Aufgabenträger · Sachsen-Anhalt
Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH
- Abbreviation
- NASA
- Land / remit
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- Legal form
- Landesgesellschaft (GmbH)
- Seat
- Magdeburg
Hofbreite 4, 06120 Halle (Saale)
- Website
- www.nasa.de
- Management
- Peter Panitz, Geschäftsführer (as of 6 July 2026)
Background
Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt — Landesgesellschaft founded 1996, 100 % owned by the Land Sachsen-Anhalt. Aufgabenträger for SPNV in Saxony-Anhalt; has used the LNVG vehicle-pool model as a reference for its own fleet arrangements.
Remit and mandate
Sole SPNV-Aufgabenträger for Saxony-Anhalt.
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: 5 lot(s) as lead authority, 5 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead authority
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. 41
Netz Elbe-Altmark
Gross · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 10.12.2028 — TBD
- Services
- RB · TBD · 0,37 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB 33 Stendal – Tangermünde RB 34 Stendal – Rathenow
- Remarks
- Award contingent on infrastructure development
No. 148
Harzer Schmalspurbahn
— · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 10.12.2034 — TBD
- Services
- TBD · Steam + Diesel · 0,50 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Wernigerode – Drei Annen Hwithout – Brocken Quedlinburg – Alexisbad – Harzgerode Stiege – Hasselfelde / Eisfelder Talmühle Eisfelder Talmühle – Drei Annen Hwithout
No. 113
Dieselnetz Sachsen-Anhalt
Gross with incentive · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 12.12.2032 — TBD
- Services
- Other · TBD · 12,20 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 4 Halle (Saale) – Halberstadt – Goslar RE 10 Magdeburg – Sangerhausen – Erfurt RE 11 Magdeburg – Halbertsadt – Thale RE 21 Magdeburg – Halberstadt – Goslar RE 31 Magdeburg – Halberstadt – Blankenburg RE 24 Halle (Saale) – Halberstadt RB 33 Stendal – Tangermünde RB 35 Wolfsburg – Stendal RB 36/RE 6 Wolfsburg – Magdeburg RB 41 Magdeburg – Aschersleben RB 43 Magdeburg – Oschersleben RB 44 Aschersleben – Halberstadt RB 47 Halle (Saale) – Bernburg – Magdeburg RB 50 Aschersleben – Dessau RB 77 Naumburg – Wangen S 11 Halle (Saale) – Merseburg – Querfurt
- Remarks
- Decarbonisation of the diesel fleet envisaged. Vehicle provision (Diesel, BEMU, EMU) possible. Strong dependency on infrastructure development
No. 79
Mitteldeutsches S-Bahnnetz II
Gross with incentive · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — 10.12.2045
- Services
- RB + RE + S- Bahn · Electric · 8,15 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- S 2 Leipzig-Stötteritz – Leipzig Citytunnel – Dessau / Lutherstadt Wittenberg S 7 Sangerhausen - Lurh. Eisleben - Halle (Saale) - Delitzsch - Eilenburg S 8 Halle (Saale) – Dessau / Lutherstadt Wittenberg RE 13 Magdeburg – Dessau – Leipzig RE 14 Magdeburg – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Falkenberg (Elster) RB 51 Dessau – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Falkenberg (Elster) RB 52 Magdeburg - Dessau (optionale Betriebsleistung)
- Remarks
- Verschiebung Beginn Vertragslaufzeit um ein Jahr auf Dez. 2031 possible
As participating authority
No. 137
Netz Elbe-Spree
Gross with incentive · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 10.12.2034 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric + Battery · 28,00 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: pre-equipped
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Magdeburg – Berlin – Frankfurt (Oder) Nauen – Berlin – Cottbus Berlin – Cottbus Dessau – Berlin – Lübbenau – Senftenberg Wismar – Wittenberge – Berlin – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt – Elsterwerda / Finsterwalde Nauen – Berlin Oranienburg – Golm – Potsdam – Griebnitzsee Potsdam – Golm – Berlin Königs Wusterhausen – Flughafen BER – Golm – Potsdam – Griebnitzsee Golm – Potsdam – Berlin – Flughafen BER Eberswalde – Berlin – Flughafen BER – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt Oranienburg – Berlin – Ludwigsfelde Potsdam – Beelitz – Jüterbog Beelitz Stadt – Berlin-Wannsee Brandenburg – Rathenow Berlin – Flughafen BER
- Remarks
- possibly also fuel cell
No. 6
Netz Nord-Süd
Gross with incentive · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 13.12.2026 — 11.12.2038
- Services
- RE · Electric · 11,60 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: pre-equipped
- Operator
- DB Regio (lots 1, 2 and 3)
- Lines
- RE3 Stralsand / Schwedt – Berlin – Lutherstadt Wittenberg RE4 Stendal – Rathenow – Berlin – Falkenberg (Elster) RE5 Rostock / Stralsand – Berlin – Ludwigsfelde
- Remarks
- Lots 1, 2 and 3 awarded to DB Regio
No. 7
MDSB2025plus
Gross with incentive · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 13.12.2026 — 11.12.2038
- Services
- S-Bahn · Electric + Battery · 10,80 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: pre-equipped
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- S 4 Torgau – Leipzig – Wurzen (– Riesa) S 6 Naumburg / Merseburg – Leipzig-Stötteritz S 1 Leipzig Miltitzer Allee – Borsdorf – Grimma – Döbeln S 10 Schkeuditz – Leipzig Miltitzer Allee S 3 Halle-Nietleben – Leipzig – Borna – Geithain S 5 Halle-Trotha – Flughafen L/HAL – Leipzig – Altenburg – Gößnitz – Glauchau / Werdau – Zwickau S 5X Halle-Trotha – Flughafen L/HAL – Leipzig – Altenburg – Werdau – Zwickau / Plauen
- Remarks
- 2 lots of battery new-build units; no legacy fleet available; train-km without options.
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. 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 374588-2026
Central German S-Bahn Network II
Competition · Standard regime
- Contract term
- 12.12.2032 — 09.12.2045 (core) + option to Dec 2046
- Services
- SPNV · Electric · ~7,3 M train-km/yr (+ options)
- Rolling stock
- Vehicle concept is the most heavily weighted award criterion; authorities offer vehicle-financing support (residual-value / reuse undertaking, interest correction); operator procures
- Key date
- Tenders due 03.12.2026
- Lines
- S2, S7, S8, RE 13, RB 51, RE 14 (Dessau, Bitterfeld, Leipzig, Halle, Magdeburg, Lu. Wittenberg, Falkenberg)
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: 2 July 2026.