The open tender will be launched in the second quarter of next year and is split into two lots. Lot 1 covers around 3.2 million train-km per year and includes:
Kaiserslautern – Saarbrücken – Merzig (RB 70)
Homburg – Saarbrücken – Trier – (Schweig) (RB71, RB 81 and RB 82), and
Ehrang Hafenstrasse – Konz – Saarburg (RB 84)
The second lot comrpises 2.3 million train-km per year on four routes:
Saarbrücken – Illangen – Lebach/Jabach (RB72)
Saarbrücken – St Wendel – Türkismühle – Neubrücke (RB 73)
Homburg – Neunkirchen – Illingen (RB 74), and
Homburg – Neunkirchen – Merchweiler – Saarbrücken (RB76)
The contract will run from December 2018 to December 2033 and includes the provision of new trains.
