After the 9-euro ticket: is the 1-euro ticket coming?
Created: 06/25/2022, 06:06
By: Lea-Sophie Mollus
Since the introduction of the 9-euro ticket, there has been a great rush for buses and trains.
Is the 1 euro ticket coming?
© Lennart Preiss/dpa
The 9-euro ticket has been a hit since the beginning of June.
This shows that the demand for cheap public transport tariffs is high.
Now the 1 euro ticket is under discussion.
Kassel – The 9-euro ticket, which has been in effect since the beginning of June, is a complete success – not least recognizable by the overcrowded trains and busy railway lines.
According to the Association of German Transport Companies, around 16 million tickets have already been sold.
Many want to travel cheaply from A to B, which is hardly possible given the fares that are otherwise in force.
The 9-euro ticket is primarily intended to provide financial relief.
But what happens when the 9-euro ticket expires at the end of August after the planned three months?
Voices are being raised calling for a permanent 1-euro ticket.
The 1-euro ticket is to replace the 9-euro ticket - this is what a petition is calling for
Traveling by public transport 365 days a year for one euro a day: That is the idea behind the 1-euro ticket or 365-euro ticket.
The background is primarily the climate protection aspect: The cheap ticket should allow more people to travel by bus and train and thus fewer by car.
The German Environmental Aid has already started a petition on
change.org
, with which it is addressing Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) directly.
This applies to the 9 euro ticket | |
---|---|
From when and for how long is the ticket valid? | Scheduled to be available from June 1st for three months |
Where is the ticket valid? | Nationwide validity, no regional restrictions |
Who is the ticket for? | No restrictions on groups of people, subscription holders will receive a refund |
How much is the ticket? | 9 euros per month |
The demand of the petition is: bus and train for one euro a day - and that throughout Germany.
When the 9 euro ticket expires, the 1 euro ticket is to come.
But is that even feasible?
After the end of the 9-euro ticket: will the 1-euro ticket come?
In the Austrian capital Vienna it is.
The 1-euro ticket and the 365-euro ticket were introduced there in 2012.
In the first five years, sales of annual tickets doubled, and around 5,000 new customers are currently being added every month, reports the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
.
Although the trains are also full in Germany's neighboring country, this confirms above all that there is a great desire for low fares for public transport - as in this country with the 9-euro ticket.
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At the same time as the 1-euro ticket, the German environmental aid petition calls for bus and train services to be expanded in the city and, above all, in the country.
Around 128,000 people have already signed.
The goal is 150,000 signatures - this would make the petition one of the most signed petitions on
change.org
.
(Lea-Sophie Mollus)