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
- Managing director(s) per the authority's Impressum. Names rotate; always check the current Impressum for the authoritative list.
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.
Further reading
Last reviewed: 18 April 2026.