ICE Sprinter

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Two ICE 3s with speeds of up to 300 km / h meet as ICE sprinters on the Truckenthal Bridge , on the southern edge of the Thuringian Forest: on the left the Sprinter from Berlin to Munich, on the right the Sprinter from Munich to Berlin (March 2018)

The ICE Sprinter (initially also Shuttle-ICE ) is what Deutsche Bahn AG calls Intercity-Express trains that run between major German cities with just a few stops .

The first ICE Sprinters were introduced in 1992. Various surcharges have been levied over the years for using the trains, and reservations have also been made in 2002. With the timetable change in December 2015, these restrictions did not apply.

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ICE Sprinter network in the past

ICE Sprinter 1090 in Hannover Hbf (2015)

Until the opening of the Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle high-speed line , the sprinters mainly ran in the early morning between 5 and 7 a.m. and in the late afternoon or early evening between 5 and 7 p.m. This was due to the fact that Deutsche Bahn viewed business travelers and day commuters in particular as the target group for the sprinters. Sprinter lines have been in existence since 2015 with an offer throughout the day. Due to the Sprinter surcharge in combination with the relatively small time difference to the regular trains and poor integration into the overall network, all Sprinters on the high-speed route Cologne – Rhine / Main were discontinued after a few years due to lack of demand. Due to the low availability of the ICE multiple units, some Sprinters drove between Hamburg and Cologne from 2013 to 2017 as Intercity Sprinters with intercity vehicle fleets.

ICE Sprinter network in the 2020 annual timetable

The trains run on five routes between Munich , Berlin , Frankfurt am Main , Hamburg and Cologne . The trains serve no or only a few intermediate stops and run with a scheduled journey time of around three and a half hours, around half an hour shorter than the corresponding ICE regular service . They are subject to the same maximum speeds as regular ICE trains. Individual intermediate stops are served in Düsseldorf , Duisburg , Erfurt , Essen , Halle (Saale) , Hanover , Kassel and Nuremberg . In some cases, ICE sprinter trains replace the trains of the ICE clock system at the respective hour, some continue to run in the pre- or post-carriage than regular ICE trains. Since the opening of the new Ebensfeld – Erfurt line in December 2017, a Sprinter line has been offered between Munich via Nuremberg and Erfurt to Berlin.

The following ICE train numbers run in the 2018 annual timetable on most of the train route or the entire train route with the addition of a sprinter :

Train numbers Line number Course of the journey as a sprinter comment
1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008 29 Munich  - Nuremberg  - Erfurt  - Halle  - Berlin Südkreuz - Berlin partly further to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
1001, 1003, 1005, 1007, 1009 29 Berlin - Berlin Südkreuz - Halle - Erfurt - Nuremberg - Munich partly from Berlin Gesundbrunnen
1094 4th Frankfurt  - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe  - Hanover  - Hamburg  - Kiel from Stuttgart via Mannheim and Frankfurt Airport
1097 4th Hamburg - Hanover - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Frankfurt on to Darmstadt
1030, 1036, 1038, 1138 1 Cologne  - Düsseldorf  - Duisburg  - Essen  - Hamburg as an intercity sprinter on individual days of traffic
1031, 1033, 1037 1 Hamburg - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne as an intercity sprinter on individual days of traffic
1533, 1535, 1537, 1539, 1631, 1633, 1635 15th Frankfurt - Erfurt - Halle - Berlin Südkreuz - Berlin partly further to Berlin Gesundbrunnen or Binz , 1533 from Darmstadt
1536, 1538, 1630, 1632, 1634, 1636, 1638 15th Berlin - Berlin Südkreuz - Halle - Erfurt - Frankfurt partly from Berlin Gesundbrunnen or Binz
1598 13 Frankfurt - Berlin-Spandau  - Berlin - Berlin Ostbf Route via the Hanover freight bypass

In addition, further cycle lines are marked as sprinters on sections:

Line number Partly as a sprinter comment
11 - Frankfurt Hbf - Mannheim - Stuttgart - from Berlin via Leipzig , on to Munich via Ulm
78 Frankfurt Hbf - Cologne Hbf - then via Düsseldorf and Duisburg to Amsterdam
79 Frankfurt Hbf - Cologne Hbf - then via Aachen to Brussels
82 Frankfurt Hbf - Mannheim - Karlsruhe  - Paris

history

Transport offer and tariffs

With the opening of the first German high-speed - new lines ( Hanover-Würzburg and Mannheim-Stuttgart ) in the summer of 1991 in the north-south traffic of the railways competitive journey times could be achieved.

After ICE traffic started on June 2, 1991, the ICE Sprinter was used to change the timetable on June 1, 1992 between Frankfurt am Main and Munich. The offer was integrated into the timetable at short notice and introduced 14 days after the opening of the new Munich airport .

By eliminating all intermediate stops with the exception of Mannheim Central Station and Munich-Pasing (for trains starting in Munich), a scheduled journey time of two hours and 59 minutes could be achieved. In the Frankfurt and Munich areas, the trains displaced individual local trains.

In a 1992 survey, 76 percent of passengers in second class and 79 percent in first class stated that they use the train, particularly because of its short travel time. 96 percent of the first class and 58 of the second class travelers were business people. In 1992 the ICE Sprinter were added to the reservation system of Lufthansa and Amadeus . The trains bypassed Stuttgart main station on the Stuttgart-Untertürkheim-Kornwestheim freight bypass . After four weeks of operation, 60 percent of the seats in the first class of the trains were occupied.

In 1993, two pairs of Sprinter trains followed daily between Frankfurt and Hamburg (with a journey time of three hours and 19 minutes , with a stop at Hanover main station ). From May 29, 1994 ICE Sprinters also operated on the Cologne – Berlin and Cologne – Hamburg routes (the latter from December 1996 to December 2004 as Metropolitan ).

In the mid-1990s, the scheduled travel time between Frankfurt and Munich was three hours and ten minutes. A single journey in first class cost 226 DM, in second class 150 DM. The fare in first class included breakfast at the seat, drinks, headphones and daily newspapers. In the second class, a snack, hot drinks and daily newspapers were included in the fare.

When the Hanover – Berlin high-speed line went into operation at the time the timetable changed on September 27, 1998, two pairs of ICE Sprinter trains were set up daily between Berlin and Frankfurt, with a journey time of three hours and 49 minutes. The two pairs of trains were called Spree-Sprinter and Main-Sprinter . When the timetable changed on May 30, 1999, travel time on this route was reduced by a further 20 minutes, to three hours and 30 minutes. At the same time, the Berlin-Frankfurt sprinters were extended to Mannheim (morning) and Stuttgart (evening). In the direction of Berlin, the sprinters started in Mannheim (morning) and Heidelberg (afternoon). The fare between Berlin and Frankfurt with the BahnCard was 103.50 DM in the second and 155.50 DM in the first class. The travel time between Frankfurt and Munich at that time was three hours and 20 minutes.

After the utilization of the ICE Sprinter between Frankfurt and Berlin had risen significantly, DB employees were prohibited from using one train each on Mondays and Fridays.

As was customary in the 1990s, the routes of the ICE Sprinter trains were given names. For example, the ICE 574 (Frankfurt – Hamburg) was referred to as the Hanse Sprinter and the ICE 674 on the same route as the Alster Sprinter . In the opposite direction (Hamburg – Frankfurt), the morning ICE 571 was referred to as the main sprinter , the evening ICE 675 as the exchange sprinter . The train from Frankfurt to Munich was known as the Isar Sprinter .

On December 15, 2002, ICE Sprinter traffic between Hamburg and Frankfurt began. With a stop in Hanover, the journey time was three hours and 19 minutes. While the epithets of the conventional ICE trains were dropped at the same timetable change, the ICE sprinters kept their names.

Instead of the Metropolitan offer that was discontinued on December 12, 2004, an ICE Sprinter from Hamburg to Cologne (ICE 1034) and the opposite direction (ICE 1035) were inserted in the morning.

With the timetable change on December 11, 2005, another ICE Sprinter connection was introduced between Cologne and Stuttgart with a scheduled journey time of 117 minutes. Mannheim was served as the only stopover. The outward service (ICE 1111) left Cologne as scheduled at 7:29 a.m. and arrived at Stuttgart main station at 9:26 a.m. The return service (ICE 1110) left Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof at 6:33 p.m. and reached Cologne at 8:29 p.m. A cruising speed of 173 km / h was reached on the 335 km long route . For the first time, a journey time of less than two hours between Cologne and Stuttgart was realized in rail transport. An extension of the pair of trains to Essen or Dortmund failed due to a lack of capacity on the corresponding routes. This train was discontinued with effect from October 8, 2006. A press report cites a lack of capacity utilization and a lack of vehicles as reasons.

With the completion of the Berlin main train station on May 28, 2006, the ICE Sprinters running to and from Berlin ran via the new station. While the Zoo station has not been used since then, the sprinters received an additional stop at Berlin-Spandau station as part of the mushroom concept . They are used in Berlin Südkreuz , travel via Berlin Central Station (low) to Berlin-Spandau.

From December 11, 2006, a new Sprinter ran Monday to Friday mornings as ICE 1021 from Cologne via Frankfurt (Main) Süd and Nuremberg to Munich on the newly opened high-speed line Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich . This took three hours and 57 minutes between Cologne and Munich and two hours and 58 minutes between Frankfurt and Munich. The Sprinter train pair between Munich and Frankfurt via Mannheim was omitted. At the same timetable change, the Hamburg-Cologne Sprinter was given a stop in Duisburg .

When the timetable changed in December 2007, the ICE 1034 stopped in Duisburg; in addition, Friday was not used on this train. Since then, the Sprinter Hamburg – Frankfurt has only run to Darmstadt (previously: Saarbrücken ). The weekday ICE Sprinter from Cologne to Munich (formerly ICE line 2 ) was discontinued in December 2007 due to a lack of demand for the timetable change.

With the timetable change on December 12, 2010, the morning ICE Sprinter Berlin – Frankfurt was to be extended back from Darmstadt to Stuttgart.

ICE Sprinter on the way from Munich to Frankfurt am Main on the freight train bypass the main station Stuttgart bypassed and drives over an otherwise-used only by freight portal into the Long-field tunnel on (1990)

The routes of the ICE Sprinter largely correspond to those of the regular trains. An exception are, for example, the four Sprinters that travel between Berlin and Frankfurt am Main on weekdays. To bypass single-track sections ( Hildesheim Loop , Weddeler Loop ), the trains between the Hildesheim and Wolfsburg area operate differently via the city of Hanover ( Hanover Messe / Laatzen station , Hanover freight bypass , Lehrte station and others).

With the timetable change in December 2015, operations on the ICE sprinter line 15 between Frankfurt (Main) and Berlin began with four pairs of trains per day.

For the timetable change on December 11, 2016, an ICE and a TGV Sprinter train pair were set up between Frankfurt and Paris. With the full commissioning of the LGV Est européenne , a travel time of three hours and 40 minutes will be achieved between the two cities via Strasbourg.

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After the completion of the two new lines of the German Unity Transport Project No. 8 ( Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle and Ebensfeld – Erfurt ), an ICE sprinter service was to be set up between Munich and Berlin. The trains are to run from Berlin to Munich with stops in Halle, Erfurt and Nuremberg in 3 hours and 55 minutes. Around 2 hours and 50 minutes are allowed between Berlin and Nuremberg, and two hours and 45 minutes between Halle and Munich.

A travel time of three hours and 45 minutes is planned between Berlin and Munich - without intermediate stops. The trains are to be offered in both directions, especially in the morning and evening. If there is sufficient demand, the offer can be expanded up to a two-hour cycle.

In 2012, the then rail boss Rüdiger Grube described a sprinter stop in Erfurt as “likely”. The information provided by Deutsche Bahn on the Sprinter travel time between Berlin and Munich was between three and a half, three and three quarters and four hours.

According to the planning status of August 2013, the trains, with a single stop (in Nuremberg), should be around 30 minutes faster than the trains on the cycle line. A sprinter travel time of two hours and 40 minutes would be possible between Berlin and Nuremberg. According to Deutsche Bahn, the market for long-distance travel between Berlin and Munich (all modes of transport) has a volume of around 6,000 journeys per day. Between Berlin and Frankfurt, the volume is around 5,400 journeys per day.

In 2014, Deutsche Bahn planned to set up additional sprinter connections between Berlin and Frankfurt am Main in the future. The rail market share between Berlin and Frankfurt am Main is now 40 percent (as of 2015). According to its own information from March 2015, the company was planning to introduce new Sprinter concepts. With the timetable change in December 2015, new Sprinters were introduced, partly as a new line (ICE line 15), partly by converting existing traffic with the omission of a few stops.

In May 2015, Deutsche Bahn announced that it would be running ICE Sprinter trains between Berlin and Munich in the mornings and evenings from the end of 2017. If there is likely to be a single stopover in Erfurt, a travel time of less than four hours is planned. According to DB information from the end of 2015, three pairs of trains were to be used on the new ICE Sprinter line 29 between Berlin and Munich, with stops in Halle, Erfurt and Nuremberg. In the late summer of 2016, there was now talk of three ICE Sprinter train pairs between Berlin and Munich (morning, noon, evening). If there is good demand, an expansion to five train pairs per day will be sought.

The ICE Sprinter line 15 (Frankfurt – Erfurt – Berlin) introduced for the timetable change in December 2015 should be condensed to the 2018 timetable at two-hour intervals. Then ICE 3 (instead of ICE T) will also operate in some cases and thus achieve a travel time reduction of around ten minutes. In the meantime, only one additional train is planned to replace the Berlin-Frankfurt Sprinter on line 2, which leaves Berlin at 6 a.m. The ICE line 2 will be reduced to a single train Monday to Thursday (6 a.m. from Frankfurt), in future ICE T will be used, with a travel time of just under four hours.

At the end of 2015, Deutsche Bahn announced that it would introduce additional "ICE Sprinter connections" by 2020. From December 2018, two additional pairs of ICE Sprinter trains are to be set up between Berlin and Munich, presumably with departures at 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. According to information from 2018, an hourly sprinter connection is to be set up between Munich and Berlin from 2020, as long as the delivery of the ICE 4 proceeds according to plan. According to information from 2019, however, the range between Munich and Berlin is to be expanded depending on demand. The ICE sprinters on the axis are used a fifth more than the other long-distance trains on the axis.

Service and pricing

Inclusive breakfast in the first class of an ICE sprinter (February 2008)

In 1994 there was no Sprinter surcharge for holders of personal and transferable annual network cards. This rule was later repealed.

At the end of 1998, a reservation was only required for first class (but not in the section between Frankfurt am Main and Mannheim). The reservation fee was 40 DM. In the second class, the regular ICE tickets were valid.

When the timetable was changed on May 30, 1999, the Berlin-Frankfurt Sprinters no longer had to pay the surcharge, but not the reservation requirement. Breakfast at the seat could be purchased in first class for 14.90 DM. The on-board restaurant in the ICE Sprinter was closed. The ICE taxi to and from the train station could be booked at a flat rate up to an hour before the arrival and departure of the ICE. Additional services at the station included discounted parking spaces, a valet service , a car workshop service and the DB Lounge at Frankfurt Central Station, including meeting rooms.

Dinner as served in first class of a 2008 ICE Sprinter. The white wine seen here (alternatively also red wine) was only offered on some trains on Friday evening.

In the spring of 2001, the first-class service in the ICE Sprinter with food and drinks was introduced on the Berlin – Frankfurt and Munich – Mannheim – Frankfurt routes, and at the end of 2004 a warm egg dish (in the morning) or a salad (in the evening) was added. The surcharge in first class was DM 30 (EUR 15.34). Around 1,000 trays were put together every day for the 1st class inclusive service in the ICE Sprinter. Since November 2012, sandwiches have been distributed to 1st class travelers instead of trays.

Reservations for the ICE Sprinter have been mandatory since December 2002. As part of the customer charter introduced on October 1, 2004, Deutsche Bahn undertook to reimburse the surcharge for delays of more than 30 minutes in the form of a voucher. For the timetable change in December 2006, the surcharge (which includes the reservation) was increased by one euro each and in December 2009 by a further 0.50 euro. From then on, it was 11.50 euros in second and 16.50 euros in first class.

On March 1, 2001, a cooperation with the Lufthansa award program Miles & More began as part of a pilot project . For trips in the ICE Sprinter between Frankfurt and Berlin or Munich, first-class passengers could receive 500 miles per single journey in first class; likewise metropolitan passengers between Hamburg and Cologne. An extension to the AIRail route Frankfurt – Stuttgart was planned. The train attendants read the Miles and More card into the mobile terminal . A return ticket within Germany in second class (first class: 20,000 miles) could be purchased for 15,000 award miles with a pre-booking period of one week. The cooperation was later discontinued.

At the end of 2001, booking of rental cars through the train attendants was introduced (up to an hour before arrival). This service was later discontinued.

As of June 15, 2014, the inclusive meal in 1st class was canceled and the price of the necessary reservation for both classes was standardized to 11.50 euros.

Since December 13, 2015, the ICE Sprinters are no longer subject to a surcharge and reservation. Most recently, the Sprinter surcharge was a uniform 11.50 euros in both classes. A seat reservation was included. The conditions of carriage of Deutsche Bahn AG provided for a refund of the ICE Sprinter surcharge from a delay of 30 minutes at the destination station - in addition to the partial travel price reimbursement of 25 percent that is customary in long-distance transport, if the train-related delay is more than 60 minutes.

Unrealized plans

A number of considerations for expanding the ICE Sprinter offer were not implemented.

In 2002, before full operation on the high-speed line Cologne – Rhein / Main , two pairs of ICE Sprinter trains were planned between Dortmund and Stuttgart. Other considerations envisaged the establishment of a Cologne-Frankfurt-Stuttgart sprinter from 2003. The establishment of a sprinter between the large cities of the Ruhr area and Berlin (without a stop in Hanover) was also examined . A sprinter between Munich and Hamburg on the Nuremberg-Munich high-speed route opened in 2006 was also discussed.

Plans (from 2001) to merge the ICE Sprinter with the Metropolitan from 2003 to form a new offer were not implemented either.

A two-hour ICE Sprinter line between Cologne and Berlin should be offered from December 2020. In addition to the existing traffic, the trains are to be run with the ICE 4 , with a journey time of around four hours which is around 20 minutes shorter than the regular trains. Stops are u. a. planned in Bielefeld and Hagen. At least six trains per day and direction were planned. The line should not be set up until the end of 2023. With stops in Wuppertal Hbf, Hagen, Bielefeld and Hanover, travel times between Berlin and Cologne are planned to be shortened by around ten minutes. The number of ICE seats between Cologne and Berlin is to be expanded by around 40 percent. The new offer is no longer valid as a sprinter due to its travel time exceeding four hours.

technology

ICE sprinters are allowed to use more electrical power between Hamburg-Harburg and Rotenburg and between Hamm, Duisburg and Cologne, unlike all other trains. The overcurrent limitation on these sections is 900 A for ICE Sprinters  .

Web links

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