{"id":2949,"date":"2024-03-04T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vmv-mbh.de\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2024-03-04T16:05:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:05:03","slug":"wirtschaftlichkeitsuntersuchung-darssbahn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vmv-mbh.de\/en\/wirtschaftlichkeitsuntersuchung-darssbahn\/","title":{"rendered":"Results of the economic feasibility study on the Dar\u00dfbahn are available: Reactivation of the line makes economic sense"},"content":{"rendered":"
Press release of the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour<\/h5>\n

State Secretary for Transport Ines Jesse and Parliamentary State Secretary for Western Pomerania and Eastern Mecklenburg Heiko Mira\u00df, together with the Managing Director of VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VMV) Daniel Bischof, presented the results of the economic feasibility study for the Dar\u00dfbahn today (4 March). \"The positive news first: the expert opinion has shown that the cost-benefit ratio is 2.04. This means that the benefits of the project exceed the costs and that it therefore makes economic sense and, above all, is eligible for federal funding. We have cleared this important hurdle. Now we have more homework to do,\" said Ines Jesse, State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the state, the VMV had put out a tender for an economic feasibility study or benefit-cost analysis (NKU) for the \"Reactivation of the Dar\u00dfbahn\" project and awarded the contract to PTV Transport Consult GmbH.<\/p>\n

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State Secretary Heiko Mira\u00df emphasised the particular importance of the project for the qualitative development of tourism in the eastern part of the country. \"People visit our coastal regions because of their scenic beauty and unspoilt nature. Tourism that fits in with this must rely much more heavily on buses and trains in future and move away from the strong focus on private transport. The Dar\u00dfbahn railway will make it much more attractive to reach us by train in future - an important step towards raising the profile of Western Pomerania as a model region for sustainable tourism,\" said the Parliamentary State Secretary for Western Pomerania and Eastern Mecklenburg.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Bischof, Managing Director of VMV, added: \"As an important part of the mobility offensive, the Dar\u00dfbahn will raise the region's connectivity for locals and tourists to a new level. I would like to thank everyone involved in the development of the economic feasibility study and in particular the district of Vorpommern-R\u00fcgen and the Usedomer B\u00e4derbahn for providing important data.\"<\/p>\n

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Four construction phases over a length of 19.3 kilometres planned<\/strong><\/p>\n

The plan is to reactivate the Barth - Zingst - Prerow line in four construction phases over a length of 19.3 kilometres. Usedomer B\u00e4derbahn GmbH will act as the infrastructure operator of the line and the transport facilities as the official project sponsor. The project involves the renovation and reconstruction of the existing infrastructure on the existing route between Barth and Bresewitz as well as the construction of the railway line from Bresewitz to Prerow with a partially new route. In order to be able to apply for federal funding, it is necessary to prove the economic benefits as part of a benefit-cost analysis (NKU) in accordance with the \"standardised evaluation\" procedure specified by the federal government. As a result, the benefits of a measure must exceed the costs (benefit-cost ratio > 1).<\/p>\n

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Further procedure:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now that the benefit-cost analysis has been completed, an important hurdle has been formally overcome in order to obtain proportional funding in accordance with the German Municipal Transport Financing Act (GVFG). According to an initial rough estimate, a total volume of around 204 million euros must currently be assumed. The financing of a state share is planned from regionalisation funds. The aim is for the funding application for the GVFG financial aid to be submitted by summer 2024.<\/p>\n

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Information on the profitability analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n

The relatively high benefit was mainly due to<\/p>\n