Deutsche Bahn devised the DB2020 Group Strategy to achieve sustainable strategic development that resolves potential conflicts among economic, environmental and social priorities.

DB made a systematic inventory of the relevant trends and used them as a basis for developing the DB2020 Strategy. As far as the technical system is concerned, it is facing substantial challenges as a result of:

• Increasing customer requirements for simplification, individuality, comfort and convenience and timeliness
• Integrating rail systems in Europe and neighbouring regions
• Including different modes in mobility and logistics chains
• Increasing digitalisation, which presents a new dimension of challenges for the transport sector in particular

The DB2020 Group Strategy serves as the framework for the Technology Strategy.
The following trends have a major impact on rail technology: Digitalisation, Globalisation, Networked transport services, Smart simplicity, Transport innovation.

The newly published brochure “DB Technology Strategy” can be downloaded at www.deutschebahn.com/de/geschaefte/technik/technikcto.html