Tag: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

10th Workshop of the VMV - Transport Company Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Schwerin, 16.06.2023 The VMV-Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has invited the state's transport companies, the municipal umbrella organisations, the districts and independent cities to the 10th workshop in Schwerin. Representatives from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour also took part in the workshop. The topics of the event were the current planning status and the presentation of the Taktbus funding guideline and the...

From 1 May 2023, trainees, civil servants and volunteers from M-V will be on the road throughout Germany.

Press release by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour Meyer: Nationwide use of public transport more flexible, easier and cheaper for 29 euros Schwerin, 27 March 2023 The Deutschland-Ticket is coming! On the initiative of the federal government and the federal states, the Deutschland-Ticket subscription will be introduced on 1 May 2023, which can be used throughout Germany on all public transport...

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....

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...

The AzubiTicket MV success story continues - over 10,000 users for the first time

Schwerin, 25.11.2022 Since the introduction of the AzubiTicket M-V in February 2021, trainees in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have been able to conveniently book the discounted state ticket online. The mobile phone ticket is valid all year round and has already been ordered over 10,000 times. "We are pleased about the great demand and five-digit sales figures for the first time. The state's trainees benefit from a statewide, exclusively digital...

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,...

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...