Funding for Rail Freight Transport in the State of Hesse (RiLi SGV)
The state of Hesse supports infrastructure measures and studies for the preservation, reactivation, expansion, or new establishment of rail freight transport in Hesse. Grants of up to 50% for companies and up to 60% for municipalities are possible.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Measures to strengthen rail freight transport in Hesse by preserving, reactivating, expanding, or newly establishing rail freight infrastructure, as well as studies on the reactivation or permanent securing of rail connections, in order to reduce truck traffic, preserve jobs, and improve mobility.
Eligible expenses
- Railway technical facilities (civil engineering, earthworks, track systems, bridges/overpasses, retaining walls, signals)
- Access roads and loading roads
- Lighting
- Studies for the reactivation or securing of rail connections
Non-eligible expenses
- Cost shares of DB Netz AG
- Value-added tax
- Administrative and incidental construction costs
- Expenses for the acquisition of land
- Maintenance costs for routes
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Eligible to apply
- Companies
- Public Institutions
Funding requirements
- Implementation of the project in Hesse
- No parallel federal funding possible
- Funded infrastructure not under the economic ownership of a federally owned railway
- Project start only after approval (no contract award before notification)
- Non-discriminatory use of the funded facilities during the period of purpose restriction
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Documents required for application
- Annex 1 Application (Form)
- Informal Funding Application
- Overview Plan of the Measure
- Financing Concept
- Cost Estimates
- Contracts with Railway Infrastructure and Railway Transport Companies
- Photos Documenting the Previous Condition
Evaluation criteria
- Transport policy benefits (e.g., avoided truck kilometers)
- Economic efficiency and viability of the operating model
- Technical and traffic planning reliability
- Social and ecological compatibility
- Non-discriminatory usage
Description
The state funding strengthens rail freight transport in Hesse through financial support for maintenance, reactivation, expansion, and new establishment measures at rail connections and loading points, as well as for studies on the resumption or permanent securing of rail connections. With the aim of reducing truck traffic, preserving jobs, and sustainably improving mobility, up to 50% of eligible expenses are granted as a non-repayable subsidy to companies and up to 60% to municipalities. Eligible costs include, among others, railway technical facilities (civil engineering, earthworks, track systems, bridges/overpasses, retaining walls, signals), access roads and loading streets, lighting, as well as planning and traffic engineering studies. Requirements such as implementation exclusively in Hesse, no parallel federal subsidy, non-discriminatory use, and professional as well as commercial qualification are prerequisites.
Eligible applicants are railway undertakings, shipping companies, municipal authorities, special-purpose associations, and consortia. The funding amount is a maximum of €100,000 per 12,500 tons of annual volume or per 500 wagons or per 0.5 million avoided truck kilometers. Applications can be submitted at any time; funding-relevant documents include, among others, the form (Annex 1), an informal application, an overview plan, a financing concept, cost estimates, contracts with infrastructure and transport companies, as well as photos of the prior condition. Approval is granted by the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport, Housing and Regional Development via Hessen Mobil – Road and Traffic Management.