Overview
- Deutsche Bahn will run 16 ICE trains per direction daily on the Berlin–Munich corridor via Halle, raising frequency to roughly every 30 minutes.
- New long-distance links include a daily Halle–Paris direct train, two Eurocity services from Leipzig to Wroclaw and Krakow, and a Dresden–Copenhagen direct service slated to start in May plus a summer night train between Copenhagen and Prague.
- Munich’s Stammstrecke S‑Bahn timetable changes from 14 December add and remove selected early and late trips across lines S1–S8 and S20, with further revisions announced from 7 February and a Laim inbound stop removal from 1 June.
- Regional adjustments in Mitteldeutschland fold the Leipzig–Naumburg route into the S6 and extend the S5/S5X to Trotha, while low demand cuts Intercity service between Leipzig, Jena and Nuremberg to two train pairs per day.
- Operator Arverio will start some RE 9 services earlier from Ulm and skip Mindelaltheim and Freihalden on specified departures, and the Deutschlandticket price rises to €63 in January.