9-euro ticket successor: Wissing would like to find answers by the end of the year
Created: 09/03/2022, 16:01
By: Linus Prien
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing © IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen
After three months of the 9-euro ticket, the continuation of the offer is being intensively discussed.
Volker Wissing now wants to find a successor by the end of the year.
Berlin – The 9-euro ticket was available to Germans for three months.
The offer expired on September 1st.
After many voices had called for a successor solution, Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing now spoke out.
The FDP politician would like this question to be clarified by the end of the year: "Our goal should be to have a new ticket by the beginning of 2023 at the latest," said the FDP politician to the newspapers of the VRM media group.
"I would like a ticket that is as attractive as possible in terms of price, which is valid throughout Germany and can be bought as a subscription version." The price depends "on the specific design and the distribution of costs between the federal government, the states and the customers".
9-euro ticket: Wissing convinces his party leader
Only a short time ago, the Federal Minister of Finance and leader of the FDP, Christian Lindner, rejected the continuation of the 9-euro ticket.
Lindner expressed concerns about funding the continuation of the offer and accused the supporters of the offer of a "free mentality".
The minister was criticized for his wording.
But the head of the FDP changed his mind, as he announced via Twitter: "Volker
@Wissing
convinced me: he can
realize a digitally bookable ticket that can be used nationwide with a fraction of the financial resources of the
#9EuroTicket |s.
Now it's the turn of the countries.
When the question of financing is clear, the price can be fixed”.
In June, July and August, the 9-euro tickets enabled travel on buses and trains of local public transport throughout Germany for one month.
The special campaign to relieve passengers of increased energy costs expired on Wednesday.
According to industry information, around 52 million tickets were sold.
The federal government financed the campaign with 2.5 billion euros to compensate for loss of income from transport providers.
(lp/dpa)