Aufgabenträger · Thüringen
Nahverkehrsservicegesellschaft Thüringen mbH (NVS)
- Abbreviation
- NVS
- Land / remit
- Thüringen
- Legal form
- Landesgesellschaft (GmbH)
- Seat
- Erfurt
Arnstädter Straße 28, 99096 Erfurt
- Website
- www.nvs-thueringen.de
- Management
- SPNV-Aufgabenträgerschaft seit 2019 beim Thüringer Landesamt für Bau und Verkehr (TLBV), Referat SPNV; Präsident des TLBV: Hans-Karl Rippel (as of 6 July 2026)
Background
Thüringer Landesbauamt für Verkehr (TLBV) acts as the SPNV-Aufgabenträger for Thuringia on behalf of the Freistaat Thüringen; a purely public-sector, ministry-anchored structure rather than a Landesgesellschaft.
Remit and mandate
Sole SPNV-Aufgabenträger for Thuringia (acting for the Land).
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: 4 lot(s) as lead authority, 6 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead authority
No. 37
Südthüringen-Unterfranken- Netz
Gross · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 10.12.2028 — 13.12.2036
- Services
- RB + RE · Diesel · 6,50 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Erfurt – Grimmenthal – Meiningen / Schweinfurt Erfurt - Zella-Mehlis - Grimmenthal / Bad Kissingen - Würzburg Wernshausen – Zella-Mehlis Eisenach – Meiningen – Sonneberg - Neuhaus Schweinfurt - Ebenhausen - Bad Kissingen - Gemünden Ilmenau - Rennsteig Würzburg - Seligenstadt - Volkach-Astheim
No. 39
Mittelthüringer Akku-Netz
Net with baseline revenue · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 10.12.2028 — 12.12.2043
- Services
- RB + RE · Battery · 3,50 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Erfurt – Kühnhausen – Bad Langensalza – Mühlhausen – Heilbad Heiligenstadt Gotha – Bad Langensalza Erfurt – Sondershausen – Nordhausen Fröttstädt – Friedrichroda Erfurt – Saalfeld Erfurt – Ilmenau
- Remarks
- In the preliminary notice still referred to as "Nordthüringennetz II"
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)
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. 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. 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. 153
Folgevertrag Franken- Südthüringen
TBD · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 09.12.2035 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 5,80 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 14 Nürnberg – Saalfeld(Saale) RE 19 Nürnberg – Coburg – Sonneberg RE 20 Nürnberg – Bamberg – Würzburg RB 25 Bamberg – Lichtenfels – Kronach RE 28 Nürnberg – Lichtenfels – Coburg (– Sonneberg) RE 29 Nürnberg – Coburg – Erfurt
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. 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.
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 613650-2026
RB 21 Weimar – Jena – Gera
Prior information notice
- Contract term
- December 2028 — December 2031 (interim award)
- Services
- SPNV · ~890.000 timetable-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Not addressed in the notice; a diesel interim pending electrification points to used vehicles
- Key date
- Procedure expected to start November 2026 — no deadline running
- Lines
- RB 21 Weimar – Jena – Gera (entirely within Thuringia)
- Remarks
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition. Needed because electrification of the Mitte-Deutschland-Verbindung is not expected before the early 2030s; the line formed part of the Thüringer Elektro-Netz closed without award on the same day
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)
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 October 2026.