Implementation of Performance and Financing Agreement
The maintenance and modernization of the existing infrastructure is being continued with the Performance and Financing Agreement (Leistungs- und Finanzierungsvereinbarung; LuFV) III. Noticeable price increases pose challenges for the modernization of the existing infrastructure. In light of this, existing network financing for 2024 was significantly increased by the conclusion of the first supplement to the LuFV III. The adoption of the amendment to the Federal Rail Infrastructure Extension Act (Bundesschienenwegeausbaugesetz; BSWAG) has created the prerequisite that funding for maintenance expenses for 2023 and 2024 can also be agreed in a further supplement to the existing LuFV III. This supplement was also signed and approved by the Budgetary Committee. In addition, a third supplement is supposed to take into account the increased funding requirements for the maintenance and modernization of the existing network in 2025. The plan is to replace the LuFV III with a more advanced agreement (InfraGO Performance Agreement), which is to be negotiated with the Federal Government by the end of 2026. Preparatory work to determine the financial resources required to achieve defined targets began in March 2025.