Your Interrail Pass can also be used on several railway companies in Germany.

Regional and intercity trains in Germany

S-Bahn

• Suburban trains that run within most major cities.

• No reservations required.

Regional Express (RE)

• Connections between regional towns and larger cities. Frequent stops.

• No reservations required.

Regional Bahn (RB)

• Connections across all local towns. Slower than Regional Express trains.

• No reservations required.

Interregio-Express (IRE)

• Connections between Germany’s regions.

• No reservations required.

InterCity and Eurocity (Express) (IC, EC and ECE)

• Domestic and international connections between major cities. Frequent stops.

• No reservations required.

   

High-speed trains in Germany

InterCity Express (ICE)

• Connects major cities and travels at speeds of up to 320 km/h (200 mph).

• Includes an on-board restaurant.

• 1st class may have extra benefits, like newspapers and power sockets.

• Reservations optional (but recommended during busy periods).

   

TGV

• Frankfurt/Munich/Stuttgart/Freiburg to France. 
• Reservations optional for trips within Germany. 
• Reservations required for trips to France.

International trains in Germany

All long distance trains to/from Germany will be subject to mandatory reservations from June 1 to September 1 (except trains via Basel and Schaffhausen).

ICE

• Frankfurt – Paris/Brussels/Amsterdam/Zurich
• Stuttgart – Paris. 
• Hamburg – Zurich
• Dortmund/Berlin – Vienna
• Berlin – Innsbruck
  
• Frankfurt – Amsterdam
• Frankfurt – Brussels
  
• Frankfurt – Paris

TGV

• Frankfurt – Paris/Marseille
• Munich/Stuttgart/Freiburg - Paris
• Frankfurt – Bordeaux. Running on Saturdays 08 July – 26 August
• Freiburg – Bordeaux. Running on Saturdays 01 April – 02 September
• Reservations optional for trips within Germany
• Reservations compulsory for trips to France

Eurostar

• Dortmund – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Brussels – Paris 
• Reservations are compulsory 
• Read more about special booking conditions on our dedicated Eurostar page
• Operated by red coloured former Thalys trains

RailJet

• Munich – Salzburg/Vienna/Budapest
• Munich – Innsbruck – Verona/Bologna/Venice (From Spring 2024)
• Reservations are mostly optional, and compulsory when crossing the German border
  

Eurocity/Railjet Brenner

• Munich – Innsbruck – Verona/Bologna/Venice
• Mandatory supplement if you are travelling to/from/within Italy. You can purchase it before boarding, but you can also do so on the train (for a €5 fee). 
  • 1st class: €15 
  • 2nd class: €10
  • Business Class upgrade: €30 (including supplement)
• A supplement can be bought on board for a small extra fee, costing €5, on top of the standard fee mentioned above
  

EuroCity Express (ECE)

• Munich – Zurich
• Frankfurt – Milan

EuroCity (EC)

• Hamburg – Zurich/Interlaken 
• Bochum – Klagenfurt 
• Rostock/Hamburg/Berlin – Prague – Budapest 
• Berlin – Gdynia/Warsaw (Reservations compulsory)
  
• Berlin – Wroclaw – Krakow – Przemysl (Reservations compulsory)
  
• Frankfurt – Munich – Salzburg – Ljubljana – Zagreb 
• Munich to Venice, Verona and Bologna (Italy) 
• Mandatory supplement if you are travelling to/from/within Italy. You can purchase it before boarding, but you can also do so on board of the train (for a €5 fee). 
  • 1st class: €15 
  • 2nd class: €10

InterCity (IC)

• Hamburg – Copenhagen
• Berlin – Amsterdam
• Hamburg – Zurich (part of the NightJet)
• Amsterdam – Cologne – Frankfurt – Zurich (part of the NightJet)
• Stuttgart – Zurich

Train stations of bordering countries

With a Eurail pass valid in Germany you can travel to the following train stations of countries that border Germany:

• Basel (Switzerland)

• Salzburg (Austria)

Domestic night trains in Germany

ÖBB Nightjet (these trains continue or/and start abroad)

• Düsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt – Nürnberg – Munich/Passau
• Hamburg – Hannover – Nürnberg – Munich/Passau
• Hamburg – Hannover – Frankfurt – Freiburg – Basel
• Berlin – Leipzig – Frankfurt – Freiburg – Basel
• Dresden – Leipzig – Frankfurt – Freiburg – Basel

International night trains in Germany

Snälltåget night train

• (Dresden –) Berlin – Hamburg – Copenhagen Örestad – Malmö – Stockholm

SJ Euronight (EN)

• Berlin – Hamburg – Copenhagen Airport – Malmö – Stockholm 

ÖBB NightJet (NJ and EN)

• Munich – Florence – Rome
  
• Munich – Verona – Milano – Genoa – La Spezia 
• Stuttgart – Munich – Udine – Venice 
• Hamburg – Basel – Zürich 
• Hamburg – Linz – Vienna 
• Hamburg – Munich – Innsbruck 
• Hamburg – Nuremberg – Vienna 
• Amsterdam – Düsseldorf – Linz – Vienna 
• Amsterdam – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Innsbruck 
• Amsterdam – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Basel – Zürich 
  
• Vienna – Munich – Paris/Brussels
  
• Berlin – Hale – Erfurt – Paris/Brussels
  
• Prague/Berlin – Leipzig – Basel – Zürich

EuroNight Metropol (EN)

• Berlin – Dresden – Prague – Bratislava – Budapest 
• Berlin – Dresden – Prague – Vienna – Graz
  

Euronight Chopin (EN)

• Munich – Salzburg – Vienna – Krakow – Warsaw

EuroNight Kálmán Imre (EN)

• Stuttgart – Munich – Salzburg – Vienna – Budapest

EuroNight Lisinski (EN)

• Stuttgart – Munich – Ljubljana – Zagreb

EuroNight Opatija (EN)

• Stuttgart – Munich – Opatija – Rijeka

European Sleeper (ESL) 

• Prague – Dresden – Berlin  – Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Den Haag – Antwerp – Brussels
  •  Prague and Dresden from 25th March

Scenic train routes in Germany

Black Forest Line

• Offenburg to Konstanz, through the Black Forest and small villages.

Rhine Valley Line

• Koblenz to Mainz, through the German wine country.

Elbe Valley Line

• Dresden to Czechia, along the Elbe river in Saxon Switzerland.

Neckar Valley Line

• Stuttgart to Heidelberg, along the picturesque Neckar river.

Mosel Valley Line

• Koblenz to Trier, small towns and wine along the Mosel river.

Private railway companies in Germany 

Your Interrail Pass can also be used on several railway companies in Germany.