[2] The 171 km journey takes about 1 hour 45 minutes with a prolonged 15-minute stay at Ingolstadt Hauptbahnhof to allow the service to be overtaken by ICE trains.

However, since Deutsche Bahn does not own regional rolling stock capable of travelling at such high speeds, push-pull InterCity train compositions are used for the service.

Between September and November 2006, 26 coaches (among them three control cars) were specially equipped for the München-Nürnberg-Express in the Neumünster workshop.

The normal InterCity passenger information system is installed in the coaches, however seats cannot be reserved on the train.

A full trainset normally consists of six coaches: On weekday mornings, a ten-coach train pulled by two Class 101 engines operates on the line.

Due to the length of the train, the last four coaches are locked between Ingolstadt and Nuremberg, as they do not come to stop at the platforms on the high speed line.

Due to reliability problems, the new train sets have been supported by the original rolling stock since December 2024.