From North to South - or Vice versa: On certain routes, the Deutsche Bahn, is expanding in summer, the ICE Connections. The Details.

Norderney (dpa/tmn) - vacationers can Rügen this summer, the East Frisian Islands and the Tyrol, to better reach the Deutsche Bahn in the summer of additional ICE trains in these regions.

From the 27. June departs every Saturday a train from Berlin to Innsbruck (Austria), as the railway tells. Between, among other things, Erfurt, Nuremberg and Munich are think.

From the 3. July a new connection from Munich via Würzburg, Kassel and Münster to Emden and Norddeich Mole follows. From there, ferries to the North sea Islands Borkum, respectively, of Juist and Norderney.

From the 31. July start trains per day travelling from Stuttgart to the Baltic sea. Via Würzburg, Kassel and Berlin, for example, to Züssow (with connection to Usedom), Stralsund to Binz on the island Rügen.

railway stations and trains be reinforced cleaned and disinfected

After the trains and stations are filling up in Germany again. Because of the spread of the Coronavirus is intensively cleaned and disinfected. With many other small measures, the Deutsche Bahn and other railway companies against the risk of infection. So train doors open automatically, so that passengers do not need to press the printer buttons to get in and out. In the ICE and Intercity trains of the Deutsche Bahn, several Hundred are "on-the-go cleaner" in use until August, their number is expected to rise to 600.

The passenger Association Pro Bahn, but stressed that there are more than 1400 train movements per day. "600 people is not exactly an Armada," said the Chairman Detlef Neuß. He holds additional cleaning staff would be necessary. Neuß recommends passengers but also, self-lend a Hand - and around the table in the ICE in front of the square means to take a private disinfection wipe.

The Connections in Detail:

- ICE from Berlin to Innsbruck From 27. June. Start in Berlin on Saturday morning. For the return journey, the ICE starts in Innsbruck always 15.27 PM. Intermediate stops in Erfurt, Nuremberg, Munich and Rosenheim.

- ICE from München to Emden and Norddeich Mole-3. July. The trains will run every Friday to Sunday in the morning from Munich via Augsburg, Würzburg, Paderborn, Kassel and Münster. In Emden and Norddeich Mole connections to the ferries to Borkum, Juist and Norderney. The ICE trains for the return journey start, in Ostfriesland Saturday to Monday on the late morning.

- ICE from Stuttgart via Berlin to Binz From 31. July. Always on Fridays and Saturdays, an ICE from Stuttgart via Würzburg, Kassel and Berlin, for example, starts in the Morning to Züssow (with connection to Usedom), Stralsund to Binz on the island Rügen. On Saturdays and Sundays, late morning, and runs the end-to-end connection for the return journey.