Press release by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Meyer: "Travelling at high speed"
"Our mobility campaign is having an impact. In the first 500 days, everyone involved has been travelling at full speed. The MV on-call buses are providing new mobility in more and more places - the number of users is doubling every week in some cases. With our Deutschlandtickets discounted to 29 euros, senior citizens and trainees from MV can travel cheaply throughout Germany. In the first year, our Deutschlandticket for senior citizens alone was sold more than once. More and more new regional bus routes are now connecting our towns and villages at close intervals." These were the words of Reinhard Meyer, Minister for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour, with regard to the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern mobility offensive presented 500 days ago (5 April 2023).
The aim of the MV mobility campaign is to create improved mobility with attractive offers, particularly in rural areas. To this end, three pillars of mobility are being strengthened and further developed: Local rail passenger transport is being expanded with new services and faster frequencies, and investments are being made in the rail infrastructure. Newly introduced regional bus routes will form a new network connecting the country's centres and rural areas. A system of on-demand buses is being introduced throughout the country, which will also enable people in smaller towns to be mobile without their own means of transport.
Reinhard Meyer: "The on-demand buses are already a real model for success and have been wonderfully well received. The on-call buses are already in operation in four out of six districts and the service is also being expanded step by step in the districts of Vorpommern-Rügen and Vorpommern-Greifswald."
The mobility offensive is also showing results in the expansion of rail services: "For the timetable change in December 2023, the state of MV has ordered around 1.2 million additional service kilometres, which is the largest increase in local rail passenger transport services since the rail reform in 1994/1995." However, it is also true that the many construction sites and the lack of personnel and materials at the railway are leaving their mark: "The decades-long investment backlog at the railway is slowing down our rail mobility offensive to a certain extent. It will take patience for the investments to take effect and the situation on the railway to improve across the board."
The 500-day balance sheet:
In the first 500 days of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern mobility offensive, the following was realised, among other things:
- introduced a Germany Ticket reduced to 29 euros for trainees in MV and senior citizens from MV.
- the following Regiobus routes have been established:
- MVVG line 012 Neubrandenburg - Waren (Müritz), extended to Röbel (Müritz)
- VLP line 170 Schwerin - Sternberg; connection to the regional bus line 270 Sternberg - Güstrow
- rebus line 270 Güstrow - Sternberg; connection to the regional bus line 170 Sternberg - Schwerin
- NAHBUS line 330 Wismar - Grevesmühlen
- VVR line 29 Sassnitz - Binz - Klein Zicker (Mönchgut)
- A comprehensive system of on-call buses has been completed and optimised in four out of six districts.
- the local rail passenger transport service has been expanded through more frequent and faster connections, a.:
- RE 1 Rostock - Schwerin - Hamburg:
- Extension of the Schwerin-Hamburg service to weekends
- RE 10 Stralsund - Pasewalk
- Extension of the two-hourly line beyond Züssow to Pasewalk
- RB 12 Bad Doberan - Rostock - Graal Müritz
- Increased frequency on weekends outside the season
- RB 14 Parchim - Hagenow town
- Additional late journeys
- RB 15 Waren (Müritz) - Inselstadt Malchow
- Additional late journeys
- RB 16 Neustrelitz - Mirow
- Additional early and late journeys
- RB 26 Bergen auf Rügen - Lauterbach
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- Closing the midday cycle gap
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- RE 50 Rostock - Neustrelitz
- new line every two hours
- RB 74 Meyenburg - Plau am See
- New seasonal traffic
- S-Bahn-Rostock
- Express S-Bahn Rostock - Güstrow
- Night S-Bahn Rostock - Warnemünde
Further information and outlook:
As part of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern mobility campaign, the following additional measures are currently being implemented in the regional bus sector:
- Three more new Regiobus routes will be launched as early as September 2024 (others will follow in 2025):
- Preliminary operation of NAHBUS line 345 Grevesmühlen - Klütz - Boltenhagen - Weiße Wiek. This line is to be merged into a continuous regional bus line 240 Grevesmühlen - Klütz - Boltenhagen - Weiße Wiek - Wismar from the timetable change (15 December 2024).
- NAHBUS line 245: Wismar - Neukloster - Warin - Blankenberg
- Preliminary operation of VVR line 320: Sanitz - Marlow - Tribsees à is to start the fully planned route in the course of 2025: Sanitz - Marlow - Tribsees - Grimmen - Greifswald
The results of the mobility campaign after 500 days can be seen here: https://www.vmv-mbh.de/landesnetz/
Financing:
The state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is investing in the various measures of the mobility campaign:
- Regiobus MV 2024: approx. 3.6 million euros
- On-call bus MV 2023/24: approx. 22.9 million euros
- Service expansions in local rail passenger transport 2024: approx. 17 million euros
The Germany ticket:
- Current monthly subscription figures for the country-specific discounted Deutschlandticket for trainees and senior citizens (as of 8 August 2024):
- Germany ticket for trainees in MV (discounted Germany ticket): 11,789
- Germany ticket for senior citizens from MV (discounted Germany ticket): 39,425
According to the D-Ticket Monitor, a total of 2,449,971 Deutschlandtickets have been sold in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since its introduction (as of 8 August 2024, including D-Ticket for trainees + senior citizens).
The Deutschlandticket for trainees in MV was sold a total of 172,725 times (since 1 May 2023) and the Deutschlandticket for senior citizens from MV 421,927 times (since 1 August 2023).
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