Deutsche Bahn AG (abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is a German railway company. Headquartered in Berlin, it is a private joint-stock company (AG), with the Federal Republic of Germany being its single shareholder.
Deutsche Reichsbahn
1920-1949
Deutsche Reichsbahn (DDR)
1949-1994
Deutsche Bundesbahn (BRD)
1949-1994
Deutsche Bahn AG
1994-present
In June 2022, Star Alliance, the world’s largest airline alliance (which is headquartered in Germany), added Deutsche Bahn as its first intermodal (non-airline) partner.