The supervisory board of the Bavarian Railway Company (BEG) has decided to cancel the tendering procedures “Express Traffic East Bavaria” (Munich – Hof) and “RE/Ex36” (Munich – Prague) for economic reasons.
The BEG plans, finances and controls Bavarian regional and S-Bahn traffic on behalf of the Bavarian State Ministry for Housing, Construction and Transport.
Unfortunately, neither procedure resulted in an offer acceptable to the Free State and the total was more than a billion euros above the financially secured expected value.
Both lines were still served by DB Fernverkehr in Germany until the beginning of this century. Due to the long-distance nature of the traffic, the demands on the vehicles are significantly higher than is normally the case in regional traffic, among other things due to the – in the case of Munich – Prague even multiple – changes between electrified and non-electrified routes.
“This is extremely regrettable, but there is no alternative. Transitional solutions have been prepared until the new contracts, which start at the end of the 2020s and run until the beginning of the 2040s,” said BEG Managing Director Thomas Prechtl, commenting on the decision.
With the help of separate award procedures, the BEG will determine the operators of the two express lines Munich – Hof and Munich – Prague, in the case of the cross-border connection together with the Czech Ministry of Transport. The BEG will submit a proposal for further action as soon as possible. The aim is to have clarity soon for these two routes that are important for Bavaria.
The Bavarian State Government has recently launched the “Railway Expansion in the Munich Region” program to expand the rail infrastructure and thus make local rail passenger transport, and in particular the S-Bahn, even more attractive.
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