Back Deutsche Bundesbahn ALS دويتشه بوندسبان Arabic Deutsche Bundesbahn Czech Deutsche Bundesbahn German Γερμανικοί Ομοσπονδιακοί Σιδηρόδρομοι Greek Deutsche Bundesbahn Esperanto Deutsche Bundesbahn Spanish Deutsche Bundesbahn French דויטשה בונדסבאן HE Deutsche Bundesbahn Hungarian
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| Company type | State Owned Enterprise |
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| Industry | Rail transport |
| Predecessor | Deutsche Reichsbahn |
| Founded | 7 September 1949 |
| Defunct | 1 January 1994 |
| Fate | Merged with Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany) |
| Successor | Deutsche Bahn |
| Headquarters | , |
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The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB (German Federal Railway) was formed as the state railway of the newly established West Germany (FRG) on 7 September 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). The DB remained the state railway of West Germany until after German reunification, when it was merged with the former East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) to form Deutsche Bahn, which came into existence on 1 January 1994.