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DSB (Danske Statsbaner)
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- Type
- National operator — selvstændig offentlig virksomhed (independent public corporation) wholly owned by the state through the transport ministry; passenger operator and fleet buyer
- Market · Region
- European Union · Denmark
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Cybersecurity, Signalling & train control, AI inspection
Runs Denmark's long-distance, regional and S-bane services under ten-year contract.
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Runs Denmark's long-distance, regional and S-bane passenger services under a negotiated ten-year contract with the state (15 December 2023 to 10 December 2033, DKK 3,265.7m of contract payment in 2026 at 2023 prices) and buys its own fleet: 153 Alstom IC5 electric sets, 16 Talgo EuroCity coach formations and at least 226 automated S-trains from the Siemens Mobility–Stadler consortium. It carried 59.9 million long-distance and regional journeys and 111.1 million S-bane journeys in 2025 and took over GoCollective's Jutland train services on 1 September 2026.
- Type
- National operator — selvstændig offentlig virksomhed (independent public corporation) wholly owned by the state through the transport ministry; passenger operator and fleet buyer
- Where
- Denmark
- Programmes
- ERTMS / ETCS
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Cybersecurity, Signalling & train control, AI inspection
Structure
- regulated by Trafikstyrelsen — Safety certification and vehicle authorisation for DSB; with the German EBA and the ERA it authorised the Talgo 230 EuroCity trains in September 2025 (active · since 2025-09-12)
- controlled by BLTM — Sole owner of DSB (an independent public corporation) and counterparty to its negotiated traffic contract of 15 December 2023 to 10 December 2033 (active · since 2023-12-15)
- operates for BLTM — DSB runs the state's long-distance, regional and S-bane services under the negotiated contract to December 2033 and took over GoCollective's Jutland services on 1 September 2026 (active · since 2023-12-15)
Who holds what here
- awarded Siemens Mobility — Supply and 30-year maintenance of at least 226 automated S-trains, concluded 5 February 2026; Siemens Mobility leads the consortium and supplies the electrical systems, propulsion, brakes, passenger information and train control (active · since 2026-02-05)
- awarded Stadler — Automated S-trains: Stadler Rail Schweiz supplies the carbodies, interior, seats, HVAC, doors and final assembly within the Siemens-led consortium (active · since 2026-02-05)
- awarded Aarsleff Rail — Mechanical maintenance of DSB's own track depots — AARSLEFF RAIL A/S (active · since 2025-12)
- awarded MJE — Mechanical maintenance of DSB's own track depots — M.J. Eriksson A/S (active · since 2025-12)
- awarded Alstom — IC5: 100 Coradia Stream electric sets ordered in 2021 with 53 more brought forward in 2025 for 153 in total, plus maintenance at two new DSB depots; first sets planned in service in 2027 (active · since 2021)
- awarded Talgo — EuroCity: 16 Talgo 230 coach formations against a framework, authorised for Denmark and Germany in September 2025 with the first Hamburg service on 3 November 2025 (active · since 2020-02)
- Contract detail and values (3)$500m–1bnIn the European Union edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (12)
- ● By-, Land- og Transportministeriet · DSB overtager GoCollectives togtrafik fra 1. september 2026 (published 2026-06-26 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● By-, Land- og Transportministeriet · Togkontrakter — de seks statslige og regionale togkontrakter (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · Årsrapport 2025 (materiel i drift, rejser, trafikkontraktindtægter, IC5 og EC-flåden) (published 2026-02-05 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · IC5 — strategiske projekter (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · DSB bestiller yderligere 50 IC5-togsæt (published 2025-06-26 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● By-, Land- og Transportministeriet (published as Transportministeriet) / DSB · Kontrakt mellem Transportministeriet og DSB om offentlig servicetrafik i perioden 15. december 2023 – 10. december 2033 (tabel 7.1 kontraktbetaling) (published 2023-12-15 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · Kontrakten om fremtidens fuldautomatiske S-tog er underskrevet (published 2026-02-06 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Siemens Mobility · Siemens and Stadler consortium to deliver fully automated trains for the S-bane in Copenhagen (published 2026-02-06 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Talgo · Denmark issues the authorisation for Talgo's EuroCity international trains (published 2025-09-12 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — DSB, Supply and Maintenance of automated S-trains (New automated S-trains) (published 2026-03-05 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — DSB, Udbud vedr. mekanisk vedligehold af DSB's egne spor (published 2025-12-30 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Trafikstyrelsen · Jernbane — godkendelser, tilladelser, sikkerhedscertifikater, tilsyn (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byg&Tek framework for building and technical maintenance | Bids closed | $500m–1bn | Published April 2026 |
| Fifteen-year S-train spare parts and maintenance agreement | Bids closed | $25–100m | Published February 2026 |
| Replacement ticket vending machines for all stations | Bids closed | $25–100m | Published March 2026 |
| Supply and maintenance of at least 226 S-trains | Awarded | over $1bn | Awarded February 2026 |
| Mechanical maintenance of DSB's own track depots | Awarded | $25–100m | Awarded December 2025 |
| New S-train workshop at Vinge Nord | In execution | $100–500m | Awarded September 2025 |
Withheld in the free surface
- Procurement structure
- Award history (5)
- Entry path
- Published contacts (2)
- Portals (2)
Full detail withheld: 5 fields. In the European Union edition · See a fully open example
18 sources · all primary
- ● DSB · Årsrapport 2025 (materiel i drift, rejser, trafikkontraktindtægter, IC5 og EC-flåden) (published 2026-02-05 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · Halvårsrapport 2026 (published 2026-08-27 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● By-, Land- og Transportministeriet (published as Transportministeriet) / DSB · Kontrakt mellem Transportministeriet og DSB om offentlig servicetrafik i perioden 15. december 2023 – 10. december 2033 (tabel 7.1 kontraktbetaling) (published 2023-12-15 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · IC5 — strategiske projekter (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · Fremtidens S-bane — strategiske projekter (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · Kontrakten om fremtidens fuldautomatiske S-tog er underskrevet (published 2026-02-06 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · DSB Koncernindkøb — leverandørinformation (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · Udbudsregler og prækvalifikation (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · Leverandørstamdata (indkob@dsb.dk) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● DSB · DSB overtager GoCollectives togtrafik 1. september 2026 (published 2026-06-26 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Talgo · Denmark issues the authorisation for Talgo's EuroCity international trains (published 2025-09-12 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Siemens Mobility · Siemens and Stadler consortium to deliver fully automated trains for the S-bane in Copenhagen (published 2026-02-06 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● By-, Land- og Transportministeriet · Togkontrakter — de seks statslige og regionale togkontrakter (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — DSB, Supply and Maintenance of automated S-trains (New automated S-trains) (published 2026-03-05 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — DSB, VVO Nyt værksted til S-tog i Vinge Nord (published 2025-09-04 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — DSB, Udbud vedr. mekanisk vedligehold af DSB's egne spor (published 2025-12-30 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract notice — DSB, Byg&Tek rammeaftale om service- og vedligeholdelsesydelser (two lots) (published 2026-04-22 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Prior information notice used as a call for competition — DSB, S-train spare parts and maintenance agreement (published 2026-02-26 · checked 2026-09-12)
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