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Engineering services

DB’s technical know-how is pooled at its engineering centre. DB Systemtechnik is, as well as providing specialist support for the DB Group, also increasingly active on the global railway market.

Track engineering

Technology regulates interaction between vehicle, track and overhead line

The area of contact between wheel and rail is the size of a two pound coin. Track engineering is just as much about ensuring there is contact between vehicle and catenary at 15,000 volts as about making wheel-on-rail contact work even at 300 km/h.

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Vehicle technology

Consultancy and testing for rolling stock technology

The functioning of any railway vehicle and its component parts is ensured by a plethora of applications: running gear, couplers and brakes as well as doors, air conditioning and light are all controlled with the aid of software.

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CCS and telecommunication

Command-control systems, telecommunications

A command is required both of advanced systems such as electronic signalling installations or GSM-R and of heritage signalboxes that have been in service for 60 years or more. The interfaces between old and new are particularly demanding.

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