Deutsche Bundesbahn

Deutsche Bundesbahn
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	Frankfurt, West Germany
Area served	West Germany (1949–1990); Germany (1990–1994);

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.