rail.reg collects short, practice-oriented notes on the regulatory and legal framework for rolling-stock financing in Germany — the public transport authorities that drive SPNV procurement, the regulatory and state-aid rules that frame the deal, and the contract and asset-level mechanics that make it work. They are written as a personal working document — a way of mapping a moving target in a form that is useful for quick reference.
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Editorial approach
Each topic page follows a consistent pattern: a short framing at the top and concise sections on the underlying legal mechanics. The aim is to be precise without being exhaustive — the RegG, Regulation 1370/2007, the ERegG, the TSIs and the ECM regime, and the evolving guidance of the Bundesnetzagentur and the Eisenbahn-Bundesamt remain the authoritative sources.
Where there is a live policy debate — for example on capacity allocation, the next round of state-aid guidelines for the rail sector, or residual-value risk under the next TSI cycle — these notes try to flag the state of play rather than to predict its outcome.
The site intentionally does not cover specific transaction structures and it is not a generic European rail-regulation site. For sector-policy coverage of German SPNV, readers may consult schienennahverkehr.de.
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