218.204 and 218.161 worked train IC2012 north from Martinzell on 24 August 2008. This train runs from Oberstdorf to Leipzig via Ulm, Stuttgart, Mannheim, Köln, Dortmund, Hannover and Magdeburg, hardly the shortest route! The class 218s were booked to run as far as Stuttgart, even though the last 96 km from Ulm were under the wires.