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Also known as German national railway company

German logistics company

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Deutsche Bahn, often referred to by its acronym DB, is an active company and funder based in Berlin, Germany. The organization was established in 1994, with an inception date also recorded as April 30, 1988. It operates under the IATA airline designator 2A and maintains a presence in the encyclopedia through 3,882 other articles.

The company employs 336,990 people and reports a total revenue of 47,075,000,000. Its official digital presence includes websites at deutschebahn.com, bahn.de, and db.de, along with a career portal at karriere.deutschebahn.com and db.jobs. Deutsche Bahn has 129,000 social media followers and can be reached via the email [email protected] or the phone number +49302970.

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Research organization · ROR

Type
Company, Funder
Founded
1994
Location
Berlin, Germany
Also known as
DB
Status
Active

GRID grid.12337.34 · ISNI 0000 0001 2178 0841

Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
railway company
Official name
DEUTSCH BAHN AG
Country
Germany
Headquarters
Berlin
Owned by
Germany
Parent organization
Germany
Employees
336990
Revenue
47075000000
Official website
www.db.de
Image
BahnTower, Potsdamer Platz, Berin-1750.jpg
Motto
Für Menschen. Für Märkte. Für morgen.
Significant event
Eschede derailment
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inception
1988-04-30
Commons category
Deutsche Bahn
topic's main category
Category:Deutsche Bahn
Commons gallery
Deutsche Bahn
location of formation
Berlin
organizational division
DB Regio
short name
DBAG
uses
PayPal
IATA airline designator
2A
product or material produced
rail transport
social media followers
129000
official color
red
airline alliance
Star Alliance
official jobs URL
db.jobs
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+49302970
native label
Deutsche Bahn
press information URL
www.deutschebahn.com/presse
catalog code
DEBYLT0043
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Encyclopedic overview

Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government. With its head office in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company (Aktiengesellschaft, AG).

DB was founded after the merger between Deutsche Bundesbahn and the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1994 after the unification of Germany and has been operating ever since. Deutsche Bahn is the second-largest transport company in Germany, after the German postal and logistics company Deutsche Post / DHL. DB provides both long-distance and regional transport, serving around 132 million long distance passengers and 1.6 billion regional passengers in 2022. In 2022, DB transported 222 million tons of cargo.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deutsche Bahn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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