2018 Integrated Report – On track towards a better Railway

Fundamentals

Operational business relationships

The most extensive operational business relationships result from the use of the track infrastructure and the procurement of energy. As for non-Group customers, fees for the use of infrastructure are based on the published pricing systems (train-path pricing system, facility pricing system and station pricing system). The procurement of energy includes the purchase of traction energy (diesel fuel and traction current) as well as electricity for stationary facilities (such as switch heaters and train preheating systems).

The main effects of the intra-Group settlement of business relationships between the various DB Group business units for services rendered in infrastructure utilization are illustrated in the table below:

Intra-Group business relationships from
infrastructure utilization in 2018
(€ million)

DB Long-
Distance

DB
Regional

DB
Arriva

DB
Cargo

DB
Schenker

DB Netze

Track

DB Netze
Stations

DB Netze
Energy

Susidiaries/
Others

Train-path utilization

–984

–2,312

–1

–382

+3,675

+4

Use of local infrastructure

–31

–53

–138

+225

–0

–2

–1

Station use

–101

–592

–0

+6

+686

+1

Energy charges

–344

–631

+2

–271

–0

–135

–73

+1,493

–41