Deutsche Bundesbahn, abbreviated DB, was the state railway of West Germany, established on September 7, 1949, as the successor to the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft of the earlier German state. It served as the country's primary rail operator throughout the Cold War division of Germany, and following German reunification it merged with the former East German Deutsche Reichsbahn to form Deutsche Bahn on January 1, 1994, ending 45 years of independent operation.
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Deutsche Bundesbahn (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈbʊndəsˌbaːn], lit. 'German Federal Railway'), or DB ([deːˈbeː]), 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).
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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.
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