This line has been requested many times but who cares I am requesting this again. Introduction This line is 180km (110 miles) long and euns between 2 of the biggest cities of Germany being Köln (Cologne) and Frankfurt. This line was opened in 2002 and is strictly for Highspeed trains only Electrification in this line is at 15kV 16.7HZ AC and the max speed of this line is 300km/h (186mph) this is strictly a highspeed line so It only lets trains of 200km/h (125mph+) running on this line So this is strictly down to these trains/operators: ICE, ICE, Railjet, Nightjet (at night only) etc. There also will be S-Bahn and Regional services between Köln and Seigburg Hbf. The lines Safety systems is LZB and PZB Trains First train we have is: 1. DB BR412 “ICE 4”: This train was built by Bombardier, Alstom, Siemens and Voith between 2008 and 2017 (a hefty amount of time). It has a max speed of 265km/h (165mph) but a service speed of 250km/h (155mph) this train is indeed the slowest out of the ICE Family. This train comes in 7, 12 and 13 car formations and it’s electric systems are 15kV 16.7HZ AC and it’s safety systems are ETCS, LZB and PZB. This train can run in Germany and Switzerland 2. DB BR407 “ICE 3 Velaro D”: Next we have another train in the ICE 3 Family, the youngest one now is the Velaro D. This was built by Siemens between 2008 and 2012 I’m pretty sure. The Electric Systems are 15kV 16.7HZ AC, 1,5kV DC and 25kV 50HZ AC. It’s max speed is 300km/h (186mph), 320km/h (198mph)and it’s safety systems are LZB, PZB, ETCS, ATB, EuroBalise, TVM, Crocodile, KVB and Sifa. This train can run in the UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and Belgium. this could be reskinned to look like a Eurostar E320. Stations, Layers in next thread
Stations: Regional and S-Bahn: 1. Köln Hauptbahnhof 2. Köln Messe/Deutz 3. Köln TrimbornStraße 4. Köln Flughafen-BusinessPark. 5. Köln SteinStraße 6. Köln - Porz 7. Köln -Porz-Wahn 8. Köln Spich 9. Köln Troisdorf 10. Siegburg Bahnhof ICE, IC, NJ and RJX Köln Hauptbahnhof 2. Köln Messe/Deutz 3. Siegburg Bahnhof 4. Montabaur 5. Limburg Süd 6. Frankfurt Flughafen 7. Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof S-Bahn/Regional: 11. Frankfurt am (Main) Stadion 12. Frankfurt (Main) Niederrad Bahnhof 13. Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (tief)(if made) Layers: These are the following trains that can layer onto this service Regional: BR442 “Talent 2” BR425 BR776 “Dostos” Br146 S-Bahn: BR422 BR423 Intercity: Br101 Intercity-Express: Br403 Br406 Br401 DLC train + Summary next thread
3. DB BR402 “ICE 2” It was built between 1995-1997 by AdTrainz and Siemens. This was the Second ever ICE and it looks a lot like the ICE 1 apart from some few Minor features such as a DVT instead of two Locos, Headlights in different positions, The ICE 2 is 8 cars long and more !! This train has a max speed of 280km/h (170mph) and uses 15kV 16.7HZ AC it’s safety systems are LZB, PZB, SiFa, ETCS Thoughts down below
You are better off making DB BR408 ICE 3 Neo. Even better merge this with SKA that way we can drive Aachen to Frankfurt am Main Hbf both ways. Note that some Aachen-bound services are combined with a DB BR406 towards Hollandstrecke Duisburg Oberhausen Zevenaar Utrecht via Koln Hbf. You must split them at Koln Hbf
