The contract, which runs from December 2021 to December 2027, calls for the operation of around 4.35 million train-km annually across a network of seven routes:
- Würzburg - Nuremberg
- Würzburg - Bamberg
- Würzburg - Lauda
- Würzburg - Gemunden
- Würzburg - Marktbreit
- Gemünden - Schlüchtern, and
- Gemünden - Aschaffenburg.
All services will be operated using existing Alstom class 440 EMUs.
Frequencies will be stepped up from two-hourly to hourly on Saturdays and Sundays on the Würzburg - Lauda and Würzburg - Bamberg lines. There will also be a half-hourly Würzburg - Marktbreit service between 13.00 and 19.00 on weekdays as well as additional morning and evening services.
New stations will open at Würzburg - Heidingsfeld East on the Würzburg - Marktbreit - Aschaffenburg line and Würzburg - Heidingsfeld West on Würzburg - Lauda and these will be served by hourly trains.
