link2rail | DB Cargo

Use the available APIs to digitalise your company.

Getting Started

Conditions for an API-Call

A new way of process integration

What does API stand for?
API is the acronym for “application programming interface”.

What exactly is an API?
An API is a machine-readable interface that allows a bidirectional communication between systems.

What is the benefit of an API?
APIs enable the integration via digital interfaces. Their implementation requires less effort than for EDI-interfaces and delivers faster results. Like this you can directly interact with the systems of DB Cargo.

What does it mean to DB Cargo?
The APIs offered by DB Cargo are digital products. Developers can use them to link their company-owned IT systems with DB Cargo to interchange data.

APIs at DB Cargo:

Empty Wagon
Track & Trace

Login Service

Track&Trace

The API allows access to the location information of transport orders.

Train Management

The API enables block train orders and cancellations, including current status updates on the order processes and block train tracking.