The DB AutoZug GmbH company  

DB AutoZug GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DB Fernverkehr AG that has controlled the DB Autozug business since the start of 1997 and City Night Line business since the end of 1998. DB AutoZug GmbH has been a train operating company in its own right since 2002.

Commercial responsibility for EuroNight and D-Nacht services likewise passed to DB AutoZug GmbH on 1 January 2003. DB AutoZug GmbH is additionally in charge of the DB AutoZug SyltShuttle business area as well as of ferry services to, and the railway on, the North Sea island of Wangerooge.

DB European Railservice is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DB AutoZug GmbH. The various business areas employ 1,030 staff (as at July 2007).

DB European Railservice (DB ERS) encompasses the core competencies of passenger care, hospitality and on-board operational services for overnight travel and DB’s motorail services as well as being responsible for the initial and advanced training of service staff and for drafting and putting to effect a concept for service and catering on board trains.