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Aufgabenträger · Sachsen

Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien

Abbreviation
ZVON
Land / remit
Sachsen
Legal form
Zweckverband
Seat
Bautzen
Rathenauplatz 1, 02625 Bautzen
Website
www.zvon.de
Management
Managing director(s) per the authority's Impressum. Names rotate; always check the current Impressum for the authoritative list.

Background

Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien — public-law Zweckverband covering the Görlitz / Bautzen area. Aufgabenträger for SPNV in the Oberlausitz; one of the German ATs whose networks cross the Polish border.

Remit and mandate

SPNV-Aufgabenträger for Upper Lusatia / Lower Silesia area; cross-border coordination with Polish and Czech rail authorities.

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: 3 lot(s) as lead authority, 0 lot(s) as participating authority.

As lead authority

No. 126

Zittauer Schmalspurbahn

TBD · Negotiated procedure without prior call
Contract term
10.12.2033 — 12.12.2043
Services
RB · TBD · 0,06 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: no
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
Zittau – Kurort Oybin / Kurort Jonsdorf
No. 100

Ostsachsennetz II

Gross · Open procedure
Contract term
14.12.2031 — 12.12.2043
Services
RB + RE · TBD · 4,08 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: pre-equipped
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
Dresden – Görlitz (– Zgorzelec) Dresden – Zittau – Liberec Liberec – Zittau – Seifhennersdorf
Remarks
Alternative traction envisaged: battery or fuel cell; possibly a diesel transition phase; possibly network changes subject to coordination with VVO and CZ.
No. 83

Netz Spree-Neiße

TBD · Other / TBD
Contract term
15.12.2030 — 11.12.2038
Services
RB · TBD · 1,90 M train-km/yr
Rolling stock
Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: pre-equipped
Operator
Not yet awarded / see authority
Lines
Cottbus – Forst (Lausitz) Cottbus – Görlitz – Zittau

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.