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One of the most innovative public transportation projects in the coming years will be the extremely long and fully continuous suburban trains for the München metropolitan area.

At InnoTrans, Bavarian Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter presented on 25 September the exterior design for the new S-Bahn München trains.

The movement to modernize regional transport continues to gain momentum: when the timetable changes in December 2023 will start, 18 new Desiro HC (partially) double-deck EMUs from Siemens Mobility will inaugurate service for the Franconia-Thuringia Express.

On 2 August 2023 it was announced that Siemens Mobility, after winning in a BEG international tender, will deliver 90 new 13-car EMUs worth more than 2 billion EUR for the S-Bahn München network.

According to an evaluation by the Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft (BEG), disruptions in Bavarian regional and suburban rail traffic have recently increased significantly.

In January 2022, Talent 8442 100 started test passenger service in Baden-Württemberg and Bayern.

On 29 September 2021, Siemens Mobility announced that it has received an order to build 23 four-car Mireo EMUs for agilis Eisenbahngesellschaft,

On 29 January 2021, DB Regio Bayern has ordered 31 regional EMUs from Siemens Mobility, which will be used on routes between München, Passau and Regensburg.

On 1 December 2020 it was announced that Go-Ahead Bayern of Augsburg and TMH International (TMHI) of Zug have reached an agreement on cooperation over the maintenance of the latter’s operator fleet. 

In March Bayerische Oberlandbahn received first two Coradia Lint DMUs of 31 on order for services in the Bavarian region Oberland.