Status: 02.09.2023, 14:23 p.m.
By: Anna Heyers
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Actually, the new low-cost ticket is called Deutschlandticket. But passengers can also travel abroad with it. You just have to know where to go – and we'll tell you.
Finally, the successor to the 9-euro ticket, which was so successful last year, has arrived: the Deutschlandticket, also known as the 49-euro ticket. It has been valid since the beginning of May 2023 and thus replaces tickets for regional and local public transport by bus and train. Regarding the scope of application, the Federal Government says: "The Deutschlandticket is valid nationwide and enables Germany-wide journeys in public transport and regional rail transport of all participating transport companies, state tariffs and transport associations as well as in the network-free area." The only exceptions are long-distance journeys and first class journeys.
Germany-wide journeys, but in places close to the border, the advantages of the Deutschlandticket can even be used abroad. Why? The validity of the ticket is not necessarily based on geographical boundaries, but on fare boundaries – i.e. train stations. This in turn means that you can also use the 49-euro ticket to travel to some train stations abroad. These include, for example, stations in:
- Austria
- The Netherlands and Belgium
- Switzerland
- Poland
- France
- Denmark
- Luxembourg
- Czechia
For only 49 euros – with the Deutschlandticket to Austria
Good news for Bavaria: According to the Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB), passengers are allowed to "travel to Salzburg/Kufstein with the Deutschlandticket and the BRB." You can also travel to Vils and Reutte to Griesen (from Pfonten-Steinach) at no extra cost.
Important here: According to Deutsche Bahn, the "Außerfernbahn" may only be used in traffic to and from Germany, not in domestic traffic within Austria.
By the way, hiking fans should take a look at the ten most popular routes in Bavaria.
For only 49 euros – with the Deutschlandticket to the Netherlands and Belgium
Would you like a short trip to the Netherlands? No problem: With the Deutschlandticket, this works on some routes of the Aachener Verkehrsverbund (AVV) and the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR), here is a selection:
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- RE 13: Mönchengladbach – Viersen – Venlo
- RB 61: Rheine – Oldenzaal – Hengelo
- Bus line 60: Kleve Bf – Millingen de Gelderse Poort
- Bus line 91: Emmerich Bf – 's-Heerenberg Molenpoort
- Line 24 (Aachener Straßenbahn und Energieversorgungs-AG: ASEAG): Aachen Bushof − Preusweg − Kelmis
- Line 25 (ASEAG): Stolberg Mühlener Bahnhof – Vaals
- Line 27 (ASEAG): Herzogenrath – Kerkrade Eurode Park
For only 49 euros – with the Deutschlandticket to Switzerland
With the 49-euro ticket, you can use individual connections from Baden-Württemberg to Switzerland. Deutschlandtarifverbund GmbH has confirmed that the ticket is valid on SBB trains from Zell im Wiesental to Basel Bad. In addition, the ticket can be used on DB Regio trains from Weil am Rhein to Basel Bad and from Erzingen (Baden) to Trasadingen, Schaffhausen and Thayngen. Important: On other cross-border lines, the ticket is only valid up to the German border.
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For only 49 euros – with the Deutschlandticket to Poland
With the 49-euro ticket, you can use the Usedom Bäderbahn, very similar to the 9-euro ticket, and travel from Züssow via the classic holiday destinations of Heringsdorf and Ahlbeck to the final stop Swinemünde Zentrum in Poland.
Note: Trains of the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB), such as the RB26 to Kostrzyn or the RB91 to Zielona Góra, also run to Poland. However, driving is only allowed up to the border. To cross the border, travelers must purchase a ticket of the regular fare from the last stop in the VBB area.
For only 49 euros – with the Deutschlandticket to France
If you don't feel like Belgium or Poland and Co., just visit beautiful France. To do this, simply use the Alsace and Wine Route Express excursion trains of Vlexx GmbH, which take you from Mainz or Koblenz to Wissembourg in France.
You can also use the Deutschlandticket on the Saarbahn (saarVV) (Saarbrücken to Saargemünd, Bous to Carling, Saarlouis to Creutzwald). But be careful: the ticket is not valid on the buses of line 30 to Forbach and line MS to Saint-Avold. The 49-euro ticket is also not valid for domestic traffic on the German side.
With the Deutschlandticket, you can also choose bus and train departures that have a destination abroad – at least in many areas close to the border. It's worth taking a closer look here. (Symbolic image) © S. Ziese/Imago
For only 49 euros – off to Denmark with the Deutschlandticket
Things are also looking good on the northern border when it comes to the 49-euro ticket. Here you can take the ticket to Tønder, about five kilometers behind the german-Danish border. You can get there, for example, with the regional train (RB66) from Niebüll in North Frisia.
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For only 49 euros – with the Deutschlandticket across Luxembourg's border
You can also cross the border from some places in Rhineland-Palatinate with the Deutschlandticket. The Verkehrsverbund Region Trier (VRT) announced here that it also applies to bus lines 410, 455 and 460 (cross-border). Good to know: public transport is always free of charge for everyone in Luxembourg, i.e. residents and travellers.
For only 49 euros – with the Deutschlandticket to the Czech Republic
An extra fee is also waived by the Trilex from Länderbahn GmbH. So if you take the L7 line to the Czech Republic, one of the top destinations for 2023, you can take the Deutschlandticket to Hrádek nad Nisou in the border triangle of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
This article was created with the help of machines and carefully reviewed by editor Anna Heyers before publication.