Regular bus service; application for funding

The procurement of regular buses may be subsidized to the extent that they are necessary to maintain and improve regular services pursuant to Section 42 of the Passenger Transportation Act.

Description

Purpose

The Free State of Bavaria grants subsidies to improve local public transport.

Object

Buses are subsidized insofar as they are required to maintain and improve scheduled services in accordance with Section 42 of the German Passenger Transportation Act (Personenbeförderungsgesetz). Funding is provided for the procurement of new buses. Buses with zero-emission and low-emission drive systems within the meaning of Section 2 Nos. 5, 6 of the Clean Vehicles Procurement Act receive special funding.

Recipients of funding

Public and private transport companies are eligible to apply.

Eligible costs

Funding is available for the acquisition costs of vehicles and their equipment that are suitable for local public transport purposes, but not for ticketing and ticket validation equipment.

Type and amount

The subsidy amounts for the individual bus categories and for the additional costs of alternative drive technologies or additional technology components are set by the Bavarian State Ministry of Housing, Construction and Transport and updated as required. For details, please refer to the "Key points for the promotion of "climate buses" within the framework of bus promotion in the Free State of Bavaria.

Prerequisites

The applicant must operate scheduled public transport services in accordance with Section 42 of the PBefG as a concessionaire, operator or contracting company predominantly in Bavaria.

The applicant must credibly demonstrate that it intends to use the new buses to be purchased for at least eight years or for a mileage of 500,000 km for the purpose of the grant.

The subsidized buses must take into account the needs of people with disabilities or mobility impairments, and the buses must meet the requirements for being equipped with WLAN.

Procedure

The written application must be submitted to the district government in whose area the transport is predominantly operated. The application form can be found on the homepage of the responsible government.

When planning the project, the responsible representatives for the interests of people with disabilities must be consulted in accordance with Art. 18 of the Bavarian Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Act. If a local authority does not have representatives or advisory councils for people with disabilities, the relevant associations within the meaning of Section 13 (3) of the Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities Act must be consulted instead.

Deadlines

The application must be submitted no later than December 1 of the previous year of procurement.

Required documents

  • Data sheet on the vehicle fleet
  • Offer and confirmation of the vehicle manufacturer about the required equipment
  • Opinion of the local disability representative(s)
  • Evidence of public transport use of the replacement vehicle
  • Certificate of the tax office about the duration of the vehicle tax exemption
  • Declaration on the subsidy relevance of the information
  • Declaration by the applicant that the new bus to be purchased will be used by the applicant for at least eight years or for a mileage of 500,000 km predominantly in regular service pursuant to § 42 PBefG in Bavaria.

Forms

Please select a location in "Localization" so that the address of the responsible authority can be filled in.

  • Prefillable Form, Bavaria-wide: Antrag auf Förderung zur Anschaffung von Kraftomnibussen im ÖPNV
    Please note

    This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

  • Prefillable Form, Bavaria-wide: Auszahlungsantrag Busförderung
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    This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

  • Prefillable Form, Bavaria-wide: Verwendungsnachweis Busförderung
    Please note

    This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

  • Prefillable Form, Bavaria-wide: Erklärung des Zuwendungsempfängers über den Einsatz eines geförderten Kraftomnibusses
    Please note

    This form has to be signed and sent to the responsible authority. You can sign the form manually and send it by email/fax or sign the form electronically with your qualified electronic signature an send it by (secure) email. If the responsible authority has set up a De-Mail account, you can also send the form by De-Mail using an sender-confirmed message.

Fees

  • none

Status: 18.12.2022

Responsible for editing: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wohnen, Bau und Verkehr

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  • Prefillable Form, Bavaria-wide
  • Legal bases, Bavaria-wide
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  • Fees, Bavaria-wide
  • Fees, locally limited
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