Aufgabenträger · Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Baden-Württemberg
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar GmbH
- Abbreviation
- VRN
- Land / remit
- Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Baden-Württemberg
- Legal form
- GmbH (cross-Länder)
- Seat
- Mannheim
B 1, 3–5, 68159 Mannheim
- Website
- www.vrn.de
- Management
- Managing director(s) per the authority's Impressum. Names rotate; always check the current Impressum for the authoritative list.
Background
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar — cross-border transport association covering parts of Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen. Formally set up as a GmbH, with delegated SPNV-Aufgabenträger responsibilities for parts of the Rhein-Neckar corridor, working alongside NVBW and ZÖPNV RLP Süd.
Remit and mandate
SPNV-Aufgabenträger for the Hesse share (Kreis Bergstraße) and cross-Länder coordination; plays an operational role on behalf of BW and RLP shareholders.
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: 0 lot(s) as lead authority, 3 lot(s) as participating authority.
As participating authority
No. 142
S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar Los 2
Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 10.12.2034 — 12.12.2048
- Services
- S-Bahn · Electric · 6,20 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- under discussion
- Remarks
- Network perimeter, Inbetriebnahm(stufen), Lestungsumfang and Contract termen still open, Vehicle deployment (LCC- oder BW-Model) still under review
No. 131
S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar Los 1
Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 11.12.2033 — 09.12.2045
- Services
- S-Bahn · Electric · 7,70 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- under discussion
- Remarks
- Network perimeter, Inbetriebnahm(stufen), Lestungsumfang and Contract termen still open, Vehicle deployment (LCC- oder BW-Model) still under review
No. 117
Main-Neckar-Ried
TBD · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 12.12.2032 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 3,33 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: TBD · New-build: TBD · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 60 Mannheim – Frankfurt RB 67 Mannheim – Frankfurt RB 68 Heidelberg – Frankfurt RE 70 Frankfurt – Mannheim
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.