I want to travel from Berlin to Hamburg on Sunday (15 October). I have 49 Euro Deutschlandticket and was expecting to travel via some regional train for free but I see only ICE/IC trains are available on Sunday.
I feel tricked because I remember, back in the days (before Deutschlandticket) there were daily ‘direct’ regional trains between Berlin and Hamburg with ticket around 20 euros.
Why do these regional trains not exist anymore?
Answer: [It’s discontinued](https://www.dbregio-berlin-brandenburg.de/db-regio-no/Freizeit/IRE-Berlin-Hamburg)
by 5entient5apien
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Because you didn’t check the ‘local transit only’ button when looking for trains.
There are lots of regional trains. Look again.
The direct IRE was discontinued in December 2021.
https://www.dbregio-berlin-brandenburg.de/db-regio-no/Freizeit/IRE-Berlin-Hamburg
The announcement leaves open the possibility of it returning in 2024, [although that doesn’t seem likely](https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbraucher/bahnstrecke-zwischen-hamburg-berlin-monatelang-gesperrt-100.html); the schedule for December 2023-2024 is announced on Wednesday.