DB Regional business unit
Development of transport contracts and order book
Rail transport
| Transport contracts awarded (rail) (H1 2020) | Term | Volume (million train km) | ||
p. a. 1) | total 1) | |||
| Franconia — South Thuringia | 12/2023–12/2035 | 5.7 | 68.4 |
| S-Bahn (metro) Rhine-Ruhr, subnetwork A (S1/S4) | 12/2021–12/2031 | 4.9 | 49.0 | |
| VVO diesel network | 12/2021–12/2031 | 2.1 | 20.6 | |
RB 20 (Euregiobahn) 2) | 12/2021–12/2025 | 1.6 | 6.3 | |
| Electro-network Saar RB lot 2 Saarbrücken — Sankt Wendel | 02/2020–12/2020 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
Total 1) | 14.5 | 144.5 | ||
1) Differences due to rounding are possible.
2) Possible option to shorten/extend contracts.
Since January 1, 2020, only procedures for which a new contract has been concluded have been included in the calculation of the award figures. The previous year’s figures were adjusted accordingly.
In the regional rail passenger transport market in Germany, seven tender procedures were concluded by the contracting organizations in the first half of 2020 (first half of 2019: ten tender procedures). In total, about 19 million train-kilometers (train km) were awarded (first half of 2019: 45 million train km). Of the train km awarded in the first half of 2020, some 63% were previously provided by DB Group companies.
DB Regional was able to win five contracts (first half of 2019: five contracts), or 77% (first half of 2019: 45%) of train km awarded p.a.
Bus transport
| Transport contracts awarded (bus) (H1 2020) | Term | Volume (million cvkm) | ||
p. a. 1) | total 1) | |||
| RD-ECK North-west (lot 1) | 01/2021 – 12/2030 | 3.2 | 31.9 |
| RD-ECK South-west (lot 3) | 01/2021 – 12/2030 | 2.2 | 22.3 | |
| RZ8 (center) Lauenburg lot 1 (Schwarzenbek) | 12/2020 – 12/2030 | 2.1 | 21.2 | |
RD-ECK North-east (lot 2) | 01/2021 –12/2030 | 1.9 | 19.3 | |
RD-ECK South-east (lot 4) | 01/2021 –12/2030 | 1.8 | 17.8 | |
Germersheim lot 3 (South) | 12/2020 – 12/2030 | 1.0 | 10.4 | |
District Erlangen — Höchstadt LB 5 | 01/2021 – 12/2030 | 1.0 | 9.7 | |
| KVV— Ettlingen 01 | 12/2020 – 12/2028 | 1.0 | 7.7 | |
| Other (18 contracts) | 2 – 10 years | 5.2 | 39.4 | |
Total 1) | 19.5 | 179.7 | ||
1) Differences due to rounding are possible.
In bus services, a volume of 61 million commercial vehicle kilometers (cvkm) were awarded in Germany in the first half of 2020 (first half of 2019: 70 million cvkm) in 91 tenders (first half of 2019: 83 tenders). Of the newly awarded cvkm, 44% (first half of 2019: 36%) were previously operated by DB Regional Bus.
In the first half of 2020, we participated in 59 tenders (first half of 2019: 44 tenders) with a volume of 40 million cvkm (first half of 2019: 48 million cvkm). We won 48% of the tender procedures in which we participated (first half of 2019: 31%).
Order book
| Order book (€ billion) | Jun 30, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Change | ||
absolute | % | ||||
| DB Regional | 71.4 | 72.6 | –1.2 | –1.7 |
secured | 55.1 | 56.0 | –0.9 | –1.6 | |
unsecured | 16.3 | 16.6 | –0.3 | –1.8 | |
Revenues that are directly connected with transport contracts or concessions are either independent of (secured revenues, primarily concession fees) or dependent on the number of passengers (unsecured revenues, primarily revenues from fares).
Order book has declined slightly overall. The additions from won transport contracts of about € 2.9 billion were offset by disposals of about € 4.2 billion, mainly as a result of services rendered.