So great is the rush of the people of Munich for the 9-euro ticket

Created: 05/23/2022, 16:49

By: Leoni Billina, Andreas Thieme

Long queues formed at the main station in front of the information center © Markus Götzfried

The online sale of the 9-euro ticket has been activated since yesterday - and the rush is enormous.

There were also long queues in front of the information centers of the Munich transport association yesterday.

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Yesterday morning there were long queues in front of the information centers of the Munich Transport Association (MVV) at the main train station and at Marienplatz - because the people of Munich wanted to secure the 9-euro ticket.

This only applies from June 1st, but you can buy it now.

Since Sunday at the machines of the Munich Transport Company (MVG), since yesterday at the service counters and via mobile phone.

The rush on all paths is huge.

The ticket was available in the MVV app from 10 a.m. – by 10.30 a.m. almost 600 tickets had already been sold only through this channel, says spokeswoman Frankziska Hartmann.

That was even too much of a good thing: the servers were sometimes no longer able to cope with the onslaught, the app was overloaded – and anyone who clicked in got error messages.

Customers who wanted to buy another electronic ticket instead of the 9-euro ticket were also affected by this chaos.

At times this was not possible.

Hartmann says: “We have placed a note on both the website and the app asking customers to only buy the ticket in the coming days.

At the same time, our service provider is working on increasing server capacities.”

Around 15500 tickets sold in a short time

MVG spokesman Maximilian Kaltner is also amazed at the high demand: "We expected that tickets would be bought to this extent, but we are amazed that so many buy them right away on the first few days - since the advance sale is even more so than a week is running.” Around 15,500 9-euro tickets were sold at the MVG machines from Sunday until yesterday at 11:30 a.m.

The ticket is not only available on the MVV channels, Deutsche Bahn has also received many requests for the 9-euro ticket.

The ticket has been available since yesterday on bahn.de, in the Navigator, at the machines and in the travel centers.

DB Regional boss Jörg Sandvoß says: “We are experiencing historically large access to our sales channels.

200,000 tickets were already sold early in the morning.” According to a spokesman, the following also applies to Deutsche Bahn: “In some cases online booking can take a little longer.” Deutsche Bahn expects significantly more crowds on trains in the coming months.

“We drive with everything we have,” says Sandvoß.

The company hires additional employees.

Nevertheless, it's getting tight: "Of course, we will have a worse rate of punctuality due to the rush." ​​In some cases, there could be longer transfer times.

The 9-euro ticket is part of the nationwide relief package due to high inflation.

For 9 euros per month you can travel by bus, tram, underground and suburban train and regional trains.