Aufgabenträger · Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg — Behörde für Verkehr und Mobilitätswende (BVM)
- Abbreviation
- HH
- Land / remit
- Hamburg
- Legal form
- City-state ministry
- Seat
- Hamburg
Steindamm 94, 20099 Hamburg
- Website
- www.hamburg.de/bvm/
- Management
- Managing director(s) per the authority's Impressum. Names rotate; always check the current Impressum for the authoritative list.
Background
SPNV Aufgabenträger for the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, organised within the Behörde für Verkehr und Mobilitätswende (BVM); the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) acts as coordinator with Schleswig-Holstein and Niedersachsen. The Hamburg S-Bahn is a DC-electrified system with historically operator-financed rolling stock.
Remit and mandate
SPNV-Aufgabenträger for Hamburg; regional rail services provided within HVV 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, 10 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead authority
No. 127
S-Bahn Hamburg
Other · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 11.12.2033 — 12.12.2048
- Services
- S-Bahn · Electric · 21,00 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: partial · New-build: partial · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Gesamtnetz
- Remarks
- Contract type TBD; vehicle pool for new-build units. Fleet: class 474 to be replaced by new-build units; class 490 to be handed over from outgoing to incoming operator on operator change.
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. 156
E-Netz Ost
Gross with incentive · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 09.12.2035 — TBD
- Services
- RE · Electric · 2,80 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hamburg – Lübeck-Travemünde Strand/Neustadt (RE 8, RE 80)
- Remarks
- Vehicles provided by the authority
No. 143
Netz West; Netz Dagebüll
Gross with incentive · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 10.12.2034 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 4,60 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hamburg – Westerland (Sylt) (RE 6, RB 62) Niebüll – Dagebüll (RB 65)
- Remarks
- Electrification ander planning
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. 20
Netz Mitte
Gross with incentive · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 10.12.2039
- Services
- RE · Electric · 5,00 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hamburg – Kiel (RE 7, RE 70) Hamburg – Flensburg/Tinglev (RE 7)
- Remarks
- Vehicles provided with manufacturer maintenance
No. 23
Teilnetz Ostsee-Alster
Gross with incentive · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 07.12.2041
- Services
- RE · Electric · 3,34 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- DB Regio (awarded)
- Lines
- Hamburg – Büchen – Rostock Schwerin – Lübeck (ab 2030) Rostock – Bad Kleinen – Lübeck (ab 2030)
- Remarks
- Awarded to DB Regio, zweite service phase Jfpl. 2030 mit 4,23 Mio. Zugkm/a vorbehaltlich Verfügbarkeit Infrastruktur
No. 24
Netz Südwest
Gross with incentive · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 10.12.2039
- Services
- RB · Electric · 2,20 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft (awarded)
- Lines
- Hamburg – Elmshorn – Kellinghusen / Itzehoe (RB 61, RB 71)
- Remarks
- Awarded to Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft
No. 25
RE 5 Cuxhaven – Hamburg
Gross · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 12.12.2037
- Services
- RE · Diesel · 1,59 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hamburg – Cuxhaven
No. 169
RE 5 Cuxhaven – Hamburg
— · —
- Contract term
- 12.12.2037 — —
- Services
- RE · TBD · 1,59 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: —
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hamburg – Cuxhaven
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
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.