Transport contracts 2024

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, transport contracts are concluded on a case-by-case basis as both net and gross contracts. In net contracts, the revenue risk is generally borne by the RU, in gross contracts by the state. The form of the respective transport contract is adapted to the specific conditions of the contract on the basis of specified incentive and risk limitation regulations.

Transport contracts are service contracts and are awarded competitively. The legal basis for this is Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007, which entered into force on 3 December 2009. Bridging or emergency measures are immediate measures to avoid traffic disruptions when individual transport contracts expire.

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a total of thirteen transport contracts concluded with five different rail transport companies will be effective in 2024:

Designation: Runtime: 12/2021 - 12/2026
Baltic Sea Coast West subnetwork
Contractor:
DB Regio AG
Routes served: (Hamburg ↔︎) Schwerin ↔︎ Rostock
Designation: Runtime: 12/2021 - 12/2034
Baltic Sea Coast II subnetwork
Contractor:
ODEG - Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH
Routes served: Rostock ↔︎ Stralsund ↔︎ Sassnitz/Binz ▪︎ Stralsund ↔︎ Züssow
Designation: Runtime: 12/2011 - 12/2024
Warnow sub-network
Contractor:
DB Regio AG
Routes served: Wismar ↔︎ Rostock ↔︎ Tessin/Graal-Müritz ▪︎ Rostock S-Bahn ▪︎ Wismar ↔︎ Schwerin ↔︎ Ludwigslust ▪︎ Individual services: Rostock ↔︎ Ribnitz/Damgarten ↔︎ Rostock ↔︎ Schwerin
Designation: Runtime: 12/2012 - 12/2034
Elbe Spree sub-network (NES)
Contractor:
ODEG - Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH
Routes served: Wismar ↔︎ Ludwigslust (↔︎ Berlin)
Designation: Runtime: 12/2007 - 12/2027
Narrow-gauge railway "Molli"
Contractor:
Mecklenburg Bäderbahn Molli GmbH
Routes served: Bad Doberan ↔︎ Kühlungsborn
Designation: Runtime: 06/2008 - 06/2028
Narrow-gauge railway "Rasender Roland"
Contractor:
Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft Pressnitztalbahn mbH
Routes served: Lauterbach Mole ↔︎ Putbus ↔︎ Göhren (Rügen)
Designation: Runtime: 12/2019 - 12/2025
West Mecklenburg sub-network
Contractor:
ODEG - Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH
Routes served: Hagenow ↔︎ Parchim ▪︎ Rehna ↔︎ Parchim ▪︎ Waren (Müritz) ↔︎ Malchow ▪︎ Neustrelitz ↔︎ Mirow ▪︎ Saisonverkehr Südbahn
Designation: Runtime: 12/2017 - 12/2030
Usedom subnetwork
Contractor:
DB Regio AG
Routes served: (Swinoujscie ↔︎) Ahlbeck ↔︎ Züssow ▪︎ Zinnowitz ↔︎ Peenemünde
Designation: Runtime: 12/2019 - 12/2025
Contract Barth Line RB25
Contractor:
DB Regio AG
Routes served: Velgast ↔︎ Barth ▪︎ Option Bresewitz
Designation: Runtime: 12/2018 - 12/2027
Contract Rügen Line RB26
Contractor:
Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft Pressnitztalbahn mbH
Routes served: Bergen auf Rügen ↔︎ Lauterbach Mole

SPNV services 2024

The performance shares attributable to the individual energy supply companies are as follows for 2023:

Railway undertaking:

DB Regio AG

Million train km/year:

14.075

Proportion in %:

74.2

Railway undertaking:

Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH (ODEG)

Million train km/year:

4.520

Proportion in %:

23.8

Railway undertaking:

Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft Pressnitztalbahn mbH (PRESS)

Million train km/year:

0.268

Proportion in %:

1.4

Railway undertaking:

Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn Molli GmbH (MBB)

Million train km/year:

0.095

Proportion in %:

0.5

Total

Total:

Million train km/year:

18.958

Proportion in %:

99.9

 

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 declares regulated competition to be the guiding principle for public passenger transport services on road and rail. The principle of awarding contracts in competition therefore also applies to the conclusion of new transport contracts. The award concept is available for competition planning in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The basic structure of the division of the local rail service in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern into individual subnetworks defined in the award concept remains basically unchanged after the award in the first award cycle. The subnetwork structure will be gradually revised in the second award cycle, which has been running since 2019, in order to open up the design for current transport needs and new, more environmentally friendly vehicle concepts. In addition to the formation of subnetworks, it has proven successful to award smaller routes individually. The effects of the update of the integrated regular-interval timetable, which in some cases are associated with changes to lines, are also gradually being aligned with the award planning. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is also preparing to participate in the Deutschlandtakt from 2030.

You can find the most recently completed award procedures in connection with regional rail passenger transport services here.

Information on upcoming awards can be found here. You will also find ongoing public transport award procedures under the auspices of other public transport authorities in this section.

For a list of the transport contracts awarded to the individual RUs over recent years, please refer to the Contract history.

(updated on 05.03.2024)

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