ICE test train reaches speeds of up to 405.0 km/h

'ICE' here means Intercity Express [0] and not internal combustion engine.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercity_Express

Recently took some of these in Germany, was a pretty pleasant experience!

It was a bit odd how the ticket prices seem to fluctuate a lot over there based on timing (like 20 EUR if you buy half a week ahead of time, closer to 40 EUR nearer to travel date, at least in my case) but I much preferred taking the train over flying.

For every train, there is a fixed number of tickets per price category. So sometimes, you can still find cheap tickets ("super sparpreis") a day before because thag specific train didn't have many bookings:)