Aufgabenträger · Schleswig-Holstein
Nahverkehrsverbund Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (NAH.SH)
- Abbreviation
- NAH.SH
- Land / remit
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Legal form
- Landesgesellschaft (GmbH)
- Seat
- Kiel
Raiffeisenstraße 1, 24103 Kiel
- Website
- www.nah.sh
- Management
- Dr. Arne Beck (Sprecher der Geschäftsführung) und Birgit Austen, Geschäftsführung (as of 6 July 2026)
Background
Nahverkehrsverbund Schleswig-Holstein — Landesgesellschaft founded 1995, 100 % owned by the Land Schleswig-Holstein. Aufgabenträger for SPNV in the Land; coordinates with Hamburg through HVV for cross-border networks. Has pioneered several hydrogen-train and battery-train procurements through PTA-side financing structures.
Remit and mandate
Sole SPNV-Aufgabenträger for Schleswig-Holstein; active lead for the North German hydrogen and battery rolling-stock programmes.
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: 7 lot(s) as lead authority, 3 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead authority
No. 151
Akkunetz Nord, Akkunetz Ost, Akkunetz Ost-West
Gross with incentive · Restricted procedure
- Contract term
- 09.12.2035 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Battery · 10,40 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Kiel – Flensburg (RE 72, RB 73) Kiel – Husum (RE 74, RB 75) Husum – Bad St. Peter-Ording (RB 64) Lübeck – Kiel (RE 83, RB 84) Lübeck – Lüneburg (RE 83) Kiel – Schönberger Strand (RB 76) Neumünster – Heide – Büsum (RB 63) Neumünster – Bad Oldesloe (RB 82)
- Remarks
- Vehicles provided with manufacturer maintenance
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. 157
Netz Fehmarnbelt
Gross with incentive · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 09.12.2035 — TBD
- Services
- RE · Electric · 1,40 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Lübeck – Puttgarden – Nykøbing
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. 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. 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. 118
Netz Süd
TBD · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 12.12.2032 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Battery · 2,27 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Neumünster – Norderstedt Mitte Elmshorn – Ulzburg Süd
As participating authority
No. 43
Niebüll - Tønder (DK)
TBD · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 10.12.2028 — TBD
- Services
- RB · TBD · 0,09 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB 66 Niebüll – Tønder (DK)
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.
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
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 549657-2026
Hamburg S-Bahn — 8th amendment agreement
Contract modification · Sec. 132(2) GWB
- Contract term
- Modification of the transport contract awarded under notice 003078-2012
- Services
- S-Bahn Hamburg network; the amendment concerns RB 81 and S 4
- Rolling stock
- Double-deck operation on RB 81 extended for timetable year 2028 with an option for 2029; class ET 490 units cannot take over as planned because the infrastructure works are not complete
- Key date
- Amendment concluded 16.07.2026 with S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH
- Lines
- RB 81 Hauptbahnhof – Bad Oldesloe; S 4 Altona Nord – Bad Oldesloe
- Remarks
- Also regulates the DB InfraGO general renovation of the Hamburg – Lübeck line from mid to late 2028. The stated value of EUR 1.00 is flagged in the notice as a form artefact; the agreement is published on the Hamburg transparency portal
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: 27 August 2026.