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Public transport in Germany

Germany: 1,183 public transport operators, 3.8B km of scheduled service a year, 8,557 major stations and 5,205 tender notices — per region and operator.

Operators
1,183
Vehicle-km / year
≈ 3.8B km
Vehicles (peak)
≈ 47,617
Trips / week
4.9M
Stations*
8,557
Tender notices
5,205
Open procedures
3,344
Value (€)
€11.4B
Vehicle-km per inhabitant
≈ 45 km
Rank 15 of 25

Estimates from the scheduled timetables (one representative week per feed). *Stations with a page of their own. Methodology →

Germany over time

27 snapshots · Mar 2024 – Oct 2026

3.8B km ↓ −6% since Mar 2024
2.1B km4.3B kmMar 2024Oct 202620252026

Vehicle-km over 12 months: −6% since Oct 2025. All countries →

The largest operators

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Vehicle-km / year

  1. 1 Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe 131.2M km
  2. 2 DB Regio AG Bayern 58M km
  3. 3 VHH Bus 57.2M km
  4. 4 Hochbahn Bus 56.1M km
  5. 5 DB Regio AG NRW 53.1M km
  6. 6 Privatunternehmer-Bus (VVS) 52M km
  7. 7 MVV-Regionalbus 48.3M km
  8. 8 DB Regio AG Südost 44.9M km
  9. 9 DB Regio AG Nordost 40.1M km
  10. 10 Verkehrsgesellschaft Ludwigslust-Parchim 39.6M km
  11. 11 S-Bahn Berlin GmbH 36.5M km
  12. 12 Kölner VB 36.1M km
  13. 13 DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg 34.4M km
  14. 14 Bus München 32.1M km
  15. 15 DB Regio AG Nord 31.7M km

Share of vehicle-km

9.5% Top 5 operators
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe 131.2M km 3.5% DB Regio AG Bayern 58M km 1.5% VHH Bus 57.2M km 1.5% Hochbahn Bus 56.1M km 1.5% DB Regio AG NRW 53.1M km 1.4%

Routes by mode

28.6K routes

Regions

NUTS-3 regions by the service run inside them.

  1. Berlin Operators 23 170.6M km
  2. Hamburg Operators 17 124.7M km
  3. München, Kreisfreie Stadt Operators 24 82.3M km
  4. Region Hannover Operators 17 53.1M km
  5. Frankfurt am Main Operators 37 52.9M km
  6. Köln Operators 18 46.9M km
  7. Ludwigslust-Parchim Operators 10 38.4M km
  8. Stuttgart Operators 16 37.2M km
  9. Düsseldorf Operators 18 37M km
  10. Nürnberg Operators 11 33.6M km
  11. Dresden Operators 24 32.4M km
  12. Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Operators 23 30.2M km
  13. Städteregion Aachen Operators 14 27.2M km
  14. Essen Operators 17 26.6M km
  15. Dortmund Operators 22 26.5M km
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Busiest stations

By scheduled departures per day.

  1. S+U Zoologischer Garten Bhf (Berlin) 3,887 departures/day
  2. Düsseldorf Hbf 3,483 departures/day
  3. Karlsplatz (Stachus) 3,228 departures/day
  4. S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof 3,118 departures/day
  5. Hertzallee (Berlin) 3,102 departures/day
  6. Hauptbahnhof (U, Tram) 3,064 departures/day
  7. S+U Rathaus Spandau (Berlin) 3,032 departures/day
  8. Neuss Hauptbahnhof 2,943 departures/day
  9. Bf. Bergedorf 2,902 departures/day
  10. Ostbahnhof 2,882 departures/day
  11. Essen Hbf 2,873 departures/day
  12. Frankfurt (Main) Konstablerwache 2,843 departures/day
  13. Nürnberg Hbf 2,827 departures/day
  14. Bonn Hbf 2,804 departures/day
  15. S+U Friedrichstr. Bhf (Berlin) 2,644 departures/day

Tender market

Tenders in Germany → On the map →

By stage

5,205 Tender notices

By service type

  1. Scheduled public transport 2,011
  2. School transport 1,863
  3. Demand-responsive 576
  4. Rail 324
  5. Other 323
  6. Vehicle hire with driver 72
  7. Taxi 36

Most active contracting authorities

  1. 1 LVR-Fachbereich Zentraler Einkauf und Dienstleistungen 193
  2. 2 Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund GmbH 187
  3. 3 Landratsamt Bautzen 93
  4. 4 Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland / Amt für Digitalisierung, Organisation und Personal / Fachdienst Organisation/Zentrale Vergabestelle 72
  5. 5 Stadt Mannheim - Fachbereich Baurecht, Bauverwaltung und Denkmalschutz 67
  6. 6 Landkreis München, vertreten durch die Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund GmbH 53
  7. 7 Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH (BEG) 47
  8. 8 Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Stadtschulamt 41
  9. 9 DB InfraGO AG – Geschäftsbereich Fahrweg (Bukr 16) 40
  10. 10 Landkreis Ravensburg 39
  11. 11 Landratsamt Rems-Murr-Kreis 39
  12. 12 Landkreis Regensburg 37

How we calculate
Operators Unit: operators · counted
Transport companies as their timetable names them (GTFS agency). The same operator in several feeds is counted once; in Germany the company that actually runs each line. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicle-km / year Unit: km per year · estimate
For every trip: route length (along the published route shape; without one, the straight line between its stops × 1.25) × the days it runs in the representative week, × 365.25 / 7. Only scheduled service — no empty or depot runs, no demand-responsive services. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicles (peak) Unit: vehicles · estimate
The highest number of trips running at the same moment in the representative week — a lower bound: reserve and workshop vehicles are not included. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Trips / week Unit: trips per week · counted
All scheduled trips in the representative week; trips given as a frequency (every 10 minutes) are expanded into single trips. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Stations* Unit: stations · counted
Stations with a page of their own: at least 250 scheduled departures a day, or among a country's busiest 1,000 with at least 30. Capped per country, so not comparable between countries. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicle-km per inhabitant Unit: km per inhabitant and year · estimate
Vehicle-km per year of all operators in the country ÷ its population. Only countries whose timetables cover the whole country; the figure for all countries together is their vehicle-km ÷ their population. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed; Eurostat, population on 1 January 2025
Tender notices Unit: notices · counted
Every published notice counts once: prior information, call for tenders or award notice. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal
Open procedures Unit: notices · as published
Prior information notices and calls for tenders — notices that do not announce an award. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal
Value (€) Unit: € · as published
Sum of the contract values stated in the notices, in euro only; other currencies are neither converted nor added. Many notices state no value, so the sum is a lower bound. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal

Methodology & limits →