Intercity Express in the context of "ICE 3"

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⭐ Core Definition: Intercity Express

Intercity Express (commonly known as ICE (German pronunciation: [iːtseːˈʔeː] ) and running under this category) is a high-speed rail system and service in Germany. It also serves destinations in Austria, France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands as part of cross-border services. It is the flagship of the German state railway, Deutsche Bahn. ICE fares are fixed for station-to-station connections, on the grounds that the trains have a higher level of comfort. Travelling at speeds up to 300 km/h (190 mph) within Germany and 320 km/h (200 mph) when in France, they are aimed at business travellers and long-distance commuters and marketed by Deutsche Bahn as an alternative to flights.

The ICE 3 also has been the development base for the Siemens Velaro family of trainsets which has subsequently been exported to Renfe in Spain (Renfe Class 103), which are certified to run at speeds up to 350 km/h (220 mph), as well as versions ordered by China for the Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway link (CRH 3) and by Russia for the Moscow–Saint Petersburg and Moscow–Nizhny Novgorod routes (Velaro RUS) with further customers being Eurostar as well as Turkey and Egypt.

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Intercity Express in the context of Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway

The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway) is a high-speed railway that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China: the Bohai Economic Rim and the Yangtze River Delta.Construction began on April 18, 2008, with the line opened to the public for commercial service on June 30, 2011.The 1,318-kilometer (819 mi) long high-speed line is the world's longest high-speed line ever constructed in a single phase.

The line is one of the busiest high speed railways in the world, transporting over 210 million passengers in 2019, more than the annual ridership of the entire TGV or Intercity Express network.It is also China's most profitable high speed rail line, reporting a ¥11.9 billion Yuan ($1.86 billion USD) net profit in 2019.

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Intercity Express in the context of Hanau Hauptbahnhof

Hanau Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in Hanau in the German state of Hesse, and is a major railway junction east of Frankfurt am Main. It was opened in 1867, but the current building was built in the late 1960s. It is located about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south-east of central Hanau. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 2 station and has many train services, including Intercity Express, regional and S-Bahn services.

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Intercity Express in the context of List of railway stations in Zurich

This is a sortable list of railway stations in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, with further information (see below for a map). In total, there are 29 railway stations, of which one is closed. Most stations are on 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+332 in) standard-gauge lines, while four of them are tram stops along the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre-gauge tram network, served by a light rail (S18) that continues on its own tracks outside of the city.

The stations lie in the fare zone 110 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). They are served by commuter trains of the Zurich S-Bahn and are also well-connected with the Zurich tram and trolleybus network as well as with municipal and regional buses. Long-distance trains (categories: TGV, RJX, ICE, EC, IC, IR, RE, EN, NJ) call at the Main Railway Station, Zürich Hauptbahnhof (Zürich HB), with some IC, IR and RE services also serving Zürich Altstetten and Zürich Oerlikon stations.

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Intercity Express in the context of Hamburg Hauptbahnhof

Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (abbrev. Hamburg Hbf), or Hamburg Central Railway Station in English, is the main railway station of the city of Hamburg, Germany. Opened in 1906 to replace four separate terminal stations, today Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is operated by DB Station&Service AG. With an average of 550,000 passengers a day, it is Germany's busiest railway station and the second-busiest in Europe after the Gare du Nord in Paris. It is classed by Deutsche Bahn as a category 1 railway station.

The station is a through station with island platforms and is one of Germany's major transportation hubs, connecting long-distance Intercity Express routes to the city's U-Bahn and S-Bahn rapid transit networks. It is centrally located in Hamburg in the Hamburg-Mitte borough. The Wandelhalle shopping centre occupies the north side of the station building.

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