DB Netz AG

E390675

railway infrastructure company subsidiary

DB Netz AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn responsible for operating and maintaining Germany’s national railway infrastructure network.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
DB Netz	30
DB Netz AG canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3824880 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: DB Netz AG
Context triple: [DB Netz, hasAbbreviation, DB Netz AG]

A. Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom is a major German telecommunications company and one of the largest telecom providers in Europe, offering mobile, fixed-line, and internet services worldwide.
B. Taurus Systems GmbH
Taurus Systems GmbH is a German defense company specializing in the development and production of long-range precision-guided cruise missiles.
C. S7 Group
S7 Group is a Russian aviation holding company best known for owning and operating S7 Airlines and related air transport businesses.
D. Innotek GmbH
Innotek GmbH was a German software company best known for creating the VirtualBox virtualization platform before its acquisition by Sun Microsystems.
E. Telenet Group
Telenet Group is a major Belgian telecommunications and entertainment provider offering services such as broadband internet, television, and mobile telephony.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: DB Netz AG
Target entity description: DB Netz AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn responsible for operating and maintaining Germany’s national railway infrastructure network.

A. Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom is a major German telecommunications company and one of the largest telecom providers in Europe, offering mobile, fixed-line, and internet services worldwide.
B. Taurus Systems GmbH
Taurus Systems GmbH is a German defense company specializing in the development and production of long-range precision-guided cruise missiles.
C. S7 Group
S7 Group is a Russian aviation holding company best known for owning and operating S7 Airlines and related air transport businesses.
D. Innotek GmbH
Innotek GmbH was a German software company best known for creating the VirtualBox virtualization platform before its acquisition by Sun Microsystems.
E. Telenet Group
Telenet Group is a major Belgian telecommunications and entertainment provider offering services such as broadband internet, television, and mobile telephony.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway infrastructure company ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
followsRegulation	European Union railway regulations ⓘ German railway law ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.dbnetze.com/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ railway infrastructure ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
legalForm	Aktiengesellschaft ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
maintains	railway control and safety systems in Germany ⓘ railway signalling systems in Germany ⓘ railway tracks in Germany ⓘ
operates	railway infrastructure in Germany ⓘ
operatesIn	Germany ⓘ
ownedBy	Deutsche Bahn ⓘ surface form: Deutsche Bahn AG
parentOrganization	Deutsche Bahn ⓘ surface form: Deutsche Bahn AG
partOf	Deutsche Bahn ⓘ surface form: Deutsche Bahn Group
providesService	rail network access for train operating companies ⓘ
regulatesAccessTo	railway network capacity in Germany ⓘ
responsibleFor	maintenance of Germany's national railway infrastructure network ⓘ operation of Germany's national railway infrastructure network ⓘ
shortName	DB Netz ⓘ
usesInfrastructureType	standard gauge railway ⓘ

How these facts were elicited