The commitment includes €15m from the state’s air pollution control fund and €10m from the Municipal Transport Financing Act.

The grants will cover around 25% of the cost of new articulated trains for U-Bahn Line U1 and around 40% of the cost of an initial order for 12 new-generation trams.  

Earlier this year VAG exercised an option for seven additional G1 U-Bahn trains from Siemens for Line U1, taking the total number of trains on order to 34.