DB European Railservice

DB European Railservice GmbH (DB ERS) was a wholly owned subsidiary of DB Fernverkehr AG, the long-distance passenger division of Deutsche Bahn. Its registered head office was in Dortmund, with branch offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich; the Dresden branch was closed in 2009 and the Dortmund branch in 2015, although the head office formally remained in Dortmund. The company employed an annual average of 514 people in 2010 and 490 in 2011. Until the timetable change on 11 December 2016, DB ERS was responsible for the operation, sales and service of Deutsche Bahn's City Night Line and AutoZug services. This covered the safety and technical operation of train journeys, ticket inspection and sales, and on-board hotel services. On 1 December 2015 the management announced that the company's main field of business would disappear from December 2016 as Deutsche Bahn wound down its car-carrying and overnight train services. The roughly 280 employees at the time were to be transferred to the DB Jobservice after DB ERS ceased operations. The brand therefore represents a specialised internal service unit of Deutsche Bahn rather than a consumer-facing product line, and it is now defunct.

DB European Railservice GmbH (DB ERS) was a wholly owned subsidiary of DB Fernverkehr AG, the long-distance passenger transport division of Deutsche Bahn. Its head office was in Dortmund, with additional branches in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. The Dresden branch was dissolved in 2009 and the Dortmund branch in 2015, although the head office formally remained in Dortmund. The company employed an annual average of 514 people in 2010 and 490 in 2011. Until the timetable change on 11 December 2016, DB ERS was responsible for the operation, sales and service of Deutsche Bahn's City Night Line and AutoZug services. This included the safety and technical aspects of train operations, ticket inspection and sales, and hotel services on board the trains. On 1 December 2015, the management of DB ERS announced that the company's main business field would disappear from December 2016 as Deutsche Bahn discontinued its car-carrying and overnight train services. The approximately 280 employees at that time were to be transferred to the DB Jobservice after DB ERS ceased operations. The company is therefore now defunct.

• 2016

  Until the timetable change on 11 December, DB ERS was responsible for City Night Line and AutoZug operations, sales and service.

• 2015

  Dortmund branch dissolved; head office formally remains in Dortmund.

• 2015

  On 1 December, management announced the main business field would disappear from December 2016.

• 2011

  Annual average of 490 employees.

• 2010

  Annual average of 514 employees.

• 2009

  Dresden branch dissolved.

Internal Deutsche Bahn service subsidiary for overnight and car-carrying train operations, sales and on-board service.

• City Night Line

  Overnight train service operated, sold and serviced by DB ERS until December 2016.

• AutoZug

  Car-carrying train service operated, sold and serviced by DB ERS until December 2016.

1. 1DB European Railservicede.wikipedia.org
2. 2DB European Railservicewikidata.org