DeutschlandTicket – The German-wide ticket for near-distance public transport

The DeutschlandTicket was created as a permanent nationwide subscription ticket as part of the third federal relief package. In view of the positive response to the 9-Euro-Ticket, which was temporarily available in the summer of 2022 as part of a campaign initiative, the DeutschlandTicket is intended to relieve mobile people with regard to rising energy and fuel costs. It is considered an environmentally friendly "flat rate for regional transport".

The DeutschlandTicket is only available as a subscription. If you no longer need it, the DeutschlandTicket can be cancelled free of charge by the 10th of each month to the end of the month.

The DeutschlandTicket is always valid for the current calendar month. It can be cancelled on a monthly basis and can be terminated free of charge by the 10th of each month to the end of the month.

The DeutschlandTicket is valid from 1 May 2023 and is available via the VRR app.

It is not limited to a specific campaign period, but is intended as a permanent offer to relieve the burden on citizens - also in order to sustainably advance the transport turnaround on the way to climate-friendly mobility.

The ticket costs 49 euros per month. It is valid from the first day of the month in which you start your subscription. Don't be alarmed by the term 'subscription', because the ticket can be cancelled monthly. If you no longer need it, you can cancel the DeutschlandTicket free of charge by the 10th of each month to the end of the month. If you do not cancel, it will be renewed monthly and charged for.

Example: If you no longer wish to use the DeutschlandTicket from September, cancel it by 10 August at the transport company from which you purchased it or in the app by clicking the cancellation button.

The DeutschlandTicket is valid nationwide in all associations and with all local transport companies. It allows you to use all local transport vehicles, i.e. buses, trams, city trains and underground trains as well as suburban trains, regional trains and regional express trains in 2nd class. The ticket is not valid for long-distance travel (e.g. ICE, IC, EC), and private providers such as FlixTrain are also excluded.

You can buy the DeutschlandTicket as a digital version with the app for your smartphone or as a chip card at the customer centre of your transport company. It is not available from ticket machines.

The DeutschlandTicket is available in the VRR via these shops/apps:

• VRR App(AppStore | Google Play).
• The VRR/DB TicketShop(TicketShop)

For the use of 1st class, VRR offers the 1st class monthly ticket and the 1st class subscription ticket for 46 euros per month each. It allows the use of 1st class on local trains in the VRR. It is valid in conjunction with the DeutschlandTicket or another Aboticket. You can use 1st class throughout the VRR or subscribe to NRWupgrade 1.Klasse for 69 euros per month and use 1st class on local trains throughout NRW.

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The DeutschlandTicket does not include the transport of bicycles. If you regularly want to take a bicycle with you, you can buy the new monthly bicycle ticket for the VRR area or subscribe to the NRWupgradeFahrrad for 39 euros a month and take your bicycle with you on buses and trains throughout NRW.

It is valid in conjunction with the DeutschlandTicket or another subscription ticket. If you only want to take a bike with you from time to time, the VRR FahrradTicket, which is valid for 24 hours, is sufficient.

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The DeutschlandTicket does not include the transport of persons. Accompanying persons under the age of six can travel with you free of charge, as children do not need their own ticket until they are six years old.

Children under six travel free of charge. Children over six need their own ticket.

In the VRR area and in NRW, dogs can always be taken along free of charge. In other regions, dog transport may be regulated differently. Please enquire in advance depending on your travel route.

No, the DeutschlandTicket, in the app or as a chip card, is personalised and cannot be passed on. Only you are allowed to travel with the ticket. A photo ID must always be carried.

Yes, journeys to the Netherlands (e.g. Venlo or Arnhem) are still possible. You can use the following lines:

• RE 13 (Hamm - Unna - Hagen - Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Mönchengladbach - Viersen - Venlo).
• RE 19 (Düsseldorf Hbf - Duisburg - Oberhausen - Dinslaken - Wesel - Bocholt / Emmerich - Emmerich-Elten - Zevenaar - Arnhem)
• SB 58 (Emmerich Bf - Nijmegen HAN)
• Bus line 29 (Neukirchen -Vl. Vluyner Südring- Straelen - Venlo)
• Bus line 60 (Kleve Bf - Millingen de Gelderse Poort)
• Bus line 91 (Emmerich Bf - 's-Heerenberg Molenpoort)

For journeys made exclusively within the Dutch territories or beyond the lines just mentioned, the Dutch fare continues to apply. The DeutschlandTicket is only valid on the above-mentioned lines.

For students, the NRW Semester Ticket with state-wide validity will remain in place for the time being. In addition, students in the VRR can top up to the DeutschlandTicket by paying an optional surcharge of 12.33 euros. Discussions are currently taking place at state and federal level on possible Germany-wide semester tickets.

With the launch of the DeutschlandTicket, the "DeutschlandTicket Job" model will also be introduced at the same time: With an employer subsidy of 25 per cent or more on the issue price of 49 euros, transport companies grant a discount of five per cent on the issue price. For customers, this results in a final price of only 34.30 euros per month or less. Employers can contact their respective transport company if they are interested.

From 01.12.2023, the DeutschlandTicket Sozial will be available in the VRR. More information will follow soon.

Since 1 August 2023, there is a DeutschlandTicket for pupils in NRW for only 29 euros per month. Your transport company will tell you whether your school participates in this scheme. For all others, the SchokoTicket will remain in place.

Since 01.05.2023, our innovative eezy tariff also has a monthly price cap of €49. Once this limit is reached, you can travel free of charge throughout NRW for the rest of the month.

If your existing Ticket1000, Ticket2000, BärenTicket or YoungTicketPLUS has not yet been converted to a DeutschlandTicket by your transport company, please contact your transport company.

Carry-on rules that are included in your existing season ticket cannot be transferred when switching to the DeutschlandTicket. Alternatively, you can continue to use your existing season ticket.

You can find all the answers to the questions on data protection on the eTicket website.

If buses or trains are delayed by 20 minutes or more or cancelled altogether, the NRW Mobility Guarantee applies to local public transport in North Rhine-Westphalia . This service also applies to people travelling on local public transport in NRW with a Deutschlandticket. The NRW Mobility Guarantee only applies to journeys within the North Rhine-Westphalian network and community tariffs and the NRW Tariff.