Deutsche Bahn is streamlining its corporate structure. At the turn of the year, DB Kommunikationstechnik GmbH will be transferred to the subsidiary responsible for infrastructure DB InfraGO AG integrated. The supervisory board of InfraGO decided this on Thursday, as the Tagesspiegel learned from company circles. The controllers also extended the contract of InfraGO boss Philipp Nagl for another five years.
DB Kommunikationstechnik, based in Frankfurt am Main, is responsible for ticket machines, displays in train stations, loudspeakers, train radio and fiber optic networks, among other things. The company, which has 3,200 employees, generated sales of around 425 million euros in 2023.
At DB InfraGO, an eighth board position is to be created for the communications technology division. Overall, however, the number of positions in top management will be reduced, according to railway circles. At DB Kommunikationstechnik, in addition to the CEO, Klaus Müller, there is currently a managing director each for the finance and human resources divisions, although these jobs are currently being filled jointly by Alexander Mundorf.
DB InfraGO was created at the beginning of 2024 through the merger of DB Netz, which is responsible for the rail network, and the station subsidiary DB Station & Service developedThe merger of three infrastructure companies in InfraGO has resulted in 40 percent of top management positions being eliminated, according to a document submitted to the supervisory board of DB InfraGO, which was made available to the Tagesspiegel.
Deutsche Bahn has been under criticism for years because of its complicated corporate network with hundreds of subsidiaries worldwide. Under pressure from the federal government, Deutsche Bahn’s board is currently pursuing a Consolidation course.
Following the sale of the international local transport subsidiary Arriva, the logistics subsidiary Schenker is now also to be sold to the competitor DSV will be soldIn addition, Deutsche Bahn CEO Richard Lutz wants to cut around 30,000 jobs across the company. Jobs are to be cut primarily in the company’s administration. The Deutsche Bahn unions EVG and GDL are demanding that Deutsche Bahn make savings primarily in top management. In Deutsche Bahn circles, the integration of DB Communications Technology into InfraGO is now seen as a positive signal to the owner and to the employee representatives.
