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From the end of 2022, passengers in Regensburg, Ingolstadt and Ulm should benefit from additional journeys in rush hour traffic.
April 29, 2020
3:57 p.m.
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Munich.The Bavarian Railway Company (BEG), the local rail passenger transport (SPNV)
in Bavaria on behalf of the Free State plans, finances and controls, today
the tender for regional transport in the Regensburg / Donautal network has been published.
This was announced by the BEG in a press release on Wednesday.
In an open Europe-wide competition procedure, the BEG determines the future one
Operator on the Danube Valley Railway between Ulm, Ingolstadt and Regensburg as well as on the
Nuremberg – Regensburg – Plattling route. Commissioning takes place in two stages
in December 2022 and December 2024. The transport contract ends in December 2036.
Bavaria’s Minister of Transport Kerstin Schreyer is pleased about the planned offer expansion:
“As part of the award process, we are giving the future operator significantly more
Trips in order. From the end of 2022, passengers should be in the areas of Regensburg, Ingolstadt
and Ulm benefit from additional trains in rush hour traffic. From the end of 2024, travelers can
Use express trains every hour between Nuremberg and Regensburg. We double that
Offer on this section and leave the trains every two hours via Regensburg
continue out to Plattling. We connect Ingolstadt Audi every half hour.
We are implementing improvements that we made as part of the Regensburg SPNV report
in close coordination with the region. ”Since the traffic to Ulm
suffice, the BEG writes the services together with the Ministry of Transport
Baden-Württemberg from.
The timetable concept in detail
In the first stage of operation from December 2022, the BEG improves the offer for commuters
and revelers in the inflow to the metropolitan areas of Regensburg, Ingolstadt and Ulm.
“Passengers can choose extended service times every half hour from Monday to Friday
during rush hour, ”says Thomas Prechtl, spokesman for the management
the BEG. It runs two hours an hour into the city from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Giving out of town in the afternoon at least between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. This applies to the following
Route sections: Abensberg – Regensburg, Parsberg – Regensburg, Straubing – Regensburg;
Neustadt (Donau) – Ingolstadt, Donauwörth – Ingolstadt and Donauwörth – Günzburg –
Ulm.
“As part of the award process, we are giving the future operator significantly more
Trips in order. ”
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In addition, the BEG extends the offer late at night: the last trains from Nuremberg
to Regensburg, from Ingolstadt to Donauwörth and Neustadt (Donau) and from Regensburg
to Plattling, Neumarkt (Upper Palatinate) and Neustadt (Danube) depart daily after midnight
from. On weekends, the last trains leave after midnight from Ulm via Günzburg
to Donauwörth and from Regensburg via Neustadt (Donau) to Ingolstadt.
Nuremberg and Regensburg every hour
In the second stage of operation from December 2024, the BEG will double the express offer
between Nuremberg and Regensburg from a two-hourly cycle to an hourly cycle.
Every second hour, the trains go beyond Regensburg without changing to Plattling
further – instead of today to Landshut and Munich. “This creates between Eastern Bavaria
and Nuremberg for the first time a fast direct connection in local transport, ”said Prechtl. In
Nuremberg passengers have good connections to long-distance trains towards Frankfurt / Rhein-Ruhr
and Erfurt / Berlin. Passengers from the direction of Neumarkt can leave Regensburg every hour
change to Landshut and Munich. The regional train between Neumarkt and Regensburg
continues to run at least every hour. There is a half-hourly commute
Offer even to Straubing.
Also in the second stage of operation from the end of 2024, the BEG will run the regional train line
Regensburg – Ingolstadt Nord via Ingolstadt Audi to Gaimersheim. Trains
from Regensburg complement each other Monday to Friday with the regional train line
Munich – Ingolstadt – Treuchtlingen to a full-day half-hourly rhythm. requirement
this is what the redesign of Gaimersheim station is like: DB Netz is building a turning track for
the trains ending there and an underpass to the platforms. Then you can
Meet trains at the station and save important timetable minutes. The construction works
are expected to be completed by the end of 2024. “As soon as DB Netz turns the track
has started operating, we leave the trains from Regensburg, which are currently in Ingolstadt
End north, drive via Ingolstadt Audi to Gaimersheim. We bind the region
and the Audi factory site even better, ”says Prechtl.
“Many improvements await passengers when the new transport contract comes into force
kicks ”says Prechtl. “However, we now have the infrastructure options
completely exhausted. You can’t do more with the existing rails and platforms. ”
On the single-track Danube Valley Railway, insufficient or missing prevent
Encounters, such as at the former Thaldorf-Weltenburg crossing station,
a denser schedule. The Nuremberg – Plattling route is with freight trains
busy. The situation on the double track is particularly critical
Section Regensburg – Obertraubling, through which both the entire traffic of Nuremberg
as well as from Schwandorf towards Passau and Landshut / Munich. “Only when the
If the federal government eliminates these bottlenecks, the Free State can further intensify the offer
and implement further suggestions from the Regensburg SPNV report, ”explains Prechtl.
Vehicle and capacity requirements
The future operator can either use new vehicles to transport the first operating level
or used electric vehicles from year of construction 2008. For the new Regional Express line
Nuremberg – Regensburg – Plattling from the second operating level the future operator must
Purchase new vehicles. In the course of this, additional sets are also to be available from 2024
be procured for regional rail traffic. This can include in the morning
Additional work and school traffic from Parsberg and Neustadt (Donau) to Regensburg
Train services offered and the range of seats will be expanded.
New requirements for the personnel concept
Due to the industry-wide shortage of personnel, especially for drivers,
BEG makes extended specifications for the personnel concept. So she demands a so-called
Seat availability for reserve drivers, so that the transport company cancels
can minimize, for example due to short-term sick leave. Also lets
the BEG created a plan for personnel requirements and recruitment as part of the tender
submit, which must be updated annually. The future operator should
document that he has sufficient staff at the start of operations as well
can ensure during the contract period. To the industry-wide lack of drivers
To counteract this, the BEG also calls for a minimum training quota for drivers.
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