Rejsekort A/S
Via DSB Rejsekort A/S, DSB and DSB S-tog a/s hold 52 per cent of Rejsekort A/S' shares. DSB Rejsekort A/S, however, does not have a controlling right in Rejsekort A/S. The company was established in 2003 to set up and operate an electronic ticketing system within public transport for trains, buses, Metro, etc. Other shareholders include Movia, Ørestadsselskabet (the Ørestad development Corporation), and four county transport companies.
Rejseplanen A/S
DSB holds a 50 per cent stake in the company which was established in 2003 for the purpose of providing travel related information about public transport for the general public. Other shareholders include Movia and county and municipal transport companies.
Railion GmbH
DSB owns 2 per cent of the shares in Railion GmbH, the holding company for DB Cargo AG, Railion Nederland N.V. and Railion Denmark A/S.
HIT Rail B.V.
DSB holds 8 per cent of the shares in HIT Rail B.V. The company develops and operates international information systems as well as operating a network specialising in traffic reports, freight messages, consignment notes and seat reservations.
Eurofima
Eurofima finances rolling stock and organises joint procurement. The company is owned by European railway companies. DSB owns 0.02 per cent of the shares.
Roslagståg AB, Sweden
DSB holds 60 per cent of the shares in Roslagståg AB which operates the Roslag line in the Stockholm area.
BSD ApS
DSB owns the private limited company BSD ApS. The company is used for protecting relevant product names.
DSB Sverige AB
DSB holds all the shares in DSB Sverige AB, which objective is to provide passenger services and related activities in Sweden.
DSB Norge AS
DSB holds all the shares in DSB Norge AS, which objective is to provide passenger services and related activities in Norway.
DSB UK Ltd.
DSB holds all the shares in DSB UK Ltd., which objective is to provide passenger services and related activities in the UK.
DSB Rejsekort A/S
DSB and DSB S-tog a/s each hold 50 per cent of the shares in the holding company. DSB Rejsekort A/S, which holds 52 per cent of the shares in Rejsekort A/S.
Kort & Godt
DSB holds all the shares in Kort & Godt which is responsible for the "Kort & Godt" station shops.
DSB has been an independent public corporation since 1 January 1999. DSB is wholly owned by the Danish Ministry of Transport.
DSB carries some 157 million passengers every year and operates approx. 80 per cent of passenger train services in Denmark.
DSB provides urban, intercity, regional and international passenger rail services within Denmark, and across international borders, in particular into Sweden.
In 2003 DSB carried a total of 157 million passengers, an increase of almost 4 per cent compared to 2002. Passenger train kilometres totalled 55 million.
Over the coming years DSB will renew its fleet of modern trains, and by 2006/2007 DSB's Good Trains for All plan will be fully implemented. By then DSB will have 83 new IC4 train sets, 92 IC3 train sets, 44 electrical IR4 train sets and 24 Öresund train sets. In total 243 train sets.
DSB manages 270 stations (including major staffed stations with ticketing and retail sales, as well as unstaffed rural stations).
Through its subsidiary, DSB S-tog a/s, DSB operates all suburban rail services in the Greater Copenhagen area. In addition to DSB's new rolling stock, DSB S-tog a/s' fleet will be renewed with 135 new S-trains over the coming years.
DSB is responsible for all operational tasks in connection with the train service with the exception of infrastructure provision. Aside from train operation DSB itself also manages all rolling stock maintenance, timetable, planning, marketing, ticket sales, stations and terminals, journey planning and station shops.
In 2003, the DSB Group recorded a profit of DKK 997 million. The company has a staff of 8,500 employees.
DSB and the Ministry of Transport
DSB offers its customers competitive services on a commercial basis. Furthermore, DSB offers various relevant services in conjunction with its transport services.
DSB's public service transport is based on traffic contracts entered into with the Danish Ministry of Transport.
On 20 December 1999, DSB and DSB S-tog a/s signed five-year traffic contracts with the Ministry of Transport concerning long-distance and regional train services and S-train services.
DSB will enter into a new ten-year contract with the Ministry of Transport, and the contract will become effective as from 1 January 2005.
DSB's monopoly on nation-wide passenger services formally came to an end on 1 January 2000. Today, Danish legislation distinguishes between two types of passenger services carried out as public service transport: 'negotiated' services and 'tendered' services. In addition, passenger services can be operated as 'free' services.
The Minister of Transport has the authority to invite tenders for contracts for public service transport. In December 2000, 15 per cent of DSB's train services outside the S-train network were put up for tender. And in December 2001 The Ministry of Transport announced that a new rail operator had won the tender for a number of railway lines in central and western Jutland.