By train to the festival and back again

The Airbeat One festival is a popular destination for festival fans from all over Germany and will once again take place near Neustadt-Glewe from 10 to 14 July 2024. Due to the increased passenger numbers on the RB 14 route between Parchim and Hagenow, VMV and ODEG have been looking for ways to expand the service. In this...

New Rügen Bäderbahn railway depot and tourist experience landscape opened

Press release from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, Infrastructure and Tourism Tourist and infrastructural construction projects play an important role as a driver for regional development and local tourism State Secretary for Transport Ines Jesse officially opened the new railway workshop of the Rügen Bäderbahn and the first part of the "Tourist Experience Landscape" at Putbus railway station on Friday (24 May). "The new...

MVVG receives funding

Press release from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour Jesse: Digitalisation is an important part of the state's mobility offensive State Secretary for Transport Ines Jesse handed over a grant notification to Managing Director Torsten Grahn of Mecklenburg-Vorpommersche Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (MVVG) on Thursday, 18 January 2024. The funding is intended to support investments in the development of digital sales and control structures....

Station Ribnitz-Damgarten West extensively modernised

Press release by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour Meyer: New gateway to the amber town of Ribnitz-Damgarten Ribnitz-Damgarten, 06.09.2023, as of today, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has another completely modernised railway station. The long-distance and regional railway station Ribnitz-Damgarten West has been extensively upgraded and made barrier-free. The platforms are now higher, longer and equipped with digital information systems as well as modern loudspeakers and offer...

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg give the green light for the analysis of the potential of the Southern Mecklenburg-Prignitz route network ("Südbahn")

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Press release of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour Meyer and Beermann: Cross-state cooperation for attractive local public transport Schwerin, 29.08.2023, today the declaration of intent to carry out a joint study of the route network of southern Mecklenburg-Prignitz was signed by the transport ministers of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg in Schwerin. The common goal of both states is - in a first step of a...

Arrive safely! By train to the festival and back

Festivals are an event for music lovers; people party for hours and hours to their favourite music. The Airbeat One Festival is a popular destination for festival lovers from all over Germany and will also take place this year from 12 to 16 July 2023 near Neustadt-Glewe. Due to the increased number of passengers on the RB 14 line between Parchim and Hagenow,...

Starting signal for the Deutschland-Ticket for senior citizens from MV

Press release by the State Government Schwerin, 27.06.2023, Economics and Transport Minister Reinhard Meyer today presented the details of the introduction of the subsidised Deutschlandticket for senior citizens to the Cabinet. MV is the first state to introduce this ticket nationwide. "With the Deutschland-Ticket for senior citizens, we are keeping our promise to offer a subsidised ticket for older people in...

New railway station opened in Rövershagen

Rövershagen, 26 May 2023 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's newest railway stop went online today. After three months of construction, Deutsche Bahn has put the new stop "Rövershagen Karls Erlebnisdorf (Purkshof)" into operation in the immediate vicinity of the adventure village of the company "Karls Markt OHG Purkshof 2". The stop is one of the...

Extended train service between Schwerin and Hamburg on weekends

Press release by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour Meyer: Making a route in high demand more attractive Schwerin, 23 May 2023 - Additional trains on the Regionalexpress 1 (RE 1) line: From 27 May 2023 and thus in time for Whitsun, additional trains have been ordered by VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern mbH between Schwerin, Büchen and Hamburg. "With...