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Abbreviation | EBA |
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Formation | 1994-01-01 |
Type | Government agency |
Legal status | Established by Act on the Federal Administration of Railway Traffic[1] |
Purpose | licensing and supervision authority for federal railways. |
Headquarters | Bonn |
Region served | Germany |
Official language | German |
President | Gerald Hörster |
Website | http://www.eba.bund.de/ |
The German Federal Railway Authority (German: Eisenbahn-Bundesamt, EBA) has been the independent federal authority for the regulation of the railways in Germany since 1 January 1994. It is under the supervision and direction of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and is headed by a president.