 61.9 km (38.5 mi) | Upgraded | 230 km/h (140 mph) | 2,011 | Operational |
Leipzig–Dresden railway | Leipzig–Dresden railway | Leipzig–Riesa | 60 km (37 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 2,014 | Operational |
Dresden–Riesa | Dresden–Riesa | 54 km (34 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 2030 | Undergoing upgrade | — |
Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle | Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle | Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle | 123 km (76 mi) | New | 300 km/h (190 mph) | 2,015 | Operational |
Nuremberg–Erfurt | Nuremberg–Erfurt | Ebensfeld–Erfurt | 107 km (66 mi) | New | 300 km/h (190 mph) | 2,017 | Operational |
Ebensfeld–Eltersdorf | Ebensfeld–Eltersdorf | 83 km (52 mi) | Upgraded | 230 km/h (140 mph) | 2030 | Undergoing upgrade | — |
Wendlingen–Ulm | Wendlingen–Ulm | Wendlingen–Ulm | 59.5 km (37.0 mi) | New | 250 km/h (160 mph) | 2,022 | Operational |
Stuttgart–Wendlingen | Stuttgart–Wendlingen | Stuttgart–Wendlingen | 25 km (16 mi) | New | 250 km/h (160 mph) | 2,026 | Under construction |
Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway | Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway | St. Ingbert–Ludwigshafen | 82 km (51 mi) | Upgraded | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 2,028 | Undergoing upgrade |
Lübeck–Puttgarden railway | Lübeck–Puttgarden railway | Lübeck–Puttgarden | 88.6 km (55.1 mi) | Partly new | 200 km/h (120 mph) | 2,030 | Undergoing upgrade |
Berlin–Dresden railway | Berlin–Dresden railway | Berlin Südkreuz–Dresden HBF | 174.2 km (108.2 mi) | Upgraded | 230 km/h (140 mph) | 2,030 | Undergoing upgrade |
Karlsruhe–Basel | Karlsruhe–Basel | Karlsruhe–Basel | 182 km (113 mi) | New | 250 km/h (160 mph) | 2,031 | Under construction |
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