Performance development

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

2020

2019

± absolute

±%

 PASSENGER TRANSPORT    
Passengers (million)

2,866

4,874

–2,008

–41.2

Passengers per day (million)

7.8

13.4

–5.6

–41.8

RAIL

    
Passengers (million)

1,499

2,603

–1,104

–42.4

     thereof in Germany

1,297

2,123

–826

–38.9

     thereof DB Long-Distance

81.3

150.7

–69.4

–46.1

Passengers per day (million)

4.1

7.1

–3.0

–42.3

Volume sold (million pkm1))

51,933

98,402

–46,469

–47.2

Volume produced (million train-path km2))

677.8

767.3

–89.5

–11.7

Trains per day 3)

22,335

23,466

–1,131

–4.8

BUS

    
Passengers (million)

1,367

2,271

–904

–39.8

Passengers per day (million)

3.7

6.2

–2.5

–40.3

Volume sold3) (million pkm1))

4,207

6,462

–2,255

–34.9

Volume produced (million bus km4))

1,388

1,554

–166

–10.7

RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT    
Freight carried (milliont)

213.1

232.0

–18.9

–8.1

Volume sold (million tkm5))

78,670

85,005

–6,335

–7.5

Volume produced (million train-path km2))

156.8

162.5

–5.7

–3.5

Trains per day

2,569

2,732

–163

–6.0

Mean transport distance (km)

369.3

366.4

+2.9

+0.8

Capacity utilization (t per train)

501.7

523.2

–21.5

–4.1

FREIGHT FORWARDING AND LOGISTICS    
Shipments in land transport (thousand)

108,166

107,132

+1,034

+1.0

Air freight volume (export) (thousand t)

1,094

1,186

–92

–7.8

Ocean freight volume (export) (thousand TEU)

2,052

2,294

–242

–10.5

Warehouse space contract logistics (million m²)

8.8

8.4

+0.4

+4.8

INFRASTRUCTURE    
Train kilometers on track infrastructure (million train-path km2))

1,066

1,090

–24

–2.2

     thereof non-Group railways

385.5

368.3

+17.2

+4.7

Station stops (million)

155.4

156,4

–1.0

–0.6

     thereof non-Group railways

44.2

40.2

+4.0

+10.0

1) Passenger kilometers: product of number of passengers and mean travel distance.
2) Train-path kilometers: driving performance in km of trains on rail.
3) Excluding DB Arriva.
4) Bus kilometers: driving performance in km of buses on road.
5) Ton kilometers: product of freight carried and mean transport distance.

Shift in the mode of transport to rail

Performance figures for rail in Germany (sector)

2020

2019

2018

 Passengers long-distance transport (million)

82

152

149

     Intra-Group railways

81

151

148

     Non-Group railways 1)

1

2

1

Passengers local transport (million)

1,605

2,528

2,472

     Intra-Group railways (adjusted for re-entry)

1,215

1,972

1,940

     Non-Group railways 1) (not adjusted for re-entry)

389

556

532

Volume sold rail freight transport (billion tkm)1), 2)

121.3

129.2

130.0

     Intra-Group railways

51.9

55.8

58.6

     Non-Group railways

69.4

73.3

71.4

Train kilometers on track infrastructure
(million train-path km)

1,066

1,090

1,085

     Intra-Group railways

680

722

736

     Non-Group railways 1)

385

368

349

Individual figures are rounded and estimated, so they may not add up. 
Figures for 2018 and 2020 are based on information and estimates availableas of February 2021.
1) 2020 data is based on own estimates.
2) Only services as principal freight carrier.

Performance development in rail passenger transport in Germany collapsed significantly in 2020 due to Covid-19. This was the same for DB Group TOCs in regional rail passenger transport and for non-Group railways. In rail freight transport in Germany, volume sold also fell significantly as a result of Covid-19. The overall train kilometers on track infrastructure in Germany also decreased in the year under review. However, as at least a basic supply was maintained in rail passenger transport at all times despite the sharp drop in demand in 2020, the decline in network volume produced is lower than the decline in volume sold by the TOC.

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