Deutsche Bahn IC2 : Great Intercity or Glorified Regional Train?

How I categorize them:
White + Red = Fast + Alcohol
Red + White = Slow + Alcohol
Metronom = Slow + No Alcohol

Ich mag die Fensterkrümmungen oben nicht, da fühlt man sich so eingeengt.

also they dont need a loco thats pushing because theres a coach cab on both ends now strange that in dortmund sometimes its not also on our train there was only a single door and the front and end of each coach

when i took a train from dresden to rostock the seats were pretty good but without the strange leather parts at the top and the train at at each coach only 2 big doors and the wifi worked

I enjoyed this a lot - and I can't get over the ticket price! A return ticket would be roughly £60? Bargain!

Love a double deck train

Not been on a German train since the eighties.That train sound really quiet and it looked like you got a good view from upstairs.I like the Deutsche Bahn website if gives lots of info and route maps too.I'm impressed they make annoucements in English,would we ever do them in German I think not.

are you travelling now in the new year 2021?

This is almost as same as the rrx regional train like the RE5 which runs on Koblenz to Wesel route and I've seen 159 km/h on that train between cologne to Düsseldorf. Just slightly better interior. It would be better if the top speed was 200 km/h like other IC trains.

This train need a Board bistro !

185 cm? Pff! Dwarf! Pixie! If you were a girl I'd call you Tinker Bell! 186 here!

Funny how I just noticed you were traveling from Dortmund, the station we like to call takeaway Restaurant with track connection

Ok but my questions is: why the fuck did you were in Dortmund? Like there is nothing to see at all, except the stadium maybe. Cities like Essen of Cologne would have been much more interesting or did you visit them too?

"Wasp decided to wreck havoc" haha. I just imagined it sitting with its feet on the seats, smoking a cigarette and talking to its mates on loud speaker.

I liked the IC2s. Took them twice between Dresden and Leipzig, a fairly short trip. They were smooth and quiet. The old ICs were getting pretty worn down, were no longer quite as comfortable. Also noisier.

Next time travel with an IC2 Stadler Kiss.

does it have a cafe car? cause the FLIRT version does have a small cafe

Good content. What is the difference between long distance train and regional train when taking from Frankfurt airport

Took it between Dresden and Bielefeld back in Jan. 2020. First class, wide seats, good sound comfort... but non-reclinable ?! And the food is a joke, the only item worthy of attention is the big sandwich, but the few available pieces were taken by 10am, so at noon when we ordered, all there was left to buy was a ridiculous plastic bag with two slices of cold bread and some industrial cheese.
On our way to Dresden we travelled in a ICT (from Frankfurt), great reclining seats, and we could order delicious kartoffel eintopf, enough for a decent meal, nicely served.
If IC2 is the future of inter-city train travel in Germany... then it's really going down the drain. Not to mention the general look of the interior, it's so cold, plastic/metal... you get a better experience in a tramway in Brussels :(

By around 1600, Dortmund HbF is usually overrun with refugees... after 2200, don't.

Great video👍👍

Better than a Voyager?

I don't like Germany :(

This train traveled between Köln and Dresden on a circle line, instead of the shortest possible route - really unusual...

Interregio 2

I have nothing against the West German regional trains. A lot of them are quite nice actually and on selected stretches, you can actually use a local public transport ticket.

These certainly feel more 'intercity' than the Dutch 'intercity' services (aka Sneltreins). I think the one negative is the lack of catering, especially for a nearly five-hour trip. Other than that, I agree with you.

I think it's a good mix between the Re en IC/ICE trains

Is @Superalbs Travels your friend?

All good except for the fact that they didn't make bigger toilets. For a mid-price range train, you'd really expect more than from a casual Regio.

I don't know what to think about these. They just look like bit posher Regionalexpress trains, but from an IC point of view it looks like a downgrading for the look apart from colour distinction. Plus these double decker trains can't go that fast as a regular one-storey train which is another point for the con side. Even the backrest on those lik much skinnier and less comfy. The only plus is that it creates a shorter train which can take maybe the same amount of peeps, as it has two storeys, but that's pretty much all the good I think about it. Luckily most IC's are still regular trains.

I live near dortmund and visit the hbf often with my family or school lol

The journey was undertaken during the sanitary crisis. Little number of travellers and less hustle. If one travels during normal times, the impression might be completely different.

Firstly, let me say I really enjoy watching your travel reports. I'm from Alfreton in Derbyshire and I've travelled pretty extensively within the UK, so I can relate easily to some of the journeys you make, although not on the newer trains. My girlfriend comes from Osnabrück in North West Germany and when I've visited her, I've travelled on quite a few of the double decker trains like on this video, between Düsseldorf and Munster and I love them cos it's great to have a decent view from the top deck. They are always clean and much quieter than UK trains. I've also travelled on their ICE's as well, which are also lovely trains. Their rail system is great. Pity the UK ones aren't as good yet!
Looking forward to your next update.

I'm on this route between Leipzig and Hannover for a few times for visiting my brother.

The IC2 is just a overpircied RE train

Hi Dylan, thanks for this video!
Please, do you know if it is possible to buy the ticket in cash? Thanks.

IN LEIBZIG IS MI HOUS 😱

I like trains but this ic2 is fun

Really strange you didnt get WIFI. I started using trains in the pandemic and my IC2 had WIFI in 2020. I pay 17,90€ for a trip from Bayreuth to Basel (500km) with my Bahncard 25. And the IC2 portion is my favourite. Its quiet, comfortable, has good WIFI and my IC2 is almost never delayed. I think they are great trains. If demand picks up again they have the capacity to keep up. REs are far worse to travel in. They are louder, have no WIFI and are overcrowded. Maybe they have the same layout but they arent even close in comfort. I like the IC2s. Actually a good investment from DB considering rising users in the next 20 years.

ngl doesnt looks good for long ass travels, for regional ok, its like using a 447 or a 450 for regional service instead of 448/449

they have now a new class of IC2 trains, which are way more comfortable and feel less like a regional train, perhaps you wanna try it in the future

Even a Siemens Desiro HS EMU operated by national express runs at a nominal speed of 160kph as regional express trains

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this is one of the most beautiful train that DB yet has in service!

been to dortmund main station once, some libanesian kid stole a cigarette off my ear. 0/10 wouldnt reccomend

City-/Regional-Train with caroet.

Not a worthy InterCity!