Aufgabenträger · Hessen
Nordhessischer VerkehrsVerbund
- Abbreviation
- NVV
- Land / remit
- Hessen
- Legal form
- Zweckverband (public-law special-purpose association)
- Seat
- Kassel
Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 10, 34117 Kassel
- Website
- www.nvv.de
- Management
- Managing director(s) per the authority's Impressum. Names rotate; always check the current Impressum for the authoritative list.
Background
Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund — the North-Hesse counterpart to RMV. Established 1995 as a public-law Zweckverband of the North-Hesse districts and the City of Kassel. Aufgabenträger for SPNV in northern Hessen; shares tender design principles with RMV and has developed its own fleet-financing model for the RegioTram and related networks.
Remit and mandate
SPNV-Aufgabenträger for northern Hesse (Regierungsbezirk Kassel).
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, 10 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead 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. 136
10RT (RegioTram-Netz)
Gross · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 12.12.2033 — TBD
- Services
- other · Diesel + Electric · 2,37 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RT 1 Hofgeismar-Hümme – Kassel Hbf – Kassel, Holländische Str. RT 4 Wolfhagen – Zierenberg – Kassel Hbf – Kassel, Holländische Str. RT 5 Melsungen Süd – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Kassel Hbf – Kassel, Auestadion
- Remarks
- RegioTram service in both EBO and BOStrab territory
As participating authority
No. 168
Südniedersachsen
— · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 01.12.2037 — TBD
- Services
- RB · Battery · — M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RB 79 Bodenburg - Hildesheim RB 80 Göttingen – Northeim – Nordhausen RB 81 Bodenfelde – Northeim – Nordhausen RE 10 Hannover – Goslar – Bad Harzburg RB 84 Paderborn – Ottbergen – Kreiensen RB 85 Paderborn – Ottbergen – Göttingen RB 86 Einbeck – Göttingen
No. 57
Leine-Weser
Gross · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 09.12.2029 — 13.12.2037
- Services
- RB + RE · Battery · — M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 10 Hannover – Goslar – Bad Harzburg RB 82 Göttingen – Kreiensen – Bad Harzburg RB 79 Bodenburg – Hildesheim RB 84 Paderborn – Ottbergen – Kreiensen RB 85 Paderborn – Ottbergen – Göttingen RB 86 Einbeck-Mitte – Einbeck-Salzderhelden – Göttingen
- Remarks
- Vehicles provided by the authority
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. 38
Sauerlandnetz
Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 10.12.2028 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · other · 5,80 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 17 Hagen – Warburg – Kassel RE 57 Dortmand – Winterberg / Brilon Stadt RB 54 Unna – Neuenrade RB 53 Dortmand – Iserlohn RB 52 Dortmand – Lüdenscheid
- Remarks
- Traction: diesel + battery; Lot 1 (RB 52 + RB 53) already ends December 2034.
No. 128
Rhein-Ruhr-Express
TBD · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 11.12.2033 — TBD
- Services
- RE · Electric · 14,69 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: pre-equipped
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 1 (RRX) Hamm – Aachen RE 4 Aachen – Dortmand RE 5 (RRX) Koblenz – Wesel RE 6 (RRX) Minden – Köln/Bonn Flughafen RE 11 (RRX) Düsseldorf – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Remarks
- NRW RRX model
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. 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. 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
No. 73
Saale-Thüringen-Südharz 2030+
Gross · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — 09.12.2045
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 8,30 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- 1. service phase (bis 12/2032) Halle - Sangerhausen - Nordhausen - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Saalfeld - Jena - Naumburg - Leipzig Erfurt - Naumburg - Halle Saalfeld - Jena - Naumburg - Halle (Heiligenstadt-) Leinefelde - Nordhausen Erfurt - Sömmerda - Sangerhausen 2. service phase (ab 12/2032) Halle - Sangerhausen - Nordhausen - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Saalfeld - Jena - Naumburg - Leipzig Erfurt - Naumburg - Halle Saalfeld - Jena - Naumburg - Halle (Heiligenstadt-) Leinefelde - Nordhausen
- Remarks
- Service volume reduced from 12/2032 auf 7,8 Mio. train-km (service phase 2)
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.