📋 Tender Overview
The negotiations between the Free State of Bavaria and Deutsche Bahn regarding the 5th addendum to the construction and financing contract for the 2nd Munich S-Bahn main line are well advanced. The Council of Ministers has now approved the previous results. Bavaria's Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter : “The second S-Bahn trunk line is a central element of a sustainable rail infrastructure for the Munich S-Bahn. Our commitment to this stands! We rely on effective construction controlling. The contract is intended to effectively encourage Deutsche Bahn, as the responsible developer, to ensure transparency and adhere to costs and deadlines in the future.”
The planning approval decision for the third and final east construction phase was issued in autumn 2023 and made public at the end of December 2023. Also last year, the project was included in category A of the federal program for funding in accordance with the Municipal Transport Financing Act (GVFG), which means federal funding is secured. In the current draft contract, Deutsche Bahn is now also promising a significantly higher share of the financing from its own resources.
The main goal of the negotiations is effective construction controlling. The regulations anchored in the draft contract are exemplary and so far unique nationwide. These include, among other things, a detailed half-yearly reporting obligation on costs and deadlines as well as a reservation of the Free State's consent for changes in deadlines and costs. Deutsche Bahn remains responsible for implementing the project.
Negotiations on the details in the appendices to the draft contract are currently ongoing. The Free State is confident that it will be able to complete the texts soon and sign the contract in the spring of this year.
Deutsche Bahn continues to pursue the goal of putting the second S-Bahn main line into operation by 2035. However, it assumes a two-year risk buffer.
We ask for your understanding that further details on the content of the contract cannot be published.
