The Friedrich Schiller was an express train in Germany, initially linking Düsseldorf and Stuttgart.
The train was named after the philosopher and playwright Friedrich Schiller.
[1] In 1971, the Deutsche Bundesbahn started an inner German network of first-class-only InterCity services modeled after the TEE criteria, but more frequent than the TEE, one train per hour instead of one train a day.
[2] At 1 October 1972, the Friedrich Schiller was added to this network, initially linking Stuttgart and Düsseldorf.
During the 1970s, the introduction of second-class coaches in the Intercities was proposed and tested on some routes, resulting in the IC79 project.