After the nine-euro ticket: traveling by bus and train will be even more expensive than before
Created: 08/18/2022 10:34 am
Travel across Germany for a month with the nine-euro ticket in the Regio.
This will soon be over - and train travel will be even more expensive than before.
Berlin – With the nine-euro ticket, local public transport was cheaper than ever.
But what happens after the relief ends?
There is bad news for numerous bus and train customers.
Because many transport companies are planning price increases.
This was the result of a survey by the
German Press Agency
.
Cost shock after the relief: passengers face higher prices
In some cases, significant tariff increases have already been decided, while elsewhere the corresponding committee meetings are still pending.
In and around Stuttgart, for example, tariffs will increase by an average of 4.9 percent at the turn of the year, and by 3 percent in the greater Nuremberg area.
In the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund there was already a surcharge of 3.9 percent in July.
Passengers can use the 9-euro ticket for the last time in August in local transport throughout Germany.
Then the campaign financed by the federal government ends after three months.
It should relieve commuters in the face of high energy prices and encourage them to switch from cars to public transport.
There is no follow-up offer.
From September 1st, everything will be the same for customers.
Public transport: Electricity and diesel prices are a burden for transport companies
In September and October, the committees of the transport associations are therefore discussing the future tariff in many places.
High prices for electricity and diesel are a burden for many transport companies - and in many cases are likely to affect fares.
For example, the Berlin-Brandenburg transport association is based on an index of fuel, electricity and consumer prices.
"The respective tariff index is included in the considerations, but does not serve as an exclusive criterion," emphasized a spokesman.
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The Verkehrsverbund Stuttgart emphasized that its surcharge of 4.9 percent was still below the cost increases.
In addition, young customers benefited from a new 365-euro annual ticket from March.
From September, bus and train customers will have to adjust to higher ticket prices in many places.
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Successor to the nine-euro ticket: transport associations are open – on one condition
Many transport associations are open to a new campaign such as the nine-euro ticket - provided that the loss of income is reimbursed.
"For the transport associations, sufficiency is the top priority in a possible successor arrangement," emphasized the Rhein-Sieg transport association.
The Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart explained: "The transport companies are currently facing major financial problems in view of the galloping energy prices." Just to maintain the stock and expand the offer, more money from the federal government is necessary - regardless of a possible nine-euro ticket -Successor.
"A relatively short-term implementation would be feasible on the basis of the current nine-euro constellation," signaled the transport association Bremen/Lower Saxony.
A new edition in the Rhein-Neckar transport association is rejected.
With the nine-euro ticket, it was above all the occasional customers who had hitherto seized the opportunity to travel even cheaper and more frequently, says managing director Volkhard Malik.
The VRN wants to score points by simplifying its own tariff and making it more flexible.
(dpa)
