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Deutsche Bahn International Operations (also: DB IO) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn that operates and maintains railway systems outside of Europe. The company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and has a regional office in Toronto, Canada.

DB IO is currently active in the Middle East, North America and Latin America.

History
DB IO was founded in October 2017 with the goal of acquiring, initiating and overseeing the operation and maintenance of railway projects outside of Europe. The company offers both passenger rail transport (Metro, Tram, Commuter, Intercity and High-Speed) and freight rail transport.

Etihad Rail DB in UAE
Etihad Rail DB (ERDB) is an integrated heavy-rail operations and maintenance service provider in the UAE. The company is a joint venture of Etihad Rail and DB IO, of which DB IO holds 49%. It operates and maintains the rolling stock and rail infrastructure of Stage 1 of the UAE’s national railway network, which consists of 264 km of railway on which 240 vehicles transport 22,000 tons of freight per day. Moreover, ERDB will also serve as the shadow operator for stage 2 of the Etihad Rail project.

Ferrocarril Central in Uruguay
In October 2020, a consortium of DB IO, Christophersen and Cointer was awarded a contract comprising three years of mobilization and 22 years of operations and maintenance of a freight rail line that will connect a paper mill of Finnish forest industry company UPM-Kymmene in Uruguay’s hinterland with the port of Montevideo. The 273 km-long freight rail line is currently being rehabilitated and will transport more than two million tons of freight per year following its completion.

California High Speed Rail
In 2017, together with DB Engineering & Consulting, DB IO was awarded a contract for early train operator services for the California High-Speed Rail. Once the project is completed, it will connect San Francisco and Los Angeles with high speed trains travelling at a speed of up to 350 km/h. The first phase of the project, connecting Bakersfield and Merced, is currently under construction.