Aufgabenträger · Niedersachsen
Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen mbH
- Abbreviation
- LNVG
- Land / remit
- Niedersachsen
- Legal form
- Landesgesellschaft (GmbH)
- Seat
- Hannover
Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 34, 30159 Hannover
- Website
- www.lnvg.de
- Management
- Carmen Schwabl (Sprecherin der Geschäftsführung), Christian Berndt und Jasha Uygungül, Geschäftsführung (as of 6 July 2026)
Background
Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen — Landesgesellschaft founded 1996, 100 % owned by the Land Niedersachsen. Operates Germany's oldest and largest PTA-side vehicle pool, which has been a reference model for several other ATs (including NVBW). Aufgabenträger for SPNV in Lower Saxony; coordinates with Bremen and Hamburg on cross-border networks.
Remit and mandate
Primary SPNV-Aufgabenträger for Lower Saxony (outside the Region Hannover and RGB territories).
Tender pipeline — Wettbewerbsfahrplan 2025
The following lots are listed in the 2025 Wettbewerbsfahrplan (BSN) with this authority as the lead or as a participating authority. Leadership counts: 18 lot(s) as lead authority, 11 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead authority
No. 168
Südniedersachsen
— · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 01.12.2037 — TBD
- Services
- RB · Battery · — M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB 79 Bodenburg - Hildesheim RB 80 Göttingen – Northeim – Nordhausen RB 81 Bodenfelde – Northeim – Nordhausen RE 10 Hannover – Goslar – Bad Harzburg RB 84 Paderborn – Ottbergen – Kreiensen RB 85 Paderborn – Ottbergen – Göttingen RB 86 Einbeck – Göttingen
No. 54
Heidekreuz
Gross · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 09.12.2029 — 12.12.2042
- Services
- RB · Battery · — M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB 38 (HH-Harburg) – Buchhholz/N. – Hannover RB 37 Bremen – Soltau – Uelzen RB 32 Lüneburg – Dannenberg (RB 39 Soltau – Lüneburg)
- Remarks
- Vehicles provided by the authority
No. 56
Südharz
Gross · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 09.12.2029 — 13.12.2037
- Services
- RB · Diesel · — M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB 80 Göttingen – Northeim – Herzberg – Nordhausen RB 46 Braunschweig – Seesen – Herzberg RB 81 Bodenfelde – Northeim – Herzberg – Nordhausen
- Remarks
- Diesel transitional network; RB46 moves to the Harz-Heide network from 12/2037.
No. 57
Leine-Weser
Gross · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 09.12.2029 — 13.12.2037
- Services
- RB + RE · Battery · — M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 10 Hannover – Goslar – Bad Harzburg RB 82 Göttingen – Kreiensen – Bad Harzburg RB 79 Bodenburg – Hildesheim RB 84 Paderborn – Ottbergen – Kreiensen RB 85 Paderborn – Ottbergen – Göttingen RB 86 Einbeck-Mitte – Einbeck-Salzderhelden – Göttingen
- Remarks
- Vehicles provided by the authority
No. 158
Weser-Ems
— · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 09.12.2035 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric + Battery · — M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Osnabrück – Oldenburg – Wilhelmshaven Esens – Sande – Wilhelmshaven Osnabrück – Vechta – Delmenhorst – Bremen
No. 48
RB 39 Lüneburg - Soltau
Gross · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 10.12.2028 — 10.12.2033
- Services
- RB · Diesel · 0,69 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB 39 Lüneburg - Soltau
No. 129
Hanse-Netz Nord
Gross · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 11.12.2033 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 6,52 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: yes
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Lot 1 RB 31 Hamburg – Lüneburg (– Hannover) RE 4 Hamburg – Bremen RE 3 Hamburg – Uelzen – Hannover RB 41 Hamburg – Bremen
No. 130
Hanse-Netz Süd
Gross · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 11.12.2033 — TBD
- Services
- RE · Electric · 2,25 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: yes
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Lot 2 RE 2 Uelzen – Hannover – Göttingen
No. 25
RE 5 Cuxhaven – Hamburg
Gross · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 12.12.2037
- Services
- RE · Diesel · 1,59 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hamburg – Cuxhaven
No. 26
Weser-Elbe
Gross · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 12.12.2037
- Services
- RB · Fuel cell · 1,37 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB33 Cuxhaven – Bremerhaven – Buxtehude (optional RB 34 Bremervörde – Stade from 12/2028)
No. 169
RE 5 Cuxhaven – Hamburg
— · —
- Contract term
- 12.12.2037 — —
- Services
- RE · TBD · 1,59 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: —
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hamburg – Cuxhaven
- Contract term
- 12.12.2037 — —
- Services
- RB · Fuel cell · 1,37 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: —
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB33 Cuxhaven – Bremerhaven – Buxtehude RB 34 Bremervörde – Stade
No. 8
Weser - Ems
Gross · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 13.12.2026 — 08.12.2035
- Services
- RB · Diesel · 4,33 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Osnabrück – Oldenburg – Wilhelmshaven Esens – Sande – Wilhelmshaven Osnabrück – Vechta – Delmenhorst – Bremen
- Remarks
- Transitional award still using diesel
No. 1
Hanse-Netz Nord
Gross · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 14.06.2026 — 10.12.2033
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 6,52 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: yes
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Lot 1 RB 31 Hamburg – Lüneburg (– Hannover) RE 4 Hamburg – Bremen RE 3 Hamburg – Uelzen – Hannover RB 41 Hamburg – Bremen
- Remarks
- Re-tender due to early contract termination
No. 2
Hanse-Netz Süd
Gross · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 14.06.2026 — 10.12.2033
- Services
- RE · Electric · 2,25 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: yes
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Lot 2 RE 2 Uelzen – Hannover – Göttingen
- Remarks
- Re-tender due to early contract termination
No. 166
Bad Bentheim - Coevorden (NL)
— · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 14.12.2036 — TBD
- Services
- RB · TBD · — M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB 56 Bad Bentheim - Nordhorn - Neuenhaus - Coevorden (NL)
No. 167
Regio-S-Bahn Bremen/ Niedersachsen
— · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 14.12.2036 — TBD
- Services
- RB + S- Bahn · Electric · — M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
No. 72
Emsland/Mittelland
Gross · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — 08.12.2040
- Services
- RE · Electric · 6,20 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Teillos Emsland: RE 15 Münster – Emden Teillos Mittelland: RE 70 Braunschweig – Hannover – Bielefeld RE 60 Braunschweig – Hannover – Rheine RE 62 Rheine - Osanbrück - Löhne
- Remarks
- Second-hand vehicle type approval
As participating authority
No. 92
11NOH (NOH-Netz)
Gross · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 01.12.2031 — 09.12.2046
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 4,93 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: TBD · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB 5 Fulda – Bad Hersfeld – Bebra – Melsungen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Kassel Hbf RE 6 (Eisenach –) Bebra – Melsungen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Kassel Hbf RB 6 Eisenach – Bebra RB 83 Göttingen – Eichenberg – Hann Münden – Kassel Hbf RB 87 Göttingen – Eichenberg – Eschwege – Bebra
- Remarks
- Derzeit Prüfung auf notwendige Verschiebung des Betriebsstarts and / oder gestaffelte Betriebsaufnahme wegen Generalsanierungen and ETCS
No. 55
Harz - Heide
Gross with incentive · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 09.12.2029 — 12.12.2042
- Services
- RB · Battery · 3,10 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB 47 Braunschweig – Gifhorn – Uelzen RB 42/43 Braunschweig – Vienenburg – Goslar / Bad Harzburg RB 45 Braunschweig – Schöppenstedt RB 44 Braunschweig – Salzgitter-Lebenstedt RB 48 Braunschweig – Salzgitter-Bad – Goslar (ab 12/2037) RB 46 Braunschweig – Herzberg (ab 12/2037)
No. 151
Akkunetz Nord, Akkunetz Ost, Akkunetz Ost-West
Gross with incentive · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 09.12.2035 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Battery · 10,40 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Kiel – Flensburg (RE 72, RB 73) Kiel – Husum (RE 74, RB 75) Husum – Bad St. Peter-Ording (RB 64) Lübeck – Kiel (RE 83, RB 84) Lübeck – Lüneburg (RE 83) Kiel – Schönberger Strand (RB 76) Neumünster – Heide – Büsum (RB 63) Neumünster – Bad Oldesloe (RB 82)
- Remarks
- Vehicles provided with manufacturer maintenance
No. 34
Elektronetz Nord Magdeburg
Gross with incentive · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 10.12.2028 — 12.12.2043
- Services
- RB + RE + S- Bahn · Electric · 8,30 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- DB Regio (awarded)
- Lines
- S 1 Schönebeck – Magdeburg – Burg S 2 Magdeburg – Zielitz RE 20 Magdeburg – Stendal – Uelzen RB 30 Halle (Saale) – Köthen – Magdeburg – Stendal – Wittenberge RB 40 Braunschweig – Magdeburg (– Dessau-Roßlau)
- Remarks
- Awarded to DB Regio
No. 140
S-Bahn Hannover
Gross · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 10.12.2034 — TBD
- Services
- S-Bahn · Electric · 9,33 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- S 1 to S 8, S 21 and S 51
- Remarks
- Redeployment guarantee for vehicles from the predecessor contract
No. 127
S-Bahn Hamburg
Other · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 11.12.2033 — 12.12.2048
- Services
- S-Bahn · Electric · 21,00 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: partial · New-build: partial · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Gesamtnetz
- Remarks
- Contract type TBD; vehicle pool for new-build units. Fleet: class 474 to be replaced by new-build units; class 490 to be handed over from outgoing to incoming operator on operator change.
No. 19
Netz nördliches Westfalen
Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 13.12.2043
- Services
- RB + RE · Battery · 7,90 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: yes
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 82 Bielefeld – Detmold – Altenbeken RB 63 Münster – Coesfeld RB 67 Bielefeld – Warendorf – Münster RB 68 Münster – Sendenhorst RB 71 Bielefeld – Rahden RB 73 Bielefeld – Lemgo RB 74 Bielefeld – Paderborn RB 75 Bielefeld – Halle(West.) – Osnabrück RB 76 Verl – Gütersloh – Harsewinkel RB 77 Herford – Hameln – Elze (– Hildesheim)
- Remarks
- Beginn der Vertragslaufzeiten: RB 68: Dezember 2027 RB 76: Dezember 2027 RB 63: Dezember 2030 übrige Linien: Dezember 2029
No. 114
Teutoburgerwald-Netz
Gross · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 12.12.2032 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 5,30 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 78 Rheda-Wiedenbrück – Bielefeld – Nienburg RB 61 Bielefeld – Osnabrück – Hengelo RB 65 Münster – Rheine RB 66 Münster – Osnabrück RB 72 Herford – Altenbeken – Paderborn
No. 68
Thüringer Elektro Netz
Gross · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — 12.12.2043
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric + Battery · 5,80 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Göttingen – Gera Erfurt – Glauchau (– Chemnitz) Erfurt – Altenburg Erfurt – Eisenach Eisenach – Naumburg Weimar – Jena-Göschwitz
No. 69
Rhein-Ruhr-Express, Teilnetz B
Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — 09.12.2045
- Services
- RE · Electric · 10,95 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: yes
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 2/RRX 7 Düsseldorf – Osnabrück RE 3/RRX 3 Hamm – Düsseldorf RE 7 Krefeld – Rheine RE 42 Mönchengladbach – Münster RE 45 Essen - Münster
- Remarks
- Service start phased from 12/2030 Prequalification stage completed
No. 73
Saale-Thüringen-Südharz 2030+
Gross · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — 09.12.2045
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 8,30 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- 1. service phase (bis 12/2032) Halle - Sangerhausen - Nordhausen - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Saalfeld - Jena - Naumburg - Leipzig Erfurt - Naumburg - Halle Saalfeld - Jena - Naumburg - Halle (Heiligenstadt-) Leinefelde - Nordhausen Erfurt - Sömmerda - Sangerhausen 2. service phase (ab 12/2032) Halle - Sangerhausen - Nordhausen - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Saalfeld - Jena - Naumburg - Leipzig Erfurt - Naumburg - Halle Saalfeld - Jena - Naumburg - Halle (Heiligenstadt-) Leinefelde - Nordhausen
- Remarks
- Service volume reduced from 12/2032 auf 7,8 Mio. train-km (service phase 2)
Source: Bundesverband SchienenNahverkehr (BSN), Wettbewerbsfahrplan 2025. Data are as published in the Wettbewerbsfahrplan and have not been independently verified against the underlying tender documentation.
Recent tender activity (TED, 2026)
Recent notices in the Supplement to the Official Journal (TED) with this authority as a lead or participating authority. This complements the Wettbewerbsfahrplan 2025 pipeline above; for the cross-cutting read see the development note SPNV procurement wave, mid-2026.
TED 710131-2026
Emsland/Mittelland — DB Regio market sounding for lessors (bidder-side)
Prior information notice by DB Regio AG · 14.10.2026 · non-binding
- Contract term
- Ten-year lease from the December 2030 timetable change plus two one-year options — matching the Emsland/Mittelland contract 15.12.2030 – 08.12.2040 (No. 72 above)
- Services
- ~6.200.000 train-km/yr across the fleet — the Wettbewerbsfahrplan figure for Emsland/Mittelland
- Rolling stock
- 12–14 double-deck EMUs (≥ 620 seats) and 15–20 single-deck EMUs (≥ 215 seats), delivered authorised and ready for service. The specification corresponds to the current WestfalenBahn fleet of 13 Stadler KISS and 15 Stadler FLIRT owned by Alpha Trains, whose lease ends with the current contract in December 2030
- Key date
- Expressions of interest to DB Regio by 28.10.2026, 12:00; questions by 23.10.2026, 12:00
- Lines
- RE 15 Münster – Emden (single-deck) · RE 60 Braunschweig – Hannover – Rheine and RE 70 Braunschweig – Hannover – Bielefeld (double-deck)
- Remarks
- The notice does not name the procedure; the attribution rests on the match of term, mileage and fleet. DB Regio is the challenger on this network, not the incumbent. Second-hand vehicles are admitted in the retender, so the question of who holds the lease on the existing fleet becomes central. See the tender update of 14.10.2026
TED 678756-2026
Weser-Elbe and Unterelbe sub-networks
Award notice · Three lots
- Contract term
- Lots 1 and 2: Dec 2027 — Dec 2037 (RB 34 from Dec 2028); lot 3: Dec 2028 — Dec 2033; each plus up to two option years
- Services
- SPNV · ~4.290.000 train-km/yr in total (lot 1 ~2.010.000, lot 2 ~1.590.000, lot 3 ~690.000)
- Rolling stock
- Lots 1 and 2: vehicles and certain preventive and corrective maintenance provided by LNVG. Lot 3: provided and maintained by the operator
- Key date
- Lot 1 to EVB (1 tender, 18.09.2026); lot 2 to metronom (2 tenders, 06.07.2026); lot 3 to erixx (3 tenders, 17.08.2026)
- Lines
- Lot 1: RB 33 Cuxhaven – Bremerhaven – Buxtehude, optionally RB 34 Bremervörde – Stade · Lot 2: RE 5 Cuxhaven – Stade – Hamburg · Lot 3: RB 39 Lüneburg – Soltau
- Remarks
- Lot limitation on lots 1 and 2 under sec. 30(1) sentence 2 VgV. The lot without authority provision drew the most tenders
TED 614061-2026
Thüringer Elektro-Netz (TEN)
Result · Closed without an award
- Contract term
- Would have run December 2030 — December 2043
- Services
- SPNV · Electric · ~7,4 M timetable-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- The notice is silent; the Wettbewerbsfahrplan records new-build required, no pool — on that basis the operator would have financed an entire electric fleet for thirteen years without residual-value or redeployment undertakings
- Key date
- Closed with nil tenders; reason given: decision of the buyer on account of changed requirements
- Lines
- RE 1 Göttingen – Gera; RE 2 Erfurt – Glauchau (– Chemnitz); RE 3 Erfurt – Altenburg; RB 11 Eisenach – Erfurt; RB 20 Eisenach – Naumburg; RB 21 Weimar – Jena-Göschwitz
- Remarks
- RB 21 is being carried forward separately as a three-year interim (TED 613650-2026)
TED 549657-2026
Hamburg S-Bahn — 8th amendment agreement
Contract modification · Sec. 132(2) GWB
- Contract term
- Modification of the transport contract awarded under notice 003078-2012
- Services
- S-Bahn Hamburg network; the amendment concerns RB 81 and S 4
- Rolling stock
- Double-deck operation on RB 81 extended for timetable year 2028 with an option for 2029; class ET 490 units cannot take over as planned because the infrastructure works are not complete
- Key date
- Amendment concluded 16.07.2026 with S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH
- Lines
- RB 81 Hauptbahnhof – Bad Oldesloe; S 4 Altona Nord – Bad Oldesloe
- Remarks
- Also regulates the DB InfraGO general renovation of the Hamburg – Lübeck line from mid to late 2028. The stated value of EUR 1.00 is flagged in the notice as a form artefact; the agreement is published on the Hamburg transparency portal
TED 499539-2026
E-Netz Westfalen / S-Bahn Münsterland core route
Prior information notice
- Contract term
- 12/2029 — 12/2044 (15 yr), two operating stages
- Services
- SPNV · ~10,8 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- eurobahn Flirt continue to 12/2032 (Alpha Trains lease); VRR/NWL-owned E-Talent provided from 12/2032, primarily RB 65 / RB 89; bidders may cover the remaining requirement with used or new vehicles; maintenance with the operator
- Key date
- Procedure to start in Q4 2026 — no deadline running yet
- Lines
- RB 50, RB 59, RB 61, RB 65, RB 66, RB 69, RB 72, RB 89, RE 78 (merger of the Hellweg and Teutoburger Wald networks)
- Remarks
- The winning bidder is obliged to purchase eurobahn KG and its general partner
Source: TED notices as cited (publication numbers). Facts are as published in the notices and have not been independently verified against the full tender documentation.
Further reading
Last reviewed: 21 October 2026.