Your Eurail 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 high-speed trains in Germany

ICE

• Frankfurt – Paris/Brussels/Amsterdam/Zurich
• Stuttgart - Paris. 
• Hamburg - Zurich
• Dortmund - Vienna
• Reservations for Frankfurt-Amsterdam are compulsory during summer season (June 17th till August 18th)
• Reservations for Frankfurt-Paris are compulsory all year round

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 required for trips to France

Eurostar

• Dortmund – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Brussels – Paris 
• Reservations are compulsory 
• Operated by red coloured former Thalys trains

RailJet

• Munich – Salzburg/Vienna/Budapest
• Reservations are mostly optional, and compulsory when travelling to Hungary.

International conventional trains in Germany

EuroCity Express (ECE)

• Munich - Zurich
• Frankfurt - Milan

EuroCity (EC)

• Hamburg – Zurich/Interlaken 
• Bochum - Klagenfurt 
• Hamburg/Berlin - Prague - Budapest 
• Berlin – Gdynia/Warsaw 
• Berlin – Wroclaw – Krakow – Przemysl 
• Frankfurt – Munich – Salzburg – Ljubljana - Zagreb 
• Reservations are optional. 
• 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/Aarhus
• 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
• Düsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt – Nürnberg - Passau
• Hamburg – Hannover - Frankfurt – Freiburg – Basel
• Berlin – Leipzig - Frankfurt – Freiburg - Basel
• Dresden – Leipzig – Frankfurt – Freiburg – Basel

International night trains in Germany

Snälltåget night train

• Berlin - Hamburg – Copenhagen Örestad – Malmö – Stockholm

SJ Euronight (EN)

• Berlin (from 31 March) - Hamburg - Copenhagen Airport - Malmö - Stockholm 

ÖBB NightJet (NJ and EN)

• Munich - Florence – Rome (not between 10 June – 9 September) 
• Munich – Bologna – Ancona (10 June – 9 September)  
• Munich - Verona – Milano – Genoa - La Spezia 
• Stuttgart - Munich - Udine – Venice 
• Hamburg - Basel - Zürich 
• Hamburg - Linz - Vienna 
• Hamburg - Munich - Innsbruck 
• Hamburg - Nuremberg - Vienna 
• Amsterdam/Brussels - Düsseldorf - Linz - Vienna 
• Amsterdam - Düsseldorf - Cologne – Innsbruck 
• Amsterdam – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Basel – Zürich  
• Paris – Munich - Vienna 
• Berlin - Wroclaw - Bratislava - Budapest 
• Berlin - Wroclaw – Vienna – Graz 
• Prague/Berlin – Leipzig – Basel - Zürich

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) 

• Berlin – Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Den Haag – Antwerp – Brussels

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

International ferry connections to and from Germany

You can also travel to and from Germany by ferry. Get a discount on specific routes with a Eurail pass.

• Finland – Germany
  Sail with Finnlines from Rostock or Travemünde to Helsinki (Finland). Get a 30% discount with Eurail passes.

• Poland – Germany
  Sail from Rostock to Gdynia with Finnlines and get 30% off with Eurail passes.

• Sweden – Germany
  Travel from Travemünde to Malmö (Sweden) with Finnlines. Get a 20% discount with Eurail passes.