DB Station&Service

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DB Station&Service
Company typeState-owned
Industry Rail transport
Founded1 January 1999
Defunct31 December 2023
FateMerged with DB Netz into DB InfraGO
Headquarters,
Products
RevenueIncrease2.svg 1.339 billion (2020) [1]
Number of employees
c.6,000 (2020) [1]
Parent Deutsche Bahn
Subsidiaries
  • DB BahnPark
  • DB ServiceStore
Website bahnhof.de

DB Station&Service was a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, responsible for managing over 5,400 train stations on the German railway network. [2]

On 1 January 2024, it merged with DB Netz to form DB InfraGO. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "DB Station&Service AG". Deutsche Bahn. 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. "Competency Profile" (PDF). Deutsche Bahn (in German and English). 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. DB Netz and DB Station&Service become InfraGO Railway Gazette International 29 November 2022
  4. DB Supervisory Board launches public welfare-oriented infrastructure company DB InfraGO AG Deutsche Bahn 27 September 2023