Category: General

Handover of the grant for the Kühlungsborn-West railway station

Press release of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour Bad Doberan, 25.11.2022 Today, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Transport, Reinhard Meyer, handed over a grant to the Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn Molli GmbH in Bad Doberan. The company wants to convert the existing ticket counter at Kühlungsborn West station into a modern customer centre. "The Molli Bäderbahn, the oldest narrow-gauge railway on the...

First battery fleet for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Rostock, 25.11.2022 The state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Deutsche Bahn (DB) are taking the next step towards emission-free, climate-neutral rail transport. For the first time, DB Regio in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will use battery trains on current diesel lines in the Warnow II network. Reinhard Meyer (Minister for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) launched the project today at Rostock main station together with Daniel Bischof (authorised signatory,...

Last seasonal journey of the RE 27

Bergen auf Rügen, 22.10.2022 On the route from Bergen auf Rügen to Sassnitz-Mukran Fährhafen, passengers were able to take the train directly to the ships of Bornholmslinien and FRS Baltic for the first time this season on Saturdays. The final 2022 season trip took place today on Saturday 22 October 2022. This year's first test operation of the RE27 ferry port line...

OSTA award procedure starts

Schwerin, 12 October 2022 The next award procedure for local rail passenger transport (SPNV) starts in autumn. It concerns the regional express line (RE1) with the highest demand in the state. The local rail passenger transport services on the line between Hamburg and Rostock will be tendered in the Ostsee-Alster (OSTA) subnetwork. Together with the neighbouring states of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg in northern Germany, the operator of the regional express line...

Trains in the country design

Schwerin 30.09.2022 Travelling by train is more popular than ever before. But how will we travel in the future and what demands will commuters, tourists, families and occasional travellers place on the interior and exterior of vehicles? To address these questions and strengthen local rail passenger transport in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the VMV, together with Landesmarketing M-V and...

Rail Day

DB Netz and VMV in Schwerin on infrastructure projects in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Schwerin 16.09.2022, DB Netz and VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern mbH presented themselves on Friday in the historic Fürstenzimmer in the station building at the main station in Schwerin. Interested parties were able to learn about DB Netz AG's infrastructure projects in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and find out about training, study and entry-level opportunities at the Schwerin site....

Public Transport Workshop

Schwerin 12.09.2022 - The VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has invited the transport companies of the state, the municipal umbrella organisations, the districts and independent cities to a workshop on joint projects in public transport in Rostock. The workshop was attended by State Secretary Ines Jesse from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour and the State Office for Road Construction and Transport....

Award procedure Network North-South

Press release of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour Schwerin, 20 September 2022 The Berlin-Brandenburg Transport Association (VBB) has awarded the contract in the Network North-South competition to DB Regio Nordost. The VBB acts as the awarding office and conducted the Netz Nord-Süd competition procedure on behalf of the federal states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony-Anhalt. In the future North-South Network...

120 million euros for modern railway stations in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Schwerin, 12 July 2022 Barrier-free access, better information for passengers, new roofs and facades: Deutsche Bahn (DB) is modernising 56 stations in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by 2031. To finance this, the state, the VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and DB have concluded a new framework agreement. Together they will invest a total of 120 million euros over the next ten years to improve the...

FAQ's on the 9 Euro Ticket in M-V

The VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern welcomes - without prejudice to questions that still need to be clarified - the introduction of the 9-Euro-Ticket to strengthen local public transport in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Use the ticket: be it for your journey to work, be it for your leisure time, be it for recreation in our beautiful federal state. Be climate-friendly on the road and relax on wonderful...