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Deutsche Bahn AG [a] (IPA: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈbaːn], lit. ' German Railway '; abbreviated as DB or DB AG [deːbeː aːˈɡeː]) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government.
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).
** By Rems Railway only the section from Stuttgart to Aalen is implied today; KBS 786 includes the whole route to Nuremberg however. Originally the Rems Valley Railway ran further to Nördlingen (see KBS 995), this section is designated by the DB today as the Ries Railway (derived from the landscape of the Nördlinger Ries).
Rail transport in Germany is provided predominantly by Deutsche Bahn (DB, lit. ' German Railway ' ). As of 2021 [update] , the railway network in Germany (DB only) had a length of 33,399 km (20,753 mi), of which 20,540 km (12,760 mi) were electrified and 18,556 km (11,530 mi) were double track . [ 2 ]
Germany's state-owned railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, said Thursday that it has agreed to sell its European public transport subsidiary, Arriva, to U.S.-based infrastructure investor I Squared ...
Frequency of trains and allowed max speed on the German Intercity-Express (ICE) network (2022) This list of Intercity-Express lines in Germany includes all Intercity-Express lines in Germany. [1] The latest changes to the Intercity Express network took place at the timetable change on 10 December 2023. The network currently has 35 scheduled lines.
The bulk of the railway network in Germany belongs to DB Netz, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG – this situation is a relic from the time when the Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn had a monopoly. The stations and halts on the DB Netz network are run by DB Station&Service. Not included in this list are museum railways and transport ...
This article lists the locomotives and railcars/multiple units of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), the German Federal Railways, that were in service between 1949 and 1993. For vehicles of the Deutsche Bahn see the List of DBAG locomotives and railbuses .