Operating Company
The Hamburg S-Bahn is operated by S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH, an independent subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG. The company is directly answerable to DB Regio Nord and formed in 1997.
The S-Bahn as a mode of transport is represented in German cities with a logo consisting of a white "S" in a green circle. Only in Hamburg, the same logo with a red background had been used temporarily for a few years before November 2007.
The company currently employs approximately 1100 personnel in the driving, maintenance, train departure and resource management divisions. Another 300 employees are responsible for security and cleaning through subsidiaries.
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