The state of Bavaria and Deutsche Bahn have still not clarified who will bear which risks in the billion-dollar second main line project. An agreement is “still light years away,” according to the state parliament. There are major concerns there.
Will a court ultimately decide who pays the bill for the very expensive expansion of the Munich S-Bahn with the second main route? One day there will even be a lawsuit worth billions; Similar to the huge Stuttgart 21 railway project, where a lot goes wrong? Jürgen Baumgärtner, one of the best experts on the second main route in Munich, would like to prevent that. The CSU representative in the Bavarian state parliament, who heads the committee for housing, construction and transport, does not want to rule out such a scenario. The CSU politician warns that anything that is not sufficiently clarified in a contract could lead to a dispute in court.