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Deutsche Bahn AG (abbr. ''DB AG'', ''DBAG'' or simply ''DB'') is the successor of the former state of West Germany , the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the German Democratic Republic and the West Berlin VdeR . HISTORY The Deutsche Bahn AG was founded on January 1 , 1994 and, contrary to its predecessors, is a Public Limited Company . The founding of DB AG was seen as the first step of the so called ''Bahnreform'' (administrative railway reform) and should not be confused with the planned privatisation. As of 2007 , all of its shares are still held by the Federal Republic Of Germany , though privatisation is planned. The second step of the ''Bahnreform'' was carried out in 1999, with DB AG forming the holding. All rolling track, personnel and real assets were divided among the holding and the five prinicipal subsidiaries: ''DB Reise & Touristik AG'' (long distance passenger service, later renamed to ''DB Fernverkehr AG''), ''DB Regio AG'' (regional passenger services, in the course of the reform under charge of the federal states), ''DB Cargo AG'' (freight services, later changed to '' Railion AG''), ''DB Netz AG'' (operating the railway system), and ''DB Station & Service AG'' (operating the stations). This new organisational scheme was not least introduced to implement the European Community directive 91/440/EWG that demands access to railway system free of discrimination. Important parts of the legacy of the former state railways (like Civil Servants formerly working for one of the state railways) are formally held by the Bundeseisenbahnvermögen . The group is the largest German railway enterprise and one of the largest transport corporations in the world. About two billion passengers are served each year. DB AG has taken over the abbreviation and logo ''DB'' from the West German state railway Deutsche Bundesbahn , although it has modernised the logo, which is occasionally called "Dürrkeks" (after Heinz Dürr , the first chairman of the DB AG), a play on words meaning "meagre biscuit", referring to its shape and the Sans-serif font, especially when compared to the older, more rounded Bundesbahn logo. Originally, the DB Holding was headquartered in Frankfurt Am Main but moved to Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin in 1996 , where it currently is located in a 26-storey office tower designed by Helmut Jahn , which is located at the eastern end of the Sony Center and appropriately named BahnTower . As the rental agreement is to expire in 2010 , however, the DB has announced plans to relocate its head offices to Berlin Hauptbahnhof . A move to Hamburg was briefly considered in 2005 , but these plans were abandoned after political pressure.4 CORPORATE SUBDIVISIONS The DB group today is divided into three main operations groups which consist of a number of subsidiaries. All these subsidiaries are companies in their own right, although most of them are 100% owned by the Holding.
Further, less notable subsidiaries exist, sometimes jointly owned by DB and local government. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ]]
Dr. Werner Müller is the current director of the supervisory board (also at Degussa and Ruhrkohle AG ). Historic chairmen of the board are
CODESHARE WITH AIRLINES In conjunction with American Airlines , Emirates , and Lufthansa , ''Deutsche Bahn'' operates rail services ( AiRail Service ) between Frankfurt International Airport and Bonn , Cologne , Düsseldorf , Freiburg , Hamburg , Hanover , Mannheim , Munich , Nuremberg , and Stuttgart . Deutsche Bahn has the IATA designator 2A. PRIVATIZATION PROJECT The planned privatization is subject of a highly controversial political discussion in Germany. Whereas the government claims the need for fresh capital and efficiency improvements in favor of the privatization, the opponents fear a deteriation of service in many less economic sectors. Major issue is the question whether privatization should be carried out with the railway system (integrated model) or without (split model). Currently a political trade-off is likely, with the split model as basis, but DB AG having the right to operate the railway system for 15 years. An open issue is the question of compenastion for investments into the system during this time. The '', 24 July 2007 . The ''Deutsche Bahn'' employs 230,000 persons . As of September 2007, the impending engineer's strike is another problem for the privatization plans. The engineer's union GDL has refused to accept the labor contracts between DB AG and other unions, claiming a 31% pay rise for its members. A strike would be the first nationwide railway strike since 1992 German court blocks train strike , '' BBC '', 8 August 2007 `. ROLLING STOCK SEE ALSO
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