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"One year at half price" - The Bahncard turns 30

2022-10-02T09:55:01.942Z


"One year at half price" - The Bahncard turns 30 Created: 10/02/2022, 11:45 am The Deutsche Bahn Bahn Card was introduced on October 1, 1992. © Michael Kappeler/dpa The Bahncard is celebrating a milestone birthday. After a Corona slump, demand has recovered and the 5 million mark has been broken. But the next price increase is already pending. Berlin – Anyone who travels by train more than occ


"One year at half price" - The Bahncard turns 30

Created: 10/02/2022, 11:45 am

The Deutsche Bahn Bahn Card was introduced on October 1, 1992.

© Michael Kappeler/dpa

The Bahncard is celebrating a milestone birthday.

After a Corona slump, demand has recovered and the 5 million mark has been broken.

But the next price increase is already pending.

Berlin – Anyone who travels by train more than occasionally has had a savings option for 30 years now: the Deutsche Bahn Bahncard.

The subscription, with which holders now get a 25, 50 or even 100 percent discount per trip, depending on the tariff, was introduced on October 1, 1992.

Advertising slogan at the time: "One year at half price".

According to its own information, ten years later the group had around three million users.

After a significant slump during the first Corona years, demand is now recovering significantly, the railway said on request.

According to CEO Richard Lutz, BahnCards recently “finally broke the 5 million mark again”.

“We are finally leaving the Corona dent behind us, even with our regular customers.” In 2014, the group had five million BahnCard customers for the first time.

The subscription offer still largely corresponds to the mobility needs of passengers - especially in long-distance transport, said Karl-Peter Naumann, honorary chairman of the Pro Bahn passenger association.

In regional transport, however, the situation has become more complicated in recent decades given the numerous transport associations, each with their own tariffs and subscription offers.

The Bahncard is just one of many offers here.

Passengers quickly lose track of which one is best for them.

"It's just become much more complex in local transport and that's why we need a rethinking overall, not just with the Bahncard," emphasized Naumann.

What is needed here is an overall solution from politics, associations and the railways, which goes beyond a flat-rate overall offer such as the 9-euro ticket.

The Bahncard with its three variants is meanwhile also affected by the price increases announced a few days ago for long-distance travel by Deutsche Bahn.

From December 11, it will be almost five percent more expensive.

dpa

Source: merkur

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