Aufgabenträger · Sachsen
Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe
- Abbreviation
- VVO
- Land / remit
- Sachsen
- Legal form
- Zweckverband
- Seat
- Dresden
Hoyerswerdaer Straße 12, 01099 Dresden
- Website
- www.vvo-online.de
- Management
- Burkhard Ehlen, Geschäftsführer (as of 6 July 2026)
Background
Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe — public-law Zweckverband of the Dresden / Oberelbe districts; part of the joint Saxon SPNV coordination alongside ZVON (Oberlausitz/Niederschlesien) and VMS.
Remit and mandate
SPNV-Aufgabenträger for the Upper Elbe area (Dresden and surroundings).
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, 3 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead authority
No. 21
S-Bahn Dresden
Gross with incentive · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 12.12.2042
- Services
- S-Bahn · Electric · 3,92 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- DB Regio (awarded)
- Lines
- S 1 Meißen-Trieb. – Dresden – Pirna – Schöna S 2 Flughafen Dresden – Dresden – Pirna S 3 Dresden – Tharandt – Freiberg S 5 Dresden – Cossebauda – Coswig – Riesa (Option)
- Remarks
- Awarded to DB Regio
No. 9
E-Netz Oberelbe
Gross with incentive · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 13.12.2026 — 08.12.2040
- Services
- RE + S- Bahn · Electric · 3,10 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- DB Regio (awarded)
- Lines
- Dresden Hbf – Hoyerswerda Dresden Hbf – Cottbus Hbf Dresden Hbf – Elsterwerda-Biehla (ab Dez 2035) Dresden Hbf – Riesa – Leipzig Hbf
- Remarks
- Awarded to DB Regio; from 12/2035 erhöht sich Leistungsvolumen durch integration of the Linie S 6 auf Mio. 3,9 Zkm/Jahr
No. 102
VVO (B)EMU-Netz
Gross with incentive · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 14.12.2031 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE + S- Bahn · Battery · 3,21 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Dresden – Kamenz Dresden – Königsbrück Heidenau – Altenberg Pirna – Sebnitz
As participating authority
No. 152
Netz Lausitz
Gross with incentive · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 09.12.2035 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 4,40 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: pre-equipped
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hoyerwerda – Falkenberg (Elster) – Leipzig Cottbus – Ruhland – Falkenberg (Elster) Frankfurt (Oder) – Cottbus – Leipzig Frankfurt (Oder) - Cottbus – Falkenberg (Elster) Cottbus - Senftenberg - Elsterwerda
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. 78
Elektronetz Mittelsachsen II (EMS II)
TBD · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 5,83 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 3 Dresden – Chemnitz – Hof RB 30 Dresden – Chemnitz – Zwickau RB 45 Chemnitz – Riesa – Elsterwerda
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 512412-2026
EMS-Vergabe 2030 (Elektronetz Mittelsachsen)
Prior information notice
- Contract term
- from 15.12.2030 · min. 12 timetable years, max. 15 yr
- Services
- SPNV · Electric · ~5,75 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Provided in full by ZVMS for the entire contract term
- Key date
- Market sounding on vehicle provision and maintenance — registration by 31.08.2026, sessions mid/late September 2026 in Chemnitz
- Lines
- RE 3 Dresden – Chemnitz – Plauen – Hof; RB 30 Dresden – Chemnitz – Zwickau; RB 30V Chemnitz – Zwickau; RB 45 Chemnitz – Riesa – Elsterwerda
- Remarks
- Launch subject to approval by the individual authorities’ governing bodies; for Land Brandenburg also to budget availability
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: 3 August 2026.