How reliable are Germany’s most important routes?

Observed ICE, IC and FlixTrain journeys on selected routes. Other train categories are not included, so the figures do not describe all traffic on a route.

Lowest delay

München – Nürnberg

7 min

Avg. 64.7 trains a day

Highest delay

Berlin – Köln

44 min

Avg. 16.3 trains a day

Most trains

München – Nürnberg

64.7 a day

Avg. 7 min delay

How delay is spread across the routes

Number of routes by average delay.

  • under 6 min0
  • 6–9 min4
  • 10–15 min6
  • 16–19 min6
  • 20–29 min3
  • 30 min or more4

All 23 routes

23 routes

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