DB AutoZug

DB AutoZug
IndustryRail
Defunct30 September 2013
Headquarters,
Germany
Revenue202 Million Euro
Number of employees
~354 (2007)
ParentDeutsche Bahn AG
Websitedbautozug.de

DB AutoZug GmbH was a German rail transport company that provided automobile (Motorail) and night passenger train services for Deutsche Bahn AG. It was based in Dortmund and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG. On 30 September 2013 the company was merged into DB AG's long-distance division DB Fernverkehr.[1]

Night trains were operated with the sister company CityNightLine AG headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland;[2] until CityNightLine AG merged with DB NachtZug. DB AutoZug GmbH and CityNightLine were subsidiaries of DB Fernverkehr AG[2] which in turn was a wholly owned subsidiary of DB Mobility Logistics AG.[2] DB AutoZug GmbH was also responsible for the car transporter trains from Niebüll - Westerland, known as the SyltShuttle, as well as the Schifffahrt und Inselbahn Wangeroogeshipping (Island railway of Wangerooge).[2]

  1. ^ Pieren, Matthias. "Weichenstellung beim Autozug". Stuttgarter Zeitung. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "DB Autozug - Firmenprofil", www.db-autozug.de, archived from the original on 9 December 2008