49-euro ticket is coming: All information about the new Deutschlandticket
Created: 2022-12-09 13:48
By: Patricia Huber
After long discussions, the federal and state governments have finally agreed on the 49-euro ticket.
What consumers need to know now.
Berlin – "The Germany ticket will come now, also very quickly." With these words, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) announced the 49-euro ticket.
On Thursday (December 8th) the final financing questions were finally clarified, paving the way for the nine-euro ticket successor.
Merkur.de
summarizes the most important questions and answers about the new Deutschlandticket.
What is the Germany ticket?
The ticket, which can be used nationwide, should be valid for local public transport.
With an introductory price of 49 euros per month, it is intended to tie in with the nine-euro ticket from the summer.
The saver ticket will probably be a digital subscription, which can be canceled on a monthly basis.
Can you also use the ICE with the 49-euro ticket?
no
The ticket will only be valid on local transport.
So you can use buses, S-Bahn and U-Bahn and regional trains with it.
Normal tickets are still required for ICE and EC journeys.
When will the Germany ticket come out?
That has not yet been clarified.
According to Scholz, it should come "very quickly", but at the beginning of 2023 it will probably not be.
Initially, a start in April was under discussion, but Berlin's Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) has expressed doubts.
She does not expect the originally planned introduction of the ticket in April 2023, she made it clear to
RTL Direkt
on Thursday evening.
"It looks like it's probably going to be May," Giffey said.
That now depends on the negotiations.
"I really hope it works," she added.
The Association of German Transport Companies (VDV), on the other hand, is optimistic.
"If all steps can be implemented as planned, then April 1st is still possible as the start date for the Germany ticket," the association announced on Friday (December 9th).
How is the ticket financed?
With regard to the long-debated distribution of costs, it was agreed that the federal and state governments would each bear half of any additional costs incurred by companies next year.
It had already been agreed that the federal and state governments would each provide 1.5 billion euros per year for the ticket.
How the ticket will then be financed in the following years has not yet been clarified.
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Will the Germany ticket permanently cost 49 euros?
No, the ticket could become more expensive over time.
According to the transport minister's plans, “dynamisation” in the form of automatic inflation compensation is planned from the second year.
(ph/dpa)