Germany has an extensive train network, and the area is well connected with trains from all over Germany and the bordering countries of Poland and the Czech Republic.
Berlin Central Station functions as hub of train transport in Eastern Germany.
The most prestigeous line of the German train company Deutsche Bahn is the high-speed line Hamburg-Berlin, where hourly InterCityExpresses can go up to 300km/h fast.
Other major inter city connections connected by EuroCity-trains or InterCityExpresses would be Kopenhagen-Hamburg-Berlin-Dresden-Prague, Warsaw-Berlin, Berlin-Leipzig-Munich and Leipzig-Frankfurt/Main.
Besides that there is an extensive network of regional trains servicing smaller cities.
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