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The Deutsche Bundesbahn (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈbʊndəsˌbaːn], lit. ' German Federal Railway ') or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established West Germany (FRG) on 7 September 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG).
For vehicles of the Deutsche Bahn see the List of DBAG locomotives and railbuses. Steam locomotive classes are arranged in accordance with the DRG classification system; electric and diesel locomotives, railbuses and works vehicles are listed in accordance with the DB classification scheme. Classes that were fully retired before 1968 are listed ...
ex DR/DB 112.1 Regional services ex DB 112 Regional services Retired, High speed bogies ex DB 112 Regional services Converted to DB 110 114: ex DR/DB 112.0 ex DR 212.0 Regional services 114.1 114.3: ex DB 143 ex DR 243 Regional services Conversion to higher velocities in planning (115) ex DB 110 ex DB 113 DB-Autozug (motorrail train)
Following the October 1990 reunification of Germany, the DR's locomotives and railbuses were incorporated (and renumbered) on 1 January 1992 into the classification system of the West German Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), originally issued on 1 January 1968, in preparation for the merger of the two German national railways that took place on 1 ...
German punctuality is well-known—but its railway service managed by Deutsche Bahn has struggled to follow it, hampering the fan experience at Euros 2024.
Deutsche Bahn is the second-largest transport company in Germany, after the German postal and logistics company Deutsche Post / DHL. DB provides both long-distance and regional transport, serving around 132 million long distance passengers and 1.6 billion regional passengers in 2022.
Class 601 in DB-Touristik livery 1986, München südring. In 1971, DB started their new first-class-only InterCity system, using mainly the 601 series on the non-electrified InterCity routes. [16] The regular maximum speed was set to 160 km/h for seven-unit trains. For trains up to 10 units the 602 was used.
However, while the share of DB in the market of regional rail has declined since 1994 - in the context of an overall expanding market of regional rail service - the vast majority of long distance trains are still operated by or in cooperation with Deutsche Bahn AG. The German railways were long protected from competition from intercity buses on ...