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9 euro ticket: Let's start today

2022-05-23T10:29:05.042Z


9 euro ticket: Let's start today Created: 05/23/2022, 12:21 p.m A good week before the start of the three-month campaign, sales of the 9-euro monthly ticket will start nationwide. Berlin - Deutsche Bahn and numerous transport associations and companies will start selling the nine-euro monthly ticket this Monday. On the DB Navigator train app, for example, the ticket will be available from “the


9 euro ticket: Let's start today

Created: 05/23/2022, 12:21 p.m

A good week before the start of the three-month campaign, sales of the 9-euro monthly ticket will start nationwide.

Berlin - Deutsche Bahn and numerous transport associations and companies will start selling the nine-euro monthly ticket this Monday.

On the DB Navigator train app, for example, the ticket will be available from “the early hours of the morning”, said a train spokesman.

Sales will start in the DB travel centers “as soon as they open”.

Some transport companies and cities have already started selling in the past few days.

In Wuppertal, those interested could even buy the ticket on Wednesday before the Bundestag and Bundesrat approved it.

Nine-euro ticket: This is valid from June

With the monthly ticket, passengers can use local and regional public transport nationwide from next month - in all cities and across all network borders.

The special tickets are to be offered for June, July and August - for nine euros a month and thus much cheaper than normal monthly tickets.

Despite criticism and skepticism from the federal states, the Federal Council approved the project on Friday.

If you already have a monthly or annual subscription, you shouldn’t have to worry about anything else.

"Reductions are automatically made for existing subscriptions, so that only nine euros are incurred per month," says the Berlin-Brandenburg transport association, for example.

The reductions will later be transferred back to the respective customer account.

Nine-euro ticket: the federal government pays 2.5 billion euros to relieve transport providers

The cheap tickets are part of the relief packages from the traffic light coalition because of the sharp rise in energy prices.

At the same time, they should be a big taster campaign to attract more passengers and encourage them to switch from their cars.

Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) spoke of an opportunity for local public transport and climate-friendly mobility.

According to the law passed on Friday, the federal government is providing the federal states with 2.5 billion euros, among other things, to compensate for the loss of income from transport providers.

The states had previously called for more money for public transport in general.

Train and bus operators and the transport associations are preparing for a larger influx of passengers - full trains to excursion destinations are expected, especially on weekends.

(dpa)

Source: merkur

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