Bus service; application for funding

The procurement of buses and coaches can be subsidized if they are required to maintain and improve regular services in accordance with Section 42 of the Passenger Transportation Act.

Purpose

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

Object

Buses and coaches are subsidized if they are required to maintain and improve scheduled services in accordance with § 42 of the Passenger Transportation Act. Funding is provided for the procurement of new buses. Buses with emission-free and low-emission drives within the meaning of Section 2 Nos. 5, 6 of the Clean Vehicles Procurement Act are particularly eligible for funding.

Eligible costs

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

Type and amount

The funding is granted in the form of pro rata financing/capital participation.
The type of funding is project funding.

The funding amounts for the individual bus categories and for the additional costs of alternative drive technologies or additional technology components are determined by the Bavarian State Ministry of Housing, Building 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.

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

The applicant must provide credible evidence 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 upgrading with WLAN.

Public and private transport companies are eligible to apply.

The written application must be submitted to the district government in whose area the transport company has its registered office.

The application form can be downloaded from 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 Disability Equality Act.

If a local authority does not have representatives for people with disabilities or advisory boards for people with disabilities, the relevant associations within the meaning of Section 13 (3) of the Disability Equality Act must be consulted instead.

The application must be submitted by December 1, 2025 and must be submitted by December 1 of the previous year of procurement at the latest.

The application must be submitted to Procurement by December 1 of the previous year at the latest.

• Required document/s
  • Data sheet on the vehicle inventory
  • Offer and confirmation from the vehicle manufacturer regarding the required equipment
  • Statement from the local representative(s) for the disabled
  • Proof of public transport use of the replacement vehicle
  • Certificate from the tax office regarding the duration of the vehicle tax exemption
  • Declaration on the relevance of the information to the subsidy
  • 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 scheduled services in accordance with § 42 PBefG in Bavaria