Aufgabenträger · Sachsen
Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen
- Abbreviation
- VMS
- Land / remit
- Sachsen
- Legal form
- Zweckverband
- Seat
- Chemnitz
Am Rathaus 2, 09111 Chemnitz
- Website
- www.vms.de
- Management
- Managing director(s) per the authority's Impressum. Names rotate; always check the current Impressum for the authoritative list.
Background
Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen — public-law Zweckverband of the Chemnitz area districts and the City of Chemnitz. Aufgabenträger for SPNV in Mittelsachsen; part of the Saxon ATs that coordinate through ZVOE / VVO at the Land level.
Remit and mandate
SPNV-Aufgabenträger for the Central Saxony area; includes Chemnitz tram-train model under the 'Chemnitzer Modell'.
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: 2 lot(s) as lead authority, 3 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead authority
No. 78
Elektronetz Mittelsachsen II (EMS II)
TBD · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 5,83 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 3 Dresden – Chemnitz – Hof RB 30 Dresden – Chemnitz – Zwickau RB 45 Chemnitz – Riesa – Elsterwerda
No. 85
Chemnitzer Modell
TBD · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — TBD
- Services
- Other · Diesel + Electric · 3,30 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- C 11 Chemnitz – Stollberg – Oelsnitz (– Glauchau) C 12 Chemnitz – Limbach-Oberfrohna C 13 Burgstädt – Chemnitz – Aue C 14 (Döbeln –) Mittweida – Chemnitz – Thalheim C 15 Chemnitz – Hainichen
- Remarks
- genauer Umfang der Betriebsleistung contingent on in Betrieb genommener Ausbaustufe des Chemnitzer Modells
As participating authority
No. 21
S-Bahn Dresden
Gross with incentive · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 12.12.2042
- Services
- S-Bahn · Electric · 3,92 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- DB Regio (awarded)
- Lines
- S 1 Meißen-Trieb. – Dresden – Pirna – Schöna S 2 Flughafen Dresden – Dresden – Pirna S 3 Dresden – Tharandt – Freiberg S 5 Dresden – Cossebauda – Coswig – Riesa (Option)
- Remarks
- 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
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.