Deutsche Bahn AG

With some 220,000 employees, Deutsche Bahn is one of Germany's largest employers. Privatised in 1994, it has meanwhile become a leading international transport and logistics services provider.

The guiding principles describe the core of our corporate strategy and are the essence of what the DB group stands for. They describe the company as it is today - a leading passenger and logistics group - operating the transport networks of the future and ideally positioned to drive developments in passenger transport and logistics.

What is our goal?

The DB Group's common vision that "we will be the world's leading mobility and logistics company" creates clarity for employees, customers and owners in terms of where our journey is leading us and allows us to utilise our strategic resources in a targeted fashion. This means all member of management and the work force at DB are all pulling together in the same direction.

How can we achieve that?

The guidling principles also describe the values the DB Group has committed to along its path towards this goal. With these five values, customer orientated, economically successful, progressive, collaborative and responsible, the company offers the promise of how it, and thus each individual, is to behave and act.