In an attempt to push more people to use rail travel, help them to cope with the cost of living crisis, as well as cut emissions, the German authorities have announced that apart from the €49 ticket, a €10 ticket will now be available too.
The national rail service of Germany, Deutsche Bahn, just recently announced the launch of €9.90 tickets for some short-distance routes.
As part of this scheme, the government has already released one million tickets, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
The deal will run only for a limited time, with the €9.90 tickets being valid between June 11 and December 9, 2023, and bookable only until July 31.
“With the super saver price campaign from June 11t to December 9t, you can travel on short journeys from as little as EUR 9.90 (bookable until July 31) – while stocks last,” Deutsche Bahn explained.
These tickets will offer all passengers low prices for shorter journeys on ICE trains, including stretches between Hamburg and Bremen, Cologne and Düsseldorf, Dresden and Leipzig and Augsburg and Munich.
Moreover, it has been emphasised that the reduced tickets will only be sold for journeys on second-class trains.
As for the €49 ticket, it continues to be available for purchase for all those interested. Germany’s €49 ticket, which got launched earlier in May, comes as a monthly subscription, renewable automatically but cancelled at any time.
The €49 ticket can be used by citizens of Germany as well as visitors from other countries on all buses and trains operating in short and medium distances.
“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 non-federated areas. Travellers can therefore use all buses and trains of public regional and local transport throughout Germany,” the statement of the German government reads.
The same stressed that long-distance transport, as well as journeys in first class, are excluded from the offer. The German authorities have said that the €49 ticket does not entitle its holders to travel on long-distance Eurocity, Intercity, Eurocity-Express, Intercity Express, or Railjet connections.
Private operators such as Flixtrain are also not participating in the scheme, meaning that the ticket can not be used.
In addition to the above-mentioned, the €49 ticket can only be used by the person who purchased it. As for children, it has been noted that those under the age of six can travel for free.
Regarding the transferability of the €49 ticket, the authorities said that it can not be passed from one person to another, meaning that everyone has to purchase their own ticket.