Saxony allocates EUR 50 million from Sachsenfonds to transport

EUR 8 million go towards further planning of electrification and expansion of the Dresden–Görlitz line; the Sachsenfonds pools the state share of the federal special fund.

The cabinet approved the use of EUR 50 million from the state share of the Sachsenfonds: EUR 26 million for maintaining state roads and EUR 8 million each for public transport (co-funding of GVFG projects and Dresden transport measures), cycling and rail. The rail money is meant to continue planning the electrification and expansion of the Dresden–Görlitz line. (LOK Report, 30 Jun 2026)