Aufgabenträger · Saarland
Zweckverband Personennahverkehr Saarland
- Abbreviation
- ZPS
- Land / remit
- Saarland
- Legal form
- Zweckverband
- Seat
- Saarbrücken
Talstraße 30–32, 66119 Saarbrücken
- Website
- www.zps-saar.de
- Management
- Achim Jesel, Leiter der Geschäftsstelle; Verbandsvorsteher: Landrat Sören Meng (as of 6 July 2026)
Background
Zweckverband Personennahverkehr Saarland — public-law Zweckverband of the Saarländische Gebietskörperschaften. Acts as Aufgabenträger in coordination with the Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima, Mobilität, Agrar und Verbraucherschutz (MUKMAV) of the Saarland.
Remit and mandate
SPNV-Aufgabenträger for the Saarland; established as a Zweckverband in 2022 consolidating Land-level SPNV responsibilities.
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, 4 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead authority
No. 51
Saarbahn
Net · Other
- Contract term
- 01.09.2029 — 10.12.2044
- Services
- other · Electric · 0,82 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hanweiler (Gr) - Brebach and Walpershofen/Etzenhofen - Lebach-Jabach
No. 144
Elektronetz Saar-RB Los 1
Gross · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 10.12.2034 — 11.12.2049
- Services
- RB · Electric · 3,17 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: pre-equipped
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Schweich – Trier – Saarbrücken – Kaiserslautern
- Remarks
- Redeployment guarantee for vehicles from the predecessor contract
No. 145
Elektronetz Saar-RB Los 2
Gross · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 10.12.2034 — 11.12.2049
- Services
- RB · Electric · 2,27 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: pre-equipped
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Saarbrücken – Lebach Illingen – Homburg Saarbrücken – Neubrücke Saarbrücken – Wemmetsweiler – Neunkirchen – Homburg
- Remarks
- Redeployment guarantee for vehicles from the predecessor contract, auf RB 72 Saarbrücken – Lebach likely deployment of BEMU units
As participating authority
No. 51
Saarbahn
Net · Other
- Contract term
- 01.09.2029 — 10.12.2044
- Services
- other · Electric · 0,82 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Hanweiler (Gr) - Brebach and Walpershofen/Etzenhofen - Lebach-Jabach
No. 178
Folgevertrag MoselLux
Gross · Other / TBD
- Contract term
- 12.12.2039 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 3,60 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- (vehicles on RB 83: CFL)
- Lines
- RB 81 Koblenz – Trier RB 82 Trier – Perl RB 83 Wittlich – Dommeldange RE 85 Traben-Trarbach – Koblenz RE 86 Traben-Trabach – Trier RB 10V Koblenz – Kaub RE 11V Trier – Luxemburg
- Remarks
- Vehicles on RB 83 provided by CFL
No. 10
Südwest-Grand Est
Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 13.12.2026 — 15.12.2041
- Services
- RB · Diesel + Electric · 3,66 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: yes · ETCS: no
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Neustadt – Landau – Wissembourg – Straßbourg Mannheim / Karlsruhe – Wörth – Lauterbourg – Straßbourg Straßbourg – Kehl – Offenburg Mulhouse – Mühlheim Metz – Forbach – Saarbrücken Straßbourg – Saargemünd – Saarbrücken Metz – Thionville – Trier
No. 95
Südwest-Expressnetz (SWEN)
Gross · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 14.12.2031 — 09.12.2046
- Services
- RE · Electric · 6,90 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 1 Koblenz – Saarbrücken – Mannheim (-Heidelberg) RE 2 Koblenz – Bingen - Meinz - Frankfurt(Main) RE 4 Frankfurt(Main) – Mainz - Ludwigshafen – Karlsruhe RE 14 Frankfurt(Main) – Mainz - Ludwigshafen – 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.
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 472736-2026
S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar (Netz 72)
Prior information notice (Art. 7(2) Reg. (EC) 1370/2007)
- Contract term
- Staggered commencement expected from Dec 2033; term generally 15 yr
- Services
- S-Bahn · Electric · 6–9 M train-km/yr per lot (two lots with lot limitation, gross contracts)
- Rolling stock
- One lot to run with new-build vehicles; in the second lot SFBW provides its existing fleet under the BW model
- Key date
- Prior information notice of 09.07.2026 — competition to follow; no participation deadline yet
- Lines
- Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn network around Mannheim, incl. Mannheim – Germersheim – Karlsruhe, Mannheim – Kaiserslautern – Homburg (Saar) – Zweibrücken, Mannheim – Heidelberg – Osterburken/Bad Friedrichshall – Heilbronn and Mannheim – Mainz (– Wiesbaden)
- Note
- Joint re-award by Land Baden-Württemberg, ZÖPNV RLP Süd, Saarland and VRN; SFBW named as vehicle-providing authority, NVBW as procurement agent. Corresponds to Wettbewerbsfahrplan lots No. 131/142 (S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar Los 1/Los 2)
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: 9 July 2026.