Aufgabenträger · Schleswig-Holstein
Nahverkehrsverbund Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (NAH.SH)
- Abbreviation
- NAH.SH
- Land / remit
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Legal form
- Landesgesellschaft (GmbH)
- Seat
- Kiel
Raiffeisenstraße 1, 24103 Kiel
- Website
- www.nah.sh
- Management
- Managing director(s) per the authority's Impressum. Names rotate; always check the current Impressum for the authoritative list.
Background
Nahverkehrsverbund Schleswig-Holstein — Landesgesellschaft founded 1995, 100 % owned by the Land Schleswig-Holstein. Aufgabenträger for SPNV in the Land; coordinates with Hamburg through HVV for cross-border networks. Has pioneered several hydrogen-train and battery-train procurements through PTA-side financing structures.
Remit and mandate
Sole SPNV-Aufgabenträger for Schleswig-Holstein; active lead for the North German hydrogen and battery rolling-stock programmes.
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: 7 lot(s) as lead authority, 3 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead authority
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. 156
E-Netz Ost
Gross with incentive · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 09.12.2035 — TBD
- Services
- RE · Electric · 2,80 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hamburg – Lübeck-Travemünde Strand/Neustadt (RE 8, RE 80)
- Remarks
- Vehicles provided by the authority
No. 157
Netz Fehmarnbelt
Gross with incentive · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 09.12.2035 — TBD
- Services
- RE · Electric · 1,40 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Lübeck – Puttgarden – Nykøbing
No. 143
Netz West; Netz Dagebüll
Gross with incentive · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 10.12.2034 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 4,60 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hamburg – Westerland (Sylt) (RE 6, RB 62) Niebüll – Dagebüll (RB 65)
- Remarks
- Electrification ander planning
No. 20
Netz Mitte
Gross with incentive · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 10.12.2039
- Services
- RE · Electric · 5,00 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hamburg – Kiel (RE 7, RE 70) Hamburg – Flensburg/Tinglev (RE 7)
- Remarks
- Vehicles provided with manufacturer maintenance
No. 24
Netz Südwest
Gross with incentive · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 10.12.2039
- Services
- RB · Electric · 2,20 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft (awarded)
- Lines
- Hamburg – Elmshorn – Kellinghusen / Itzehoe (RB 61, RB 71)
- Remarks
- Awarded to Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft
No. 118
Netz Süd
TBD · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 12.12.2032 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Battery · 2,27 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Neumünster – Norderstedt Mitte Elmshorn – Ulzburg Süd
As participating authority
No. 43
Niebüll - Tønder (DK)
TBD · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 10.12.2028 — TBD
- Services
- RB · TBD · 0,09 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB 66 Niebüll – Tønder (DK)
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. 23
Teilnetz Ostsee-Alster
Gross with incentive · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 07.12.2041
- Services
- RE · Electric · 3,34 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- DB Regio (awarded)
- Lines
- Hamburg – Büchen – Rostock Schwerin – Lübeck (ab 2030) Rostock – Bad Kleinen – Lübeck (ab 2030)
- Remarks
- Awarded to DB Regio, zweite service phase Jfpl. 2030 mit 4,23 Mio. Zugkm/a vorbehaltlich Verfügbarkeit Infrastruktur
Source: Bundesverband SchienenNahverkehr (BSN), Wettbewerbsfahrplan 2025. Data are as published in the Wettbewerbsfahrplan and have not been independently verified against the underlying tender documentation.
Further reading
Last reviewed: 18 April 2026.