GERMANY: The Land of Thüringen has directly awarded Erfurter Bahn a contract to operate a Zeulenroda – Hof passenger service from June 2022 to December 2024.
The contract covers 360 000 train-km/year.
A direct award was used as the service is operated as a continuation of Erfurter Bahn’s Gera – Zeulenroda route, and it aligns the end dates of the contracts to enable a competitive tender for the operation of the through route from December 2024.
GERMANY: Commercial bank Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen has arranged financing for the overhaul and refurbishment of 29 Erfurter Bahn RegioShuttle diesel multiple-units. Following an international tender, in November 2022, the Land of Thüringen awarded incumbent Erfurter Bahn the Ostthüringennetz contract to operate passenger services around Erfurt, Weimar, ...
GERMANY: Bayern Land railway agency BEG has selected Agilis for a contract to operate regional passenger services in Oberfranken for 12 years from December 2023. The contract will bring together all diesel-worked services in the region, most of which are currently operated by Agilis with some ...
Originally an industrial railway, it became a public carrier in 1988 and has running rights over DB Netz tracks. EB started passenger services in 1998 around Erfurt and took over some lines from DB around Schweinfurt. EB carries mainly coal to an electricity generating station, while a subsidiary company Süd-Thüringen ...
