DB International - Rail Infrastructure Design, Construction and Operation

Intelligent transport solutions are vital to cope with the sharp increase in mobility demand worldwide with an acceptable environmental impact and resource consumption. Deutsche Bahn (DB) has therefore focused its international rail transport activities through DB International, which offers the worldwide-acknowledged railway expertise of DB for transport projects from conception through to implementation.

Track installations, stations, transhipment installations and rolling stock workshops

The experts of DB International develop, design, build and operate infrastructure for rail transport in the fields of local transport, track installations for long-distance and high-speed traffic, railway stations, transhipment installations for combined freight traffic and operations facilities and workshops for locomotives and rolling stock.

DB International's activities cover three areas: project development, consulting and systems integration. The services required to successfully accomplish these activities are available as separate or combined activities, depending upon the individual requirements of the projects concerned. In this respect, our clients are offered complete flexibility.

Rail infrastructure experts

At DB International, experts from all disciplines complement each other. Together, they develop complex transport systems, ensuring that the details and the complete system are intelligently thought out.

This is ensured by the professional skills of the specialists combined with the broad perspective of the generalists. They develop the processes of design, planning, implementation, operation and maintenance as a whole, thus creating efficient solutions for the client.

Our experts' specialities include:

• Transport infrastructure
• Stations and passenger facilities
• Depots and workshops
• Freight transport facilities and logistics
• Rolling stock technology
• Signalling and communications systems
• Systems engineering
• IT / communications solutions
• Transport consulting
• Operations management
• Vocational education and training
• Quality management systems
• Research and development

Transportation planning, engineering, operation, maintenance and training

DB International services in the consultancy and planning sector cover all facets of transportation planning, economics, engineering, operation, maintenance, administration, management, training and financing.

DB International can draw on the comprehensive experience of DE-Consult, which has worked on international projects for more than 40 years. During this time, DE-Consult has handled planning tasks, project management services and construction supervision right through to handover to the customer in diverse transportation sectors. These include local transport, track infrastructure for long-distance and high-speed traffic, railway stations, combined transhipment terminals, and maintenance, storage and repair depots for locomotives and rolling stock.

Worldwide experience and facilities

DB International can build on 170 years of rail transport experience gained on all continents by the DB Group and has also achieved worldwide recognition with more than 2,000 projects in over 100 countries.

We have carried out a varied range of projects for more than 1,000 clients. Customers include official legal entities, state-owned and private railway companies, regional and municipal transport operators, industrial corporations, private investors, international and national financing institutions.

We have regional offices in Abu Dhabi, Algiers, Athens, Bangkok, Beijing, Bucharest, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Vilnius, Moscow and also Frankfurt/Main, Karlsruhe, Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Cologne, Erfurt, Munich and Berlin (headquarters).