Development of business units

Development of awarded transport contracts and order book

Awarded transport contracts in rail transport

Transport contracts awarded
(rail) 2019

Term

Volume
(million train km)

p. a. 1)

total1)

 

Elbe-­­Spree network (NES) (2 lots)

12/2022 – 12/2034

14.5

171.3

EBO area Karlsruhe Network Grid 7b

12/2022 – 12/2035

4.6

59.8

Lusatia Network (NL)

12/2022 – 12/2035

4.3

55.9

East Schleswig-­­Holstein e-­­network

12/2022 – 12/2035

4.2

54.6

Stuttgart S-­­Bahn (metro)

07/2028 – 06/2032

13.5

54.0

Mainfranken e-­­network

12/2021 – 12/2027 2)

4.8

28.6

Emergency award S1/S4 (NRW)

12/2019 – 12/2021

4.9

9.8

Nuremberg S-­­Bahn (metro) S6

12/2021 – 12/2030

0.6

5.4

Baltic Coast West subnetwork

12/2019 – 12/2021

2.2

4.4

Munich — Buchloe suburban
transport services

12/2021 – 12/2026 2)

0.7

3.3

Line extension FTX Jena — Leipzig 3)

12/2018 – 12/2023

0.5

2.7

Allgäu 2021 (transition)

12/2020 – 12/2021

1.7

1.7

RB 25 Velgast — Barth ( — Bresewitz)

12/2019 – 12/2025

0.1

0.8

U28 Děčín — Bad Schandau — Rumburk

12/2019 – 12/2023

0.2

0.7

Transitional contract RE1 Göttingen —
Lower Saxony national border 3)

12/2018 – 12/2021

0.1

0.4

Insgesamt 1)

 

56.9

453.4

1) Differences due to rounding are possible.
2) Option for extension possible.
3) Retroactively published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

In the German regional rail passenger transport market, 25 tender procedures were concluded in the year under review (previous year: 29 procedures) and about 88 million tkm p. a. (previous year: about 93 million train km p. a.) were awarded. Of the train kilometers newly awarded, about 49% had previously been operated by companies within DB Group.

DB Regional was successful in 15 tenders (including published contract amendments) (previous year: 17 tenders), or 65% (previous year: 70%) of the train km awarded p. a.

Taking into account the lot limitation on the Elbe-­­Spree network, the hit rate was 76% of the achievable annual service volume or 73% of the achievable performance volume awarded over the period.

Awarded transport contracts in bus transport

Transport contracts awarded
(bus) 2019
TermVolume
(million bus km)

p.a. 1)

total1)

 

Schleswig— Flensburg Süd

01/2020 – 12/2029

2.5

24.9

North Friesland South

08/2019 – 07/2029

2.0

20.2

Ostholstein Center

08/2020 – 07/2030

1.9

19.3

Osnabrück Wallenhorst

06/2020 – 05/2030

1.7

16.6

North Friesland North

08/2019 – 07/2029

1.6

16.4

OD Stormarn (1 lot)

12/2019 – 12/2029

1.5

14.7

WTV — Waldshut West

12/2019 – 12/2029

1.4

14.0

Velbert urban transport

12/2019 – 12/2027

1.2

9.9

Other (31 contracts)

2 – 10 years

11.0

84.8

Total 1)

 

24.8

220.8

1) Differences due to rounding are possible.

In bus transport in Germany, in the year under review, services were awarded with a volume of 134 million commercial vehicle kilometers (cvkm) (previous year: 110 million cvkm) in 186 tenders (previous year: 158 tenders). Of the services newly awarded, 29% (previous year: 38%) were previously operated by DB Regional Bus.

In the year under review, we participated in 114 tenders (previous year: 111 tenders) with a volume of 85 million cvkm (previous year: 81 million cvkm). We won 29% of the tender procedures in which we participated (previous year: 46%).

Order book

Order book
as of Dec 31 (€ billion)

2019

2018

Change

absolute

%

 

DB Regional 

72.6

70.9

+1.7

+2.4

     secured 

56.0

52.7

+3.3

+6.3

     unsecured  

16.6

18.2

–1.6

–8.8

Revenues that are directly connected with transport contracts or concessions are either independent of (secured revenues, primarily concession fees) or dependent on (unsecured revenues, primarily revenues from fares) the number of passengers.

In the year under review, DB Regional was able to increase the net order book, this means the number of train km won from the competition was higher than the share lost to competitors. In addition, there was additional traffic or larger tender volumes. Overall, the net order book increased by 38% (+138 million train km). Additions of about € 7.5 billion from the transport contracts awarded were offset by disposals – mainly due to services performed – of about € 8.6 billion. In addition, changes to assumptions had a positive impact of about € 2.9 billion (mainly due to energy price and tariff developments).

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