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Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG
Live now: 1 tender, largest KVB Cologne Nord-Süd Stadtbahn third stage (value not published); holds relationships with Stadler.
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- Type
- Metro corporation — Cologne's Stadtbahn and bus operator
- Market · Region
- European Union · Germany
- Open tenders
- 1
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, Track & civil
Operates 400+ Stadtbahn vehicles on 12 lines and 300 buses.
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Runs more than 400 Stadtbahn vehicles on twelve lines over a network of just under 250 km, of which somewhat more than 40 km is underground, plus about 300 buses on more than 60 lines over 735 km. It carried 236 million passengers in 2024 with around 4,000 staff, and states it will invest about €2.4bn in fleet and infrastructure to 2030 — the Stadler high-floor order, an Alstom/Kiepe low-floor generation and 30 Bombardier high-floor vehicles already in service.
- Type
- Metro corporation — Cologne's Stadtbahn and bus operator
- Where
- Germany · Köln
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, Track & civil
Who holds what here
- awarded Stadler — 132 high-floor Stadtbahn units and 34 intermediate modules (on TED, July 2025) (active · since 2025-07)
- Contract detail and values (1)over $1bnIn the European Union edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (2)
- ● Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG · Pressemitteilung: KVB bestellt 132 Hochflur-Stadtbahnen bei Stadler (published 2025-07-28 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG — Germany – Tramway passenger coaches – Konstruktion, Herstellung und Lieferung von Hochflurstadtbahnen (132 Fahrzeugeinheiten und 34 Zwischenmodulen) — notice 499721-2025 (published 2025-07-30 · checked 2026-09-12)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| KVB Cologne Nord-Süd Stadtbahn third stage | Open | value not published | Closes October 2026 |
| Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe K4000 Stadtbahn fleet refurbishment | Awarded | $5–25m | Published August 2025 |
| Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe high-floor Stadtbahn vehicles supply | In execution | over $1bn | Published July 2025 |
Withheld in the free surface
- Procurement structure
- Award history (3)
- Entry path
- Portals (2)
- Published contacts (2)
Full detail withheld: 5 fields. In the European Union edition · See a fully open example
6 sources · all primary
- ● Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG · Ausschreibungen (checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG · Wir sind die KVB (network, fleet and investment figures) (checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG · Pressemitteilung: KVB bestellt 132 Hochflur-Stadtbahnen bei Stadler (published 2025-07-28 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG · Kontakt (checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG — Germany – Tramway passenger coaches – Konstruktion, Herstellung und Lieferung von Hochflurstadtbahnen (132 Fahrzeugeinheiten und 34 Zwischenmodulen) — notice 499721-2025 (published 2025-07-30 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG — Germany – Reconditioning services of rolling stock – Instandsetzung/Sanierung Stadtbahnen K4000 (Rahmenvertrag) — notice 515122-2025 (published 2025-08-06 · checked 2026-09-12)
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