After a 9-euro ticket: Prime Minister Weil calls for cheap offers in local transport

Created: 08/03/2022, 22:03

The nine-euro ticket expires at the end of August 2022.

Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) now wants to clear the tariff jungle in local transport in Lower Saxony.

Hanover – If Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) has his way, the many different tariffs in local transport in Lower Saxony must be simplified.

It is absolutely necessary that the "tariff jungle" be cleared, said the SPD politician on Wednesday (08/03/2022) in Hanover, as reported by hna.de.

This is exactly what Weil wants to tackle in a new legislative period – after all, a new state parliament will be elected in Lower Saxony on October 9th.

Regarding the current discussion about a successor to the 9-euro ticket, which expires at the end of August, Weil said that exactly what he had warned about had happened.

From the beginning it was foreseeable that the ticket would be a success - now a disappointment follows.

What comes after the 9 euro ticket?

Prime Minister Weil calls for cheap offers in local transport

The nine-euro ticket has been valid throughout Germany since June 1, 2022.

Is there a successor now?

(Archive image) © Frank Rumpenhorst

Even after the expiry of the 9-euro ticket, the Prime Minister would like to see low-cost offers in local transport in Lower Saxony - for as broad a population as possible.

The 9-euro ticket, which has been available since June 2022, is only valid in August and allows unlimited travel on buses and trains in local public transport nationwide for one month.

Several million people have already grabbed it, and there is currently a broad debate about an adequate successor solution.

However, without a significant increase in federal funds, a comparable offer cannot be maintained in the long term, says Weil.

Local transport: Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) wants to clear the tariff jungle in Lower Saxony

"We need the support of the federal government at this point, but the federal finance minister says it won't be there.

Unfortunately that is the situation.

Personally, I don't think that's wise.” He would be happy if there was more movement on the part of the federal government in this regard.

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Stephan Weil (SPD) Prime Minister © Fabian Sommer

Lower Saxony wants to focus primarily on young people such as schoolchildren and trainees on the subject.

The foundations for a trainee ticket in local transport have already been laid in Lower Saxony - but there has always been criticism of the implementation.

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Tested for you: Commuting from Kassel to Göttingen with the 9-euro ticket.

The heat is also a problem: Switch faults keep causing chaos on the railways in southern Lower Saxony.

Interesting destinations can be reached from Göttingen with the nine-euro ticket.