Author: Katharina Henkel

New funding guideline for the development of digital distribution and control structures

Schwerin, 11.04.2023 "We want to become more digital." - This is a goal of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. To this end, a new funding guideline for the granting of subsidies for investments for the development of digital distribution and control structures in local public transport (ÖPNV) in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (InvestDigiÖPNVRL) was launched today. This has been published in the Official Gazette...

From 1 May 2023, the D-Ticket will be introduced

Climate-friendly, simple and flexible travel The Deutschland-Ticket offers nationwide mobility on all local public transport buses and trains, a convenient local transport subscription for the whole of Germany! From 01 May 2023, you can be mobile throughout Germany for only 49,-€ per month. The Deutschland-Ticket, or D-Ticket for short, is not only an important contribution to climate protection, it also ensures...

Railway expansion in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania moves forward: More speed for Ludwigslust - Parchim train connection

Photo: DB AG Press release by Deutsche Bahn AG Shorter travel times in regional transport - Climate and environmentally friendly to the excursion region - More attractive connection to long-distance transport towards Berlin and Hamburg Berlin, 16 March 2023 Deutsche Bahn (DB) will begin modernising the Ludwigslust-Parchim railway line in Mecklenburg before the end of March. This west-east connection is important for tourism in...

Service extensions in local rail passenger transport planned from 2024 onwards

Press release of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Employment The draft timetables for the 2024 timetable year were presented at the annual timetable conference for local rail passenger transport (SPNV) with the public transport authorities, the transport companies and the passenger associations of the state. The VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VMV) informed the participants in particular about the service extensions planned for the coming year...

VMV invites to timetable conference

Schwerin 28.02.2023 - The VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern invites the railway undertakings (RUs) of the state, the municipal umbrella organisations, the districts and independent cities to the timetable conference on 01.03.2023 in the Rostock Chamber of Commerce. After two Corona years in which the event could only take place to a limited extent, this year it will again be possible to discuss the draft timetables with a larger group of participants....

New Managing Director at VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Daniel Bischof (39), a graduate in transport economics, has been at the helm of the VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VMV) since 01.02.2023. He takes over the post of managing director from Berthold Witting, who has been appointed to the Ministry of the Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Transport Minister Reinhard Meyer welcomes Daniel Bischof in his new position and wishes the 39-year-old a happy hand in managing his new task:...

Railway line Ducherow - Heringsdorf over Karnin bridge discussed in cabinet

Press release of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour Schwerin, 10.01.2023 Reinhard Meyer, Minister of Economic Affairs and Transport, informed the Cabinet today (Tuesday) about the further results of the basic planning prepared by DB Netz AG for the rail infrastructure project "Reactivation and new construction of the Ducherow - Heringsdorf railway line via the Karnin Bridge". Detailed information on the Ministry's press release...

1st Public Transport Workshop 2023

Schwerin 02.02.2023 - The VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has invited the transport companies of the state, the municipal umbrella organisations, the districts and independent cities to a first Public Transport Workshop 2023 in Rostock. Representatives from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour also took part in the workshop. The topics of the event were the customer-oriented implementation of federal and state policy plans: the...

Deutschlandticket comes as a nationwide subscription!

With the new Deutschlandticket, you can be mobile by bus and train for 49 euros a month - nationwide! After the successful 9-Euro-Ticket in summer, the next step towards a climate-neutral future follows. Our local transport will thus become more easily accessible for everyone and even considerably cheaper for many. As soon as a start date for the new...

Timetable change on 11 December 2022

Press release by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour Meyer: Seasonal services will continue - new ticket to the Kleinseenplatte Schwerin, 11.12.2022 The new 2023 annual timetable for local rail passenger transport (SPNV) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern will start on Sunday. "The usual timetable will continue unchanged on most routes in the new timetable year. With the introduction of the Deutschlandticket in the timetable year, we plan to...