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=== First generation === {{main|ICE 1}} The first ICE trains were the trainsets of [[ICE 1]] (power cars: Class 401), which came into service in 1989. The first regularly scheduled ICE trains ran from 2 June 1991 from [[Hamburg-Altona railway station|Hamburg-Altona]] via [[Hamburg Hauptbahnhof|Hamburg Hbf]]–[[Hannover Hauptbahnhof|Hannover Hbf]]–[[Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe railway station|Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe]]–[[Fulda railway station|Fulda]]–[[Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof|Frankfurt Hbf]]–[[Mannheim Hauptbahnhof|Mannheim Hbf]] and [[Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof|Stuttgart Hbf]] toward [[München Hauptbahnhof|München Hbf]] at hourly intervals<ref>{{cite news |title=Im Zug der Zeit |trans-title=In the train of the times |url= http://www.zeit.de/1991/23/im-zug-der-zeit/komplettansicht|access-date=6 April 2013 |newspaper=[[Die Zeit]] |location= Hamburg |date=31 May 1991 |last=Loppow |first=Bernd |language=de}}</ref> on the new ''ICE line 6''. The [[Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line|Hanover-Würzburg line]] and the [[Mannheim-Stuttgart high-speed rail line|Mannheim-Stuttgart line]], which had both opened the same year, were hence integrated into the ICE network from the very beginning. Due to the lack of trainsets in 1991 and early 1992, the ''ICE line 4'' ([[Bremen Hauptbahnhof|Bremen Hbf]]–[[Hannover Hauptbahnhof|Hannover Hbf]]–[[Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe railway station|Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe]]–[[Fulda railway station|Fulda]]–[[Würzburg Hauptbahnhof|Würzburg Hbf]]–[[Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof|Nürnberg Hbf]]–[[München Hauptbahnhof|München Hbf]]) could not start operating until 1 June 1992. Prior to that date, ICE trainsets were used when available and were integrated in the [[Intercity (Deutsche Bahn)|Intercity]] network and with IC tariffs. In 1993, the ''ICE line 6''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s terminus was moved from Hamburg to Berlin (later, in 1998, via the [[Hanover-Berlin high-speed rail line|Hanover-Berlin line]] and the former ''IC line 3'' from [[Hamburg-Altona railway station|Hamburg-Altona]] via [[Hannover Hbf]]–[[Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station|Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe]]–[[Fulda railway station|Fulda]]–[[Frankfurt Hbf]]–[[Mannheim Hbf]]–[[Karlsruhe Hbf]]–[[Freiburg Hbf]] to [[Basel SBB]] was upgraded to ICE standards as a replacement).
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