Business units

DB Long-Distance
DB Long-Distance offers customers comfortable and environmentally friendly travel within Germany and into neighboring countries. Regularly scheduled daily services with the ICE/Intercity/EC fleet form the backbone of long-distance transport. Long-distance bus services (IC Bus) provide an extension to the rail transport offering for domestic and international travel.

DB Regional
The business unit DB Regional offers extensive regional transport network connections in metropolitan areas and in rural areas. DB Regio is the largest business unit within the passenger transport segment and thus an important revenue driver within DB Group. Our offerings cover both regional rail passenger transport with regional express, regional railway and S-Bahn (metro) lines as well as regional and urban bus transport services.

DB Schenker
DB Schenker offers land transport, worldwide air and ocean freight as well as comprehensive logistics solutions and global supply chain management in contract logistics from a single source. DB Schenker has a worldwide customer base with broad industry mix and a focus on industrial customers. The vertical market approach aims to develop industry-specific solutions. Important major customers are served as global accounts with tailor-made solutions.

DB Arriva
DB Arriva is DB Group’s European growth platform in passenger transport with a presence in 14 European countries. DB Arriva offers a wide range of transport solutions with buses, trains, trams, water buses as well as car- and bike-sharing systems. DB Arriva’s business is divided into three lines of business: UK Bus, UK Trains and Mainland Europe.

DB Netze Track
DB Netze Track provides the train operating companies (TOCs) in Germany with train paths, facilities and timetables. It operates a more than 33,000-km-long rail network. DB Netze Track is also responsible for the maintenance and repair of existing facilities and the construction and expansion of new lines. The DB Group’s rail infrastructure competence is concentrated under the umbrella of DB Netze Track.

DB Netze Stations
Our stations are used by more than 420,000 trains run by around 115 TOCs with more than 20 million passengers and visitors every day. In order to ensure a high level of quality, we set special priorities in the areas of service, safety and cleanliness. In addition, our station managers ensure smooth operation.

DB Netze Energy
The business unit DB Netze Energy provides the energy for the operation of the train operating companies. DB Netze Energy strives for maximum availability and sustainable energy procurement. Through an efficient infrastructure the business unit also offers other business customers electricity, diesel, gas, heat as well as innovative energy.

DB Cargo
DB Cargo is the only freight railway in Europe that can demonstrate a Europe-wide presence. It uses its own European production network for this purpose, which has been consistently further developed in recent years. Cross-border transports are carried out efficiently, customer-oriented and environmentally friendly.