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    Deutsche Bahn moves Germany. Every day.

    One railway. Reliable. For everyone.

    Infrastructure

    We operate a 33,400 kilometre-long network with 5,400 stations, which are used by 450 railway companies and 50,000 trains every day.

    Passenger transport

    Every day, more than five million people travel with Deutsche Bahn - in ICE and Intercity trains, in regional express trains or in regional and suburban trains.

    Logistics

    DB Cargo replaces around 80,000 lorry journeys across Europe each day, offering a climate-friendly alternative.

    The immediate action programmes for a better railway.

    More efficient, more reliable and determined to permanently and noticeably improve quality for passengers.

    The modernisation of the infrastructure takes time. We are implementing three immediate action programmes so that customers can see that things are improving at DB: for improved cleanliness and security at our stations. For greater comfort on long-distance services. For a better customer information. For these three programmes, we are investing a total of more than 140 million euros in DB in 2026 alone.  

    Even cleaner trains and ever more reliable service in our dining cars make train journeys even more comfortable and attractive. 

    Increased presence of security staff, additional cleaning and quick repairs at railway stations ensure that people enjoy their stay and get to their trains in comfort.  

    In future, DB will provide customers with even better information before and during their journey - both on the train, at the station and in digital information channels. 
    We optimise our supplier pool in terms of quality and quantity.

    This entails reaching individual development agreements within the Supplier Development or Adjustment. After all, we all want to further our on-going development.

    We accompany your development as supplier

    We advocate continuous development of business relations with both existing and new suppliers. Here we concentrate on all purchasing activities that help to tap into new or further performance optimisation of existing suppliers. Our development measures can therefore take place before or during qualification, after orders have been placed or after the supplier appraisal process.

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    Development strategies

    Once we have obtained the appraisal result and the classification in the respective supplier class, there are four basic possible development strategies.

    Development strategies
    Development strategies

    The complete development process takes place along the lines of fair partnership and on a voluntary basis according to the principles of the award procedures. Agreements reached with the supplier are implemented and rounded off by providing the supplier with information about the development results.

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