We provide comprehensive "door-to-door" logistics solutions, with rail freight as our backbone.

Our objective remains clear: ensuring your freight reaches its destination via the most sustainable means of transport.

After more than eight decades driving national and international logistics and national and international haulage, we are entering a new phase under a rebranded identity: a brand that reflects our solid heritage and our commitment to further expansion from Spain across Europe. We are now DB Cargo Iberia.

With the same team of experts, the same know-how, passion and commitment that have made us an industry benchmark, we are evolving our brand. Our name changes, but our essence remains: an efficient, sustainable, and fully interconnected transport model. We continue to offer "door-to-door" solutions, with rail as the main axis of a network connecting over 720 points of presence in 36 European countries. Our goal remains unchanged: connecting cargo with its destination.

OUR HISTORY

1943

Establishment of the company

First service using high-capacity 4-axle wagons, for transporting 4,500 heads of cattle from Cañaveral to Barcelona. Operations later expanded to groupage (parcels), foodstuffs, and perishables.

Late 1940s

First interchangeable-axle wagon

Transfesa shakes up the market by launching international rail transport through the implementation of the first axle-changing system for wagons.

1950

The first axel-change facility is established in Hendaye.

The primaire axle changing facility is set up in Hendaye.

1951

Launch of international operations

Beginning the process that would establish the company as one of Europe’s leading rail freight operators.

1958

Transfesa transports "Las Meninas"

Transfesa manages the specialized transport of "Las Meninas" from the Prado Museum in Madrid to the National Gallery in London.

1960s

International footprint

Transfesa establishes branch offices in France, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, and Portugal.

1969

Automotive Logistics

Inauguration of international automotive parts traffics for major European car manufacturers.

1983

Public Listing

Transfesa is listed on the Stock Exchange for the first time.

1991

New Headquarters in Madrid

Transfesa inaugurates its new Madrid HQ, an intelligent, bio-architectural building equipped with cutting-edge technological solutions.

2003

Expansion into Asia

Commencement of international intermodal traffic to Asia, crossing the Bosphorus Strait.

2007

DB Group

The German group DB (Deutsche Bahn) enters Transfesa Logistics. It acquires the controlling stake from former owners and, in 2010, purchases the shares held by the French operator SNCF.

2014

First China-Madrid Train

Arrival of the first Yiwu-Madrid train—the longest freight rail link in the world.

2022

Humanitarian Aid Trains to Ukraine

In response to the war in Ukraine, the company coordinates several aid relief trains from Spain to Cologne, integrating into the humanitarian corridor established by DB Cargo from Germany to Ukraine.

2023

UIC (Standard) Gauge Operations

Transfesa Logistics begins operating standard-gauge (UIC) trains between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe. On January 3rd, the first Automotive Finished Vehicle train runs from Perpignan to the Port of Barcelona on UIC tracks.

2025

Rebranding

Transfesa Logistics officially operates under the name DB Cargo Iberia.

OUR CREDENTIALS

We adhere to the highest environmental and safety standards across all transport and supply chain management processes. We are committed to the Continuous Improvement of our processes, products, and services.