 | |
| Company type | Joint-stock company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transport |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Defunct | 31 December 2023 |
| Fate | Merged withDB Station&Service intoDB InfraGO |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Area served | Germany |
Key people | Frank Sennhenn (actingCEO) |
| Services | Railway infrastructure manager |
| Owner | Deutsche Bahn |
Number of employees | 40,925 (2016) |
| Website | fahrweg.dbnetze.com |
DB Netz (German pronunciation:[deːbeːˈnɛts]) was a major subsidiary ofDeutsche Bahn that owned and operated a majority of the German railway system. It was one of the largestrailway infrastructure managers by length (33,291 km as of 2019) and transport volume of its network.
On 1 January 2024, it merged withDB Station&Service to formDB InfraGO.[1][2]
The company was established in the course of the second stage of the German rail reform as a subsidiary ofDeutsche Bahn. DB Netz was headquartered inFrankfurt and contained seven regional divisions ("Regionalbereiche", RB) and a central division. The locations of its regional headquarters wereBerlin (RB east), Frankfurt (RB central),Duisburg (RB west),Hanover (RB north),Karlsruhe (RB southwest),Leipzig (RB southeast) andMunich (RB south). DB Netz AG was profitable from route fees but received extensive public funding for maintaining, developing and extending the network of European and federal transportation routes.[citation needed]
Despite being an integral part ofDeutsche Bahn AG and one of its major subsidiaries, DB Netz AG had to grant non-discriminatory access to other rail service providers that are in competition toDeutsche Bahn's other major business units. Therefore DB Netz AG was overseen by theFederal Network Agency.[citation needed]
It was included in the divisionDB Netze whenDeutsche Bahn was reorganized into three major divisions covering passengers, logistics, and infrastructure. However its legal entity remained. On 1 January 2024, it then merged withDB Station&Service to formDB InfraGO.[3][4]
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This German rail transport related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
