DB E.C.O. Group

DB E.C.O. Group provides engineering, consulting and operations know-how of DB Group from a single source.

This includes among others DB Engineering&Consulting (DB E&C), DB International Operations (DB IO), infraView and ESE.

DB Engineering&Consulting

• DB E&C provided extensive planning services for the general modernization of the Riedbahn pilot project, including for the command and control technology. DB E&C also provided support in the areas of geology, environ­ment, waste and geodesy and, together with two external partners, provided more than 400 employees for construction supervision.This also involved the use of digital tools such as the X2BIM platform and the digital construction diary.
• As the technical leader of a planning consortium, DB E&C is working on the draft planning for the new construction and extension of the 1,200 m long Deutschherrn bridge in Frankfurt am Main. The two bridges, which are more than 100 years old, are to be replaced by two new structures by 2029. In addition to the planning services, DB E&C also provides geomonitoring services and creates the geological model for the BIM planning services.
• The train shed at Duisburg Central Station is being extensively modernized. DB E&C, as part of an engineering consortium, is providing construction supervision in this regard.
• Progress continues to be made in respect of implementing building information modeling (BIM). At the end of 2024, extended BIM standards were introduced for all crafts in the environmental and geoservices production areas. Essential BIM application cases can be processed in construction supervision. The service catalogs of the design centers (DC) that are part of DB E&C in Romania and India were supplemented with BIM-specific services. HQ visualizations have been developed as a special service in DC India.
• DB Rail Academy, the international training provider of DB E&C, has been training among others multiple unit drivers in Egypt for DB Group in Germany since 2023. The pilot group arrived in Germany at the beginning of June 2024. In September 2024, further groups were launched in Cairo. A similar program was set up in India. DB Rail Academy also trains Saudi railways employees in Germany and conducts training programs in Indonesia, Latvia, Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan and China.
• The urban mobility competence hub (UMCH), a joint initiative of DB E&C and the European Investment Bank (EIB), brings technical expertise to implementing urban mobility solutions as part of the EIB’s € 3.2 billion funding portfolio for metro systems in major Indian cities.
• Integrating real-time data into “digital twins” is aimed at facilitating predictive maintenance and efficiency improvements in the operational business. DB E&C conducted a pilot project at Colombia’s first metro.

DB International Operations

• The remaining sections of the 82 km network of the RRTS (regional rapid transit system) are scheduled to go into operation in 2025, ensuring a connection between the Indian capital New Delhi and its environs. To date, more than half of the route has been operated.
• In September 2024, DBCC Transport commenced commercial operations of a freight line in Uruguay. In January 2025, the four-month operational test phase ended and marked the official start of the operations and maintenance contract until 2045. In 2025, up to four trains per day will run on the 273 km route.