Aufgabenträger · Niedersachsen
Region Hannover (Großraumverkehr Hannover — GVH)
- Abbreviation
- Region Hannover
- Land / remit
- Niedersachsen
- Legal form
- Regional authority (Kommunalverband besonderer Art)
- Seat
- Hannover
Hildesheimer Straße 18, 30169 Hannover
- Website
- www.hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Mobilit%C3%A4t
- Management
- Managing director(s) per the authority's Impressum. Names rotate; always check the current Impressum for the authoritative list.
Background
Public-law regional body established by the Gesetz über die Region Hannover (2001); direct democratic legitimation through the Regionsversammlung. Aufgabenträger for the S-Bahn Hannover network (Großraumverkehr Hannover) — a carve-out from LNVG's Land-wide remit.
Remit and mandate
SPNV-Aufgabenträger for the S-Bahn Hannover area.
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: 1 lot(s) as lead authority, 7 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead authority
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
As participating authority
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. 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. 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. 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. 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
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.