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Photographer: Rob Dammers (www.flickr.com...)
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Date: 01.11.2021
Rolling stock: double decker coach 5th generation, high floor (IC 2)
Vmax. of the train: 160 km/h
Vmax. reached: 160 km/h
Realtime duration: 8:19 h
Going cross-country by "Görlitz"-double decker coaches: the IC 2 makes it possible. In this spirit: Welcome to my ride on IC 2 from Cottbus to Norddeich.
The IC 2432 is, together with it´s opposite direction IC 2431, the only train of line 56 that connects Cottbus with Magdeburg via Berlin. All the other line 56 trains start at Leipzig. From Cottbus to Potsdam and from Bremen to Norddeich Mole this Intercity is run as regional express RE 56 at the same time, which means you can use this train with local-traffic-tickets.
The train consists of five double decker coaches of the 5th generation, four with high floor and one driving trailer, pulled by a locomotive Class 146. These coaches are paradoxically noisier than the previous versions of the 4th generation. The driving experience is most similar to the 3rd generation coaches. I also noticed that you don´t hear any braking noise.
The journey begins at Cottbus Hbf shortly past 6am. At that time it was still dark. The sun began to rise after leaving Lübben behind. In Berlin the train goes all the way along the city railway, then the train heads straight to Hannover using the southern route that goes through Magdeburg among other things. After Hannover "real Northern Germany" begins. Between Oldenburg and Leer as well as on the last part from Emden to Norddeich the railway is even one-track. In Leer the train has to change the direction of travel.
Last but not least a personal report of my 8-hour-trip by the future Intercity: I really just enjoyed the ride. It is very fun to rush through larger stations with the typical double decker driving experience and Intercity-air at the same time. The seats are not the best ones, but okay anyway, and the visual appearance is suceeded perfectly. The only annoing were the auto-generated partially staccato-announcements. I would prefer the announcements to be spoken by train guards like anywhere else.
In conclusion the eight hours aboard the IC 2 were very diverting for me, thereby it definetly won´t have been my last ride on this train. Please be prepared for more IC 2-riding-videos on my channel in the near future!
Stops (many):
0:03:22 Cottbus Hbf
0:07:58 Lübbenau (Spreewald)
0:10:34 Lübben (Spreewald)
0:14:43 Königs-Wusterhausen
0:23:43 Berlin Ostkreuz
0:26:40 Berlin Ostbahnhof
0:31:53 Berlin Hauptbahnhof
0:39:35 Berlin-Wannsee
0:44:23 Potsdam Hbf
0:52:19 Brandenburg Hbf
1:06:12 Magdeburg Hbf
1:15:05 Helmstedt
1:22:43 Braunschweig Hbf
1:35:42 Hannover Hbf
1:49:08 Nienburg (Weser)
1:55:03 Verden (Aller)
2:03:03 Bremen Hbf
2:10:09 Delmenhorst
2:14:50 Hude
2:19:06 Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf
2:25:09 Bad Zwischenahn
2:28:23 Westerstede-Ocholt
2:31:01 Augustfehn
2:36:32 Leer (Ostfriesland)
2:43:35 Emden Hbf
2:47:27 Marienhafe
2:49:54 Norden
2:53:33 Norddeich
2:55:18 Norddeich Mole
Have a nice trip!
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