Private company
DB Netz
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Major subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn
DB Netz (German pronunciation: ) was a major subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn that owned and operated a majority of the German railway system. It was one of the largest railway infrastructure managers by length (33,291 km as of 2019) and transport volume of its network. On 1 January 2024, it merged with DB Station&Service to form DB InfraGO.2 It is headquartered in Frankfurt.1 It employed about 35,200 people in 2012.1 It ceased to exist in 2023.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
- Industryrail infrastructure1
- HeadquartersFrankfurt am Main1
- Founded inFrankfurt1
- Legal formAktiengesellschaft1
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DB Netz (German pronunciation: [deːbeː ˈnɛts]) was a major subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn that owned and operated a majority of the German railway system. It was one of the largest railway infrastructure managers by length (33,291 km as of 2019) and transport volume of its network.2
Corporate structure
DB Netz is part of a group headed by Deutsche Bahn. 375 entities, 48 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Deutsche Bahn Berlin, Germany
- DB Cargo 100% · Mainz, Germany
- BLS Cargo Subsidiary · Bern
- BLS Cargo Nord Subsidiary · Deurne
- DB Cargo Deutschland Subsidiary · Mainz, Germany
- DB Cargo Italia Subsidiary · Milan, Italy
- DB Cargo Polska Subsidiary · Zabrze
- DB Schenker Rail Schweiz Subsidiary · Opfikon, Switzerland
- DB Cargo Belgium Branch · Mainz, Germany
- BLS Cargo Subsidiary · Bern
- DB Engineering & Consulting 100% · Berlin, Germany
- Canberra Metro Operations Subsidiary
- DB Fernverkehr 100% · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- DB AutoZug Subsidiary · Dortmund
- DB European Railservice Subsidiary · Dortmund, Germany
- IC Bus Subsidiary
- Metropolitan Subsidiary · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
- Schifffahrt und Inselbahn Wangerooge Subsidiary · Friesland, Germany
- DB Netz 100% · Frankfurt am Main
- DB Fahrwegdienste Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
- DB Regio 100% · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Autokraft Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
- BahnBus Hochstift Subsidiary · Paderborn, Germany
- Bayern Express & P. Kühn Berlin Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
- Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund Subsidiary · Ravensburg, Germany
- Busverkehr Märkisch-Oderland Subsidiary
- Busverkehr Oder-Spree Subsidiary · Fürstenwalde, Germany
- Busverkehr Ostwestfalen Subsidiary · Bielefeld, Germany
- Busverkehr Rhein-Neckar Subsidiary · Ludwigshafen, Germany
- DB Busverkehr Hessen Subsidiary · Giessen, Germany
- DB Regio AG, Regio Südwest Subsidiary · Mannheim, Germany
- DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Subsidiary · Stuttgart, Germany
- DB Regio Bayern Subsidiary · Munich, Germany
- DB Regio Bus Ost Subsidiary · Forst (Lausitz), Germany
- DB Regio Marschbahn Subsidiary · Kiel, Germany
- DB Regio Mitte Subsidiary · Mannheim, Germany
- Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn Subsidiary · Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, Germany
- DB Regio Nordost Subsidiary
- DB Regio NRW Subsidiary · Düsseldorf, Germany
- DB Regio Südost Subsidiary · Leipzig, Germany
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee Subsidiary · Ulm
- Kahlgrund Verkehrs-GmbH Subsidiary · Schöllkrippen, Germany
- Omnibusverkehr Franken Subsidiary · Nuremberg, Germany
- KOB GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
- Omnibusverkehr Rhein-Nahe Subsidiary · Mainz, Germany
- OstalbMobil Subsidiary · Aalen, Germany
- Regional Bus Stuttgart Subsidiary · Stuttgart, Germany
- Omnibus Müller Subsidiary · Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
- Regionalbus Braunschweig Subsidiary · Brunswick, Germany
- Haller Busbetrieb Subsidiary · Walsrode, Germany
- and 54 more
- DB Systel 100% · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- DB Vertrieb 100% · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- DB Dialog Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
- Arriva Kent Thameside Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Arriva Midlands Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Arriva Midlands East Subsidiary
- Arriva North West Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Arriva Rail London Park Sunderland, United Kingdom
- London Overground Rail Operations Limited Subsidiary · Swiss Cottage
- Arriva Rail North Park, Sunderland, United Kingdom
- ARRIVA STŘEDNÍ ČECHY Králův Dvůr, Czechia
- Arriva UK Bus Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Arriva Buses Wales Subsidiary
- Arriva Herts & Essex Subsidiary
- Green Line Coaches Subsidiary
- Arriva Max Subsidiary
- Arriva Sapphire Subsidiary
- Arriva Southern Counties Subsidiary
- ArrivaClick Subsidiary
- Arriva UK Trains Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Arriva TrainCare Subsidiary · Crewe
- Arriva Trains Wales Subsidiary · Cardiff
- Chiltern Railways Subsidiary · Banbury
- CrossCountry Subsidiary · Birmingham
- Arriva Yorkshire Park, Sunderland, United Kingdom
- DB Bahnbau Gruppe Berlin, Germany
- DB Cargo Scandinavia Høje Taastrup, Denmark
- DB Cargo Spedkol Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland
- DB Cargo UK Doncaster, United Kingdom
- Euro Cargo Rail Subsidiary · France
- DB Energie Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- DB InfraGO Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- DB Services Berlin, Germany
- DB Systemtechnik Minden, Germany
- and 157 more
- DB Cargo 100% · Mainz, Germany
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Leadership
Who has led DB Netz, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- ChairPhilipp Nagl Aug 15, 2022 to now1
- ChairFrank Sennhenn May 1, 2013 to Aug 14, 20221
- ChairOliver Kraft Feb 2010 to Apr 20131
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
Owners
- Deutsche Bahn 100%
Subsidiaries
From Wikidata.1
Acquisitions
- Succeeded by DB InfraGO1
Employees over time
- 201235,2491
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaDB Netz
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ896765
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataDB Netz on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaDB Netz on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsDB Netz logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain