9-euro ticket from the relief package 2022 decided - this applies from June 1st

Created: 05/20/2022, 11:36 am

By: Felix Busjaeger

The Bundestag and Bundesrat have waved through the 9-euro ticket from the 2022 relief package.

The ticket should be valid from June 1st and cushion energy prices.

Berlin – Parts of the 2022 relief package have been decided in the Bundestag.

While Vladimir Putin is still waging war in Ukraine and Germany is suffering from an energy crisis as a result, the government of Olaf Scholz (SPD) has launched an extensive catalog of measures.

Among other things, the 9-euro ticket is now on the way - even if the ticket is only valid from June 1, it is already available in many places before that.

On Thursday evening, a majority of MPs voted for the cheap monthly ticket.

Relief package 2022: when the 9-euro ticket will come - the Bundestag and Bundesrat say yes for June 1st

On Thursday, May 19, the 9-euro ticket from the 2022 relief package was waved through in the Bundestag.

On Friday, the Federal Council also waved the ticket through.

The motions of some federal states for a resolution were also given status.

Apart from the humanitarian catastrophe that the fighting brings with it, people in Germany felt the effects in many areas of life just a few days after the outbreak of the war: Although the energy prices for heating oil or fuel were already at a high level at the turn of the year, they still cracked after the outbreak of war, prices set new records in many places.

In response, the federal government announced the 2022 relief package, which is intended to make everyday life easier for German citizens.

Done deal: The Bundestag has approved the 9-euro ticket from the 2022 relief package.

(kreiszeitung.de assembly) © Daniel Karmann/Michael Kappeler/dpa

As a measure, the 9-euro ticket from June 1st, which goes on sale in advance in May, is intended to motivate people to use local public transport: all public transport can be used nationwide for a whole month for nine euros.

While energy price lump sums, children's bonuses or surcharges for Hartz IV made for great approval from the start, reactions to the cheap nine-euro monthly ticket were divided.

It could not be ruled out that the Bundesrat could still have blocked the decision of the Bundestag.

Various federal states had already announced that tickets from the 2022 relief package would be blocked.

9-euro ticket from the relief package 2022 from May 23 with Deutsche Bahn

There are still many discrepancies in the design of the 9-euro ticket from the relief package.

The financing does not seem to have been clarified in detail yet.

Nevertheless, Deutsche Bahn, for example, announced that the 9-euro ticket will be sold from May 23, 2022 - the DB Navigator app and all other digital rail channels are available for this purpose.

In addition, there should be the cheap monthly ticket at the DB ticket machines and in the travel centers.

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While the 9-euro ticket for traveling across the country is actually only intended for the months of June, July and August and is intended to bring relief to consumers in Germany, the left has already pushed for an extension of the ticket in order to make local public transport sustainable make commuters more attractive.

Because: In addition to relieving the burden on citizens, the 9-euro ticket also serves as a cheap introductory offer for stressed drivers, which is intended to motivate them to use more climate-friendly means of transport.

9-euro ticket in Germany: Inexpensive monthly ticket from the 2022 relief package for June, July and August

The special thing about the 9-euro ticket: It is valid from the first to the last day of each month.

If you buy the ticket on the 15th of a month, for example, you can only use it for the remaining days of the month.

However, so that there is not a big rush for the 9-euro tickets on June 1st, the start of sales of the cheap monthly ticket from the 2022 relief package should fall on May 23rd.

For bargain hunters, there is also the 9-euro ticket in a three-pack – for the months of June, July and August.

In addition to the 9-euro ticket, the federal government is also planning an energy flat rate of 300 euros, a child bonus, a fuel discount from June 1st and a subsidy for Hartz IV however, developed over the long term remains to be seen.