Deutsche Bundesbahn

Deutsche Bundesbahn
Company typeState Owned Enterprise
IndustryRail transport
PredecessorDeutsche Reichsbahn
Founded7 September 1949; 75 years ago (1949-09-07)
Defunct1 January 1994; 31 years ago (1994-01-01)
FateMerged with Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany)
SuccessorDeutsche Bahn
Headquarters,
Area served


Deutsche Bundesbahn (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈbʊndəsˌbaːn], lit.'German Federal Railway') or DB ([deːˈbeː]) was formed as the state railway of the newly established West Germany (FRG) on 7 September 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). The DB remained the state railway of West Germany until after German reunification, when it was merged with the former East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) to form Deutsche Bahn, which came into existence on 1 January 1994.


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