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ICE: Der Intercity-Express

ICE is the abbreviation for Intercity-Express, the high-speed trains that run between the major cities in Germany.

To use the ICE you need a ticket that entitles you to do so, stating that a particular part of your journey is using such a train.

Visitors to Germany may prefer avoid using ICE trains, in order to travel the older, more scenic routes.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 at 1:12 am and is filed under Abbreviations, Trains. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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