ICE 3 (BR 403)
The ICE 3 (BR 403) is an electric unit from Germany in Train Sim World. It comes with 3 routes, and another DLC brings it to 3 more.
Picture: on Hauptstrecke München - Augsburg, Dovetail Games.
Where you can drive it
Comes with
- Hauptstrecke München - Augsburg
- Schnellfahrstrecke Kassel - Würzburg
- Schnellfahrstrecke Nürnberg - Ingolstadt
With another DLC
Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.
In the game
Names in Dovetail's lists: BR 403, BR 403 RBW, BR 403 ICE 3, BR 403 ICE 3M, DB BR 403 ICE 3M, DB BR 403 ICE 3 Railbow.
In these DLCs: Hauptstrecke München - Augsburg, Schnellfahrstrecke Kassel - Würzburg, Schnellfahrstrecke Nürnberg - Ingolstadt, DB BR 403 ICE 3 Railbow.
The real thing
A family of high-speed electric multiple units run by Deutsche Bahn. ICE 3 trains run at up to 300 km/h in Germany and 320 km/h on French high-speed lines. Siemens built its Velaro family on the same design.
- Built by: Siemens, ADtranz, Bombardier (Wikipedia)
- Number built: Class 403: 50, Class 406: 17 (retired), Class 407: 17, Class 408: 90 (on order) (Wikipedia)
- Operators: DB Fernverkehr, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Wikipedia)
- Top speed: Class 403/406: 330 km/h (205 mph), Class 407/408: 320 km/h (199 mph) (Wikipedia)
- Power: 8000 kW (10,728 hp) (Wikipedia)
- Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′ (Wikipedia)
- Formation: 8 cars per trainset (Wikipedia)
- Safety systems: ICE 3: Sifa, PZB90, LZB, ICE 3M: Sifa, PZB90, LZB80, Crocodile, TVM430, KVB, ATB, ETCS (Wikipedia)
Photo: Sebastian Terfloth, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.