Baden-Württemberg funds rnv Line 5 (OEG) with EUR 5.3m a year

Retroactively from 2025 the state pays over EUR 5.3 million a year, rising to over EUR 6.6 million from 2027; around EUR 130 million of regionalisation funds go to municipally operated branch lines by 2031.

Baden-Württemberg is for the first time contributing permanently to the running costs of the municipal rnv Line 5 (OEG) between Mannheim, Heidelberg and Weinheim: over EUR 5.3 million a year retroactively from 2025 and over EUR 6.6 million from 2027. Until now the Rhein-Neckar district and the cities of Mannheim and Heidelberg had covered the operation alone. By 2031 the state is earmarking about EUR 130 million in total for branch lines in municipal hands (LOK Report, 30 Jan 2026).