DB Schenker Rail

• Alain Thauvette ( western region)

• Dr. Markus Hunkel ( Production)

• Dr. Rudolf Müller (Human Resources)

• Matthias Reichel (Finance / Controlling)

• Axel Marschall (Sales )

• Hans -Georg Werner (Region East)

DB Schenker Rail AG is the holding company for the Rail Freight business unit of Deutsche Bahn AG ( DB), in which DB has bundled all national and European logistics activities on the rail. The company's headquarters is Mainz. With 3,587 locomotives and 97,000 freight cars, the company has its own claims to have the largest fleet on the European continent. Every day of DB Schenker Rail 5,034 freight trains driven in nearly 400 million tons of goods are transported.

Organization

In the beginning of 2009, the newly formed business unit DB Schenker Rail walk beside the companies of the former Railion network ( companies from Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland and Italy) and the British rail freight operator DB Schenker Rail UK (formerly English Welsh & Scottish Railway Holdings Ltd.. , short EWS ), the majority share in the Spanish Transfesa, participation in the Italian NordCargo and the end of January 2009 Polish PCC Logistics acquired on. Business is conducted field from the DB Schenker Rail AG, which in the regionally structured business units West ( Britain, France, Spain and Portugal), Central ( Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy) and East (Finland, Russia, Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria ) and the cross-regional Automotive and Intermodal ( for combined transport ) is divided. Responsible for the business units sales and production for cross-regional transport and major customers there is a central European distribution.

History

On 1 January 2000, the Railion GmbH was established with its headquarters in Mainz in life, in which won the German Bahn AG and the Dutch Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) their rail freight activities as a 100 percent subsidiary of Railion GmbH. From DB Cargo AG was Railion Germany and from NS Cargo was Railion Benelux NV. Later this company was renamed Railion Nederland NV. The merger was officially announced on 16 September 1999. The German railway held 94 % of the capital of Railion GmbH, NS 6%.

The first was founded on 1 January 2000 as a pure financial holding company Railion GmbH stood after its foundation in the balance after the new DB Chairman & CEO Hartmut Mehdorn cooperation with a large logistics group sought to replace the joint rail freight. According to the plans of late summer 2000, the company should focus on the development of freight transport between Germany and the Benelux countries.

In mid-2001 brought the Danish Danske Statsbaner ( Danish State Railways - DSB) its freight division DSB Gods also as a 100 percent subsidiary called Railion Danmark A / S in the Holding a and received 2% of the capital of Railion GmbH, the proportion of DB was on 92 % reduced.

On 1 September 2003, the DB AG transferred its stake in Railion GmbH to Stinnes AG (now DB Mobility Logistics ). At the end of the Nazi exercised the option to submit their capital share in Railion GmbH to Stinnes AG.

With effect from January 19, 2004 Railion Germany acquired a 30,07 - % stake in the Italian Rail Traction Company. In June 2004 Railion took over 95% of the shares in the Italian Strade Ferrate del Mediterraneo (SFM ). As of April 2005, the subsidiary was renamed as Railion Italia srl In early January 2010, the now renamed DB Schenker Rail Italia company with NordCargo srl combined, at the same time took over the majority of the shares of DB Schenker Rail. This NordCargo is measured by the traffic and sales, the second largest Italian rail freight operator.

2003 and 2005, the company introduced a new logo.

With the acquisition of the Swiss Brunner Railway Services ( BRS) in January 2007, the company expanded into Switzerland. Since May 2007, this subsidiary will operate as DB Schenker Rail GmbH Switzerland.

In December 2007, Green Cargo, acquired a 49% stake Railion Danmark. The joint venture is called Railion Scandinavia A / S.

In early 2009, the company of " Railion " was in "DB Schenker Rail" renamed and restructured into five business units. These are divided into three regional units (West, Central and East ) and the departments of Automotive ( transports for the automotive industry) and Intermodal. In the automotive special service provider for the automotive industry are summarized (DB Schenker Rail Automotive GmbH ( DBSRA ) and Transfesa ).

End of January 2009 bought DB Schenker Rail is the largest private railway Polish PCC Rail ( 350 million euros turnover in 2008 ), which belonged to the logistics division of PCC SE by then. After approval by the EU Commission, the acquisition became effective in late July. The company was now in DB Schenker Rail Polska SA renamed.

Investments

The following subsidiaries are part of DB Schenker Rail, broken down by business units:

• Central region BLS Cargo AG (45%)
• DB Schenker BTT GmbH, formerly BTT BahnTank Transport GmbH
• DB Schenker GmbH rivets, rivets former freight logistics GmbH
• DB Schenker Rail Danmark Services A / S, former Railion Danmark Services A / S
• DB Schenker Rail Germany AG, formerly Railion Germany AG (100 %)
• DB Schenker Rail Italia Srl., Former Railion Italia Srl. ( via DB Schenker Rail AG Germany 100%)
• DB Schenker Rail Italia Services Srl. , Former Railion Italia Services Srl.
• DB Schenker Rail Nederland NV, former Railion Nederland NV (100%)
• DB Schenker Rail GmbH Switzerland, former Railion Switzerland GmbH (100 %)
• Locomotion Society for rail traction mbH (30%, 30 % RTC )
• NordCargo 60 %, 40 % for the Ferrovie Nord Milano SpA ( FNM)
• Euro Rail Concept (50%)

• DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd., formerly English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd. (EWS )
• Euro Cargo Rail

• DB Schenker Rail Bulgaria EOOD
• DB Schenker Rail Polska S. A., former PCC Rail S. A.
• Eurasia Rail Logistics AG
• DB Schenker Rail Romania SRL
• Railion Russija Services

• DB Schenker Rail Automotive GmbH
• Transfesa majority stake

• DB Intermodal
• DB SCHENKERhangartner