Service regulations of the Deutsche Reichsbahn

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The service regulations (DV) of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (1924-1949) represent a compilation of internal service regulations, the systematics (numbering) of which are largely in the publications (DS) of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) and the DV of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) and partly still reflected today in the guidelines of Deutsche Bahn AG .

Historical outline

In the early days of the German railways, hardly any special regulations were required; observance of general police regulations was sufficient. The first regulations dealt at most with the number and distribution of the brakes or related to the travel times of the few trains running. With the increase in train traffic, regulations on train crossings , train formation , shunting and unusual journeys were necessary.

The safety police regulations for rail traffic, which were advised by the first meeting of German railroad technicians in 1850 and which can be seen as the forerunner of both the railway building and operating regulations (BO) and the driving regulations, can be regarded as the most important basis for operational management.

Further data at a glance

  • 1870: Enactment of the railway police regulations for the railways of the North German Confederation
  • 1871: Extension of the regulations to the entire territory of the Reich (excluding Bavaria )
  • 1875: The signaling order for the railways in Germany was issued
  • 1905: The Railway Building and Operating Regulations (BO) come into force
  • 1907: Publication of the first uniform driving regulations , with special additional provisions in special writing for the respective countries
  • from 1920: Creation of uniform regulations for the empire with the introduction of systematic names
  • from 1980: The Deutsche Bundesbahn changes the designation service regulation (DV) step by step to print (DS) without changing the structure of the set of rules
  • 1994: Gradual replacement of the service regulations (DR) and pamphlets (DB) by the guidelines of the DB AG

The regulations of the Deutsche Reichsbahn

At first glance, the abundance of service regulations seems confusing for non-railroaders. Nevertheless, the regulations of the Deutsche Reichsbahn are structured in a clear system, which can be described as follows. The service regulations can be distinguished from the outside by a special color of the envelope (see table below). In addition, each service regulation is incorporated into a specific series of numbers, so that one can already deduce the benefit in kind.

Classification of service regulations

Number series colour scope of application
000-099 Gray Personnel issues
100-199 green Administration, social affairs, health care, law, research
200-299 brown Business, planning, procurement
300-399 red several main branches of service, administrations
400-499 red Operations service
500-599 blue International regulations
600-799 blue Traffic service
800-899 purple / orange Railway systems, security and telecommunications
900-999 yellow Machine management, wagon management, vehicle repair

Examples of cover pictures of different DV

DV 019
DV 182
DV 222
DV 456
DV 623

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