The MVV tickets are so expensive: When the timetable changes, the prices rise by 6.9 percent

Created: 09/17/2022, 12:38 p.m

By: Dirk Walter, Klaus Vick

A woman inserts a coin into a tram in Munich.

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The nine-euro ticket was a terrific success.

But in the future, the people of Munich will once again have to dig deeper into their pockets when taking the underground and suburban trains.

The tickets are getting more expensive.

Munich – The Munich transport and tariff association raises its prices sharply.

When the timetable changes on December 11, tickets will be 6.9 percent more expensive on average.

In its meeting on Friday, the MVV shareholders' meeting voted unanimously for the "fare adjustment".

MVV Managing Director Bernd Rosenbusch cites the "general consumer price increases" as the reason for the increase.

High energy and fuel prices, a tense personnel situation and the consequences of the pandemic are forcing the MVV to do so.

Actually, even "up to 22 percent tariff increase" in the MVV area is necessary "in order to be able to compensate the transport companies for the increased costs".

OB Dieter Reiter sees higher politics as a duty

Munich's mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD), chairman of the MVV shareholders' meeting, now sees higher politics as a duty.

"In order to be able to keep prices low and at the same time expand public transport in a sustainable and resilient manner, the federal and state governments must show significantly more responsibility and support the municipalities better than before," said the mayor on Friday.

He would have wished that the 9-euro ticket would be followed by an equally simple and inexpensive succession plan.

That is currently not in sight.

Reiter: "It is all the more bitter that we had to decide on tariff increases today in order to be able to absorb at least a small part of the increased costs for energy and wage adjustments."

Robert Niedergesäß (CSU), district administrator in Ebersberg and spokesman for the MVV districts, called the increase "very unpleasant".

But there is no choice.

He had the impression that people would also understand the energy price increases.

"Never before has a tariff increase been so easy to understand."

A selection of the new MVV prices

Single ticket short-haul:

 1.90 euros (previously: 1.80 euros)

 3.70 euros (previously: 3.50 euros)

 16.30 euros (previously: 15.20 euros )

 63.20 euros (previously: 59.10 euros)

 20.20 euros (previously: 18.60 euros)

 EUR 27.80 (previously: EUR 25.70)

EUR 8.80 (previously: EUR 8.60)

 EUR 3.50 (previously : 3.30 euros)

"Any connection after the 9-euro ticket will come"

Niedergesäß hopes that the tariff increase is only a temporary solution.

"Any connection after the 9-euro ticket will come, 29 euros, 69 euros or something like that," said Niedergesäß.

The federal and state governments would have to pay for it.

Bavaria must also move away from its refusal attitude.

"There will certainly be a movement where everyone approaches each other and finds a compromise."

The traffic policy spokesman for the SPD city council group, Nikolaus Gradl, assumes that in 2023 the 9-euro follow-up ticket planned by the federal government will result in a significant price reduction for regular MVV customers.

According to his estimation, 17 out of 29 offers in Munich would become cheaper by up to 100 euros per month.

The traffic light coalition has announced that there will be a 9-euro successor.

Negotiations with the countries are pending.

A ticket for 49 to 69 euros is currently being discussed.

Berlin has already decided on a 29-euro ticket.

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