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
- Managing director(s) per the authority's Impressum. Names rotate; always check the current Impressum for the authoritative list.
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.
Further reading
Last reviewed: 18 April 2026.