DB Schenker

DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd is a U.K.-based rail freight operator that combines all transport and logistic activities of Deutsche Bahn employing over 95,000 staff spread across about 2,000 locations in about 130 countries. With turnover of some 19.7 billion Euros, it is a company both in Europe and worldwide. It provides efficient solutions for the varying of client requirements both with regard to trade and industry. DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd has its own companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, and joint ventures operating in 15 countries in Europe. DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd operates some 4,800 freight trains a day. Transport performance totaled 102 billion metric ton-kilometers and DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd shipped 329.1 million metric tons of freight in 2014. DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd has the largest fleet in Europe, which comprises around 89,000 freight cars and 2,878 locomotives, a high percentage of which are multi-system locomotives used internationally. Almost 60 percent of freight trains already cross at least one border. DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd is headquartered in Essen.