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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. 
ioki brings on-demand mobility and autonomous driving to public transport

Open up an app and call an autonomous electric bus to take you to the nearest train station. On the way, the automated shuttle picks up additional passengers with similar routes. We're not there yet, but DB is working on bringing this future closer and has already launched the first services. The first autonomous public service vehicle on public roads is in operation in Bad Birnbach, Bavaria, and an individual shuttle service in Hamburg, which can be called using an app, offers flexible routes to get passengers to their destination at public transportation fares. These new services were the brainchild of employees at ioki, DB's new business segment for smart on-demand mobility.

ioki develops specific solutions
ioki develops specific solutions for cities, municipalities, transport companies and anyone who wants to shape the mobility market of the future today

Any time, any place

The solution to this problem is on-demand individual and sustainable mobility, which will be offered in combination with electric autonomous vehicles in the future. Deutsche Bahn wants to be a pioneer in this digital field of the future. As Germany's largest bus operator and a carsharing operator, Deutsche Bahn already has extensive expertise and millions of customers who access public road transport. Digitalization is now making new forms of mobility possible. On the one hand, we want to network road transport with rail to a greater extent, which will benefit rail customers. On the other hand, we want to improve the market for individual public mobility and enable on-demand mobility for customers who do not have their own car.

ioki develops specific solutions for cities, municipalities, transport companies and anyone who wants to shape the mobility market of the future today. DB's new business unit is supported by an interdisciplinary team of IT and transport experts, developers and designers who are piloting on-demand mobility, autonomous driving and mobility analytics and are making them marketable for customers and partners. Their work also includes developing mobility platforms.