The municipality of Ritschenhausen, in cooperation with the district, plans to create a bus hub at the Salzbrücke bridge. This will enable new connections.

Stützerbach, Frauenwald, and Manebach are leading the way in the Ilm district with a community bus service. Now the topic is also being discussed in the rural municipality of Großbreitenbach. But there's still a long way to go before the bus can run.

Bus service launches route 311: In the future there will be direct journeys from Ilmenau via Stadtilm to Kranichfeld

"Now our years of lobbying the Bavarian Railway Company are finally bearing fruit," rejoiced District Administrator Willibald Gailler, Public Transport Officer Isabel Meier, Selina Tischner and Department Head Michael Gottschalk.

Saalfeld. The general assembly of the Saale-Orla public transport association approves a budget of 24 million euros in Saalfeld