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Aufgabenträger · Hessen

Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund GmbH

Abbreviation
RMV
Land / remit
Hessen
Legal form
GmbH (public ownership)
Seat
Hofheim am Taunus
Alte Bleiche 7, 65719 Hofheim am Taunus
Website
www.rmv.de
Management
Prof. Knut Ringat (Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung) und Dr. André Kavai, Geschäftsführung (as of 6 July 2026)

Background

Founded 1994 as the regional transport association for the state of Hessen; Aufgabenträger for the entire Land. Shareholders are the Land Hessen, the districts and cities of the catchment area. Operates one of the densest S-Bahn and regional-rail networks in Germany, including the Frankfurt S-Bahn and the Rhein/Main-Neckar corridor, and has increasingly used Land-side guarantees in its most recent hydrogen-train and battery-train procurements.

Remit and mandate

SPNV-Aufgabenträger for Rhein-Main Hesse (Regierungsbezirke Darmstadt and Gießen).

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: 20 lot(s) as lead authority, 9 lot(s) as participating authority.

As lead authority

No. 61

S 2

Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Contract term
09.12.2029 — TBD
Services
S-Bahn · Electric · 2,01 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
S 2 Niedernhausen – Dietzenbach
No. 180

Kinzigtal

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
09.12.2040 — TBD
Services
RB + RE · Electric · 3,28 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
HE 5 Frankfurt – Fulda RE 50 Frankfurt – Bebra RB 51 Frankfurt – Wächtersbach (– Bad Soden-Salmünster)
No. 47

Regionaltangente West

Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Contract term
10.12.2028 — TBD
Services
TBD · Electric · — M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RTW 1: Bad Homburg – F-Höchst – F-Flughafen – Neu-Isenburg Birkengewann RTW 2 / 3: F-Praunheim – / Bad Soden – F-Höchst – F-Flughafen – Dreieich-Buchschlag
No. 146

Taunus

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
10.12.2034 — TBD
Services
RB · Fuel cell · 1,80 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: yes · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 11 Bad Soden – Frankfurt-Höchst (– Kelkheim) RB 12 Königstein – Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt RB 15 Brandoberndorf – Usingen (– Friedrichsdorf – Frankfurt) RB 16 Friedberg – Friedrichsdorf – Bad Homburg
No. 110

Gallus

Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Contract term
11.12.2032 — 14.12.2054
Services
S-Bahn · Electric · 6,90 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
S 3 Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf S 4 Kronberg – Langen S 5 Usingen – Hanau Hbf S 6 Friedberg – Frankfurt Süd
No. 134

Südhessen-Untermain

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
11.12.2033 — TBD
Services
RB + RE · Electric · 2,48 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 58 (Laufach –) Aschaffenburg – Frankfurt RE 59 Aschaffenburg – Frankfurt Flughafen RB 75 Wiesbaden – Aschaffenburg
No. 112

Ländchesbahn

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
12.12.2032 — TBD
Services
RB · TBD · 0,52 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 21 Limburg (Lahn) – Niedernhausen – Wiesbaden
No. 117

Main-Neckar-Ried

TBD · Other / TBD
Contract term
12.12.2032 — TBD
Services
RB + RE · Electric · 3,33 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RE 60 Mannheim – Frankfurt RB 67 Mannheim – Frankfurt RB 68 Heidelberg – Frankfurt RE 70 Frankfurt – Mannheim
No. 122

Wetterau West-Ost

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
12.12.2032 — TBD
Services
RB · Battery · 1,59 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 46 Gießen – Gelnhausen RB 47 Lich / Hungen – Wölfersheim-Södel – Friedberg (– Frankfurt) RB 48 Nidda – Friedberg (– Frankfurt) Lumdatalbahn: Gießen – Lollar – Londorf
No. 172

Rheingau-Express

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
12.12.2038 — TBD
Services
RB + RE · Electric · 0,87 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: retrofit
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 10 Neuwied – Koblenz – Frankfurt [Einzelf.] RE 19 (Kobern-Gondorf –) Koblenz – Frankfurt
No. 173

Mittelhessen

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
12.12.2038 — TBD
Services
RB · Electric · 4,27 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 37 (Kirchhain –) Gießen – Frankfurt RB 40 Dillenburg – Gießen – Frankfurt RB 41 Schwalmstadt-Treysa – Gießen – Frankfurt RB 49 (Gießen -) Friedberg – Hanau
No. 174

Rheingau

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
12.12.2038 — TBD
Services
RB · Electric · 2,97 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 10 Neuwied – Koblenz – Wiesbaden – Frankfurt
No. 175

Lahntal-Vogelsberg-Rhön

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
12.12.2038 — TBD
Services
RB + RE · Battery · 3,16 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RE 24 Limburg – Gießen RB 45 Limburg – Gießen – Fulda RB 52 Gersfeld (Rhön) – Fulda
No. 176

Main-Weser

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
12.12.2038 — TBD
Services
RE · Electric · 1,22 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RE 30 Kassel – Frankfurt
No. 177

Main-Lahn-Sieg

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
12.12.2038 — TBD
Services
RE · Electric · 2,35 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RE 98 Kassel – Frankfurt RE 99 Siegen – Frankfurt
No. 162

Kleyer

Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Contract term
14.12.2036 — TBD
Services
S-Bahn · Electric · 7,63 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
S 1 Wiesbaden – Rödermark-Ober-Roden S 7 Riedstadt-Goddelau – Frankfurt S 8 Wiesbaden Hbf – Hanau Hbf S 9 Wiesbaden Hbf – Hanau Hbf
No. 163

Taunusstrecke

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
14.12.2036 — TBD
Services
RB + RE · Electric · 1,49 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RE 20 / RB 22 Limburg – Niedernhausen – Frankfurt
No. 67

Niddertal

Gross · Open procedure
Contract term
12.12.2032 — 14.12.2047
Services
RB · Electric · 0,96 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 34 Glauburg-Stockheim – Frankfurt
Remarks
Electrification planned. Procedure amended July 2026 (TED 453028-2026): start deferred to 12.12.2032, term to 14.12.2047, tenders due 12.02.2027.
No. 71

Dreieich

Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Contract term
15.12.2030 — TBD
Services
RB · Battery · 0,51 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 61 Dieburg – Frankfurt
Remarks
Planned consolidation with sub-network Odenwald geplant
No. 82

Odenwald

Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Contract term
15.12.2030 — TBD
Services
RB + RE · Battery · 2,12 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 66 Darmstadt – Pfungstadt RE 80 Erbach – Darmstadt RB 81 Eberbach – Darmstadt RB 82 Eberbach – Frankfurt RE 85 Erbach – Frankfurt RB 86 Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach – Hanau RB 61 Dieburg – Frankfurt [Einzelfahrten]
Remarks
Planned consolidation with sub-network Dreieich geplant

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. 109

12NWH (NWH-Netz)

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
01.12.2032 — 15.12.2047
Services
RB · TBD · 3,00 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: pre-equipped
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 4 Korbach – Bad Arolsen – Wolfhagen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe RB 39 Bad Wildungen – Wabern – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Kassel Hbf RB 94 Erndtebrück – Bad Laasphe – Biedenkopf – Marburg RB 97 Brilon – Korbach – Frankenberg – Marburg
Remarks
potentially teilweise geänderter Zuschnitt des Netzes je nach Tractionsart in Prüfung (wg. Nachladen an Oberleitung)
No. 46

E-Netz Mainfranken Übergang

TBD · Negotiated procedure without prior call
Contract term
10.12.2028 — 14.12.2030
Services
RB + RE · Electric · 5,10 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: retrofit
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RE 10 Nürnberg – Würzburg RB 53 Flieden – Würzburg – Bamberg RB 79 Aschaffenburg - Gemünden RB 80 Würzburg – Marktbreit
No. 49

Main-Spessart Übergang

TBD · Negotiated procedure without prior call
Contract term
10.12.2028 — 14.12.2030
Services
RE · Electric · 2,70 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: no
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RE 54 Frankfurt – Maintal – Würzburg – Bamberg RE 55 Frankfurt – Offenbach – Würzburg
No. 95

Südwest-Expressnetz (SWEN)

Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Contract term
14.12.2031 — 09.12.2046
Services
RE · Electric · 6,90 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RE 1 Koblenz – Saarbrücken – Mannheim (-Heidelberg) RE 2 Koblenz – Bingen - Meinz - Frankfurt(Main) RE 4 Frankfurt(Main) – Mainz - Ludwigshafen – Karlsruhe RE 14 Frankfurt(Main) – Mainz - Ludwigshafen – Mannheim
No. 74

Regionalverkehr Mainfranken - Los 1

Other · Open procedure
Contract term
15.12.2030 — 13.12.2042
Services
RE · Electric · 4,20 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: retrofit
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RE 10 Würzburg – Neustadt/Aisch – Nürnberg RE 54 Frankfurt – Maintal – Würzburg – Bamberg RE 55 Frankfurt – Offenbach – Würzburg – Bamberg
Remarks
Nettovertrag mit Bruttoanlaufphase
No. 75

Regionalverkehr Mainfranken - Los 2

Other · Open procedure
Contract term
15.12.2030 — 13.12.2042
Services
RB · Electric · 3,10 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: retrofit
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RS 1 Marktbreit - Würzburg - Flieden RS 2 Würzbuerg - Bamberg RS 4 Würzburg - Kitzingen RS 11 Würzburg - Gemünden RB 79 Aschaffenburg – Gemünden
Remarks
Nettovertrag mit Bruttoanlaufphase neue Line routings and Line names im Zuge der Regio- S-Bahn Mainfranken geplant
No. 77

Folgeverträge Eifel-Westerwald- Sieg-Netz

Gross · Other / TBD
Contract term
15.12.2030 — TBD
Services
RB + RE · TBD · 6,10 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 23 Limburg(Lahn) – Mayen Ost RE 25 Gießen – Koblenz RB 29 Limburg – Siershahn RB 38 Andernach – Kaisersesch RB 90 Limburg(Lahn) – Au(Sieg) – Siegen RB 91 Hagen – Siegen RB 92 Finnentrop – Olpe RB 93 Betzdorf(Sieg) – Bad Berleburg RB 95 Dillenburg – Siegen RB 96 Betzdorf(Sieg) – Dillenburg
Remarks
Neuer Network perimeter under discussion
No. 84

Kahlgrundbahn Übergang

TBD · Other / TBD
Contract term
15.12.2030 — TBD
Services
RB · TBD · 0,40 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: TBD · ETCS: retrofit
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
RB 56 Hanau – Schöllkrippen
Remarks
catenary-independent

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 724145-2026

S-Bahn sub-network Gallus — awarded for 22 years

Result · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Contract term
11.12.2033 — 11.12.2055 (22 yr); gross contract
Services
S-Bahn · Electric · ~6,9 M train-km in timetable year 2034; awarded only as a whole
Rolling stock
New vehicles required, no pool (Wettbewerbsfahrplan); the notice itself is silent on provision and says nothing about the fleet beyond the reordering option. At 22 years the term is sized to the financing — an inference, since the notice cites only Directive 2014/24/EU and the VgV and gives no reason for the term: Art. 4(3) of Regulation (EC) 1370/2007 caps rail contracts at 15 years, Art. 4(4) allows up to 22.5 where the operator provides a significant part of the assets. Over such a term there is barely a residual value left to place — residual-value avoidance rather than residual-value cover
Key date
Awarded to DB Regio AG; contract concluded 19.10.2026. Award criterion: price, weighted 100 %
Lines
S 3 Bad Soden – Darmstadt Hbf; S 4 Kronberg – Langen; S 5 Usingen – Hanau Hbf; S 6 Friedberg – Frankfurt Süd
Remarks
Value stated as EUR 1.00 — declared fictitious, a mandatory form entry under sec. 39(6) VgV. On the notice’s wording that reservation covers the value entries only, not the 99 tenders reported in section 6.1.4; that figure looks no more reliable, the interim award for the same sub-network having drawn a single tender. Both ends of the term fall a year later than the Wettbewerbsfahrplan records (11.12.2032–14.12.2054): the parallel four-year interim to December 2033 went to the incumbent because manufacturers cannot deliver new vehicles before December 2033, coupling requirements rule out staged procurement, and all ET 423 and ET 430 units in service in Germany are owned by the incumbent, DB Regio AG S-Bahn Rhein-Main (286046-2026)
TED 615337-2026

Nordwesthessen-Netz — battery railcar trial

Result · Contract modification (sec. 132(2) GWB)
Contract term
Limited trial within the running 12NWH18 contract; modification concluded 29.07.2026
Services
SPNV · trial operation in place of diesel vehicles
Rolling stock
Three battery railcars leased by the operator; deployed to prepare the network’s decarbonisation and establish the infrastructure upgrade required
Key date
Awarded to DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH; a change of operator was ruled out on technical grounds (integration into existing diagrams, short-notice swaps)
Lines
Nordwesthessen-Netz (Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia)
Remarks
Value withheld. The network’s re-award (12NWH) follows in December 2032, with the perimeter expressly dependent on the traction type
TED 567894-2026

E-Netz Mainfranken Übergang (ENMÜ)

Prior information notice · Direct award intended
Contract term
10.12.2028 — 14.12.2030, extension reserved to 13.12.2031
Services
SPNV · Electric · ~4,3 M train-km/yr (Bavaria ~4,1 M, Hesse ~0,2 M)
Rolling stock
Not addressed in the notice; a two-to-three-year term points to used vehicles procured by the operator
Key date
No competition: by notice 673995-2026 of 30.09.2026 the authorities intend to award the transitional contract directly to DB Regio AG. That notice nonetheless still shows an expected contract-notice date of 15.12.2026 — apparently an uncleared form field
Lines
RE 10 Würzburg – Neustadt (Aisch) – Nuremberg; RB 53 Flieden – Würzburg – Bamberg; RB 79 Aschaffenburg – Würzburg; RB 80 Würzburg – Marktbreit
Remarks
Procedure type changed twice: direct award (807704-2025, 05.12.2025), then competitive (567894-2026, 17.08.2026), then direct award to DB Regio again (673995-2026, 30.09.2026). It bridges the DB Regio contract to December 2028 and the BeNEX contract from December 2030 (possibly December 2031)
TED 533667-2026

Regionalverkehr Mainfranken (lots 1 and 2)

Award notice · Open procedure
Contract term
15.12.2030 — 12 yr per lot, three-year extension option
Services
SPNV · Electric · ~4,18 M (lot 1) + ~3,08 M (lot 2) train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Used vehicles from build year 2015 (lot 1) / 2008 (lot 2) and new vehicles admitted; capital-service guarantee offered for new vehicles
Key date
Awarded to BeNEX Regionalverkehr GmbH & Co. KG for both lots; contracts of 16.07.2026 (3 tenders in lot 1, 2 in lot 2)
Lines
Lot 1: RE 10, RE 54, RE 55 · Lot 2: RS 1, RS 2, RS 4, RS 11, RB 79
Remarks
Net contract with two-year gross start-up phase (Bavaria) / gross contract (Hesse); contract values withheld
TED 369831-2026

S-Bahn sub-network S2 — seven-year interim

Prior information notice · intended direct award
Contract term
Interim, 7 yr
Services
S-Bahn · Electric
Rolling stock
32 units class ET 423 (incl. 4 reserve); incumbent provides and maintains
Key date
PIN · intended award to the incumbent (DB Regio)
Lines
S-Bahn sub-network S2 (Rhine-Main)

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: 21 October 2026.