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

The DeutschlandTicket was created as a permanent nationwide subscription ticket as part of the federal government's third relief package. In view of the positive response to the 9-euro ticket, which was temporarily available in summer 2022 as part of a campaign initiative, the DeutschlandTicket is intended to ease the burden of rising energy and fuel costs on mobile people. It is considered an environmentally friendly "flat rate for regional transport". This allows people in NRW to discover not only their federal state but the whole of Germany by public 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, can be cancelled monthly and can be cancelled free of charge by the 10th of each month to the end of the month.

The DeutschlandTicket has been valid since 1 May 2023 and is available via the VRR app.

It is not limited to a specific promotional period, but is intended as a permanent offer to relieve the burden on citizens - also to sustainably promote the transport transition towards climate-friendly mobility.

The ticket costs 63 euros per month. It is valid from the first day of the month from which you start the subscription. Don't be alarmed by the term subscription, because the ticket can be cancelled monthly. 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. If you do not cancel, it will be renewed and charged monthly.

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

The DeutschlandTicket is valid nationwide in all transport associations and with all local transport companies. You can use it on all local transport vehicles, i.e. buses, trams, city trains and underground trains as well as S-Bahn trains, regional trains and 2nd class regional express trains. The ticket is not valid on long-distance services (e.g. ICE, IC, EC), and private providers such as FlixTrain are also excluded.

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

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

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

For first-class travel, VRR offers the first-class monthly ticket and the first-class subscription ticket, each costing €55.72 per month. These tickets allow you to travel first class on local trains within the VRR network. They are valid in conjunction with the DeutschlandTicket or another subscription ticket. This allows you to travel in 1st class throughout the VRR network, or you can subscribe to the NNRWupgrade1.KlasseMonat for €84.60 and travel in 1st class on local trains throughout North Rhine-Westphalia.

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The DeutschlandTicket does not include bicycle transport. If you want to take your bicycle with you regularly, you can purchase the VRR monthly bicycle ticket or subscribe to the NRWupgradeFahrradMonat for €47.80 per month and take your bicycle with you on buses and trains throughout North Rhine-Westphalia.

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

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The DeutschlandTicket does not include passenger transport. Accompanying persons under the age of six can travel free of charge, as children only need their own ticket from the age of six.

Children under the age of six travel free of charge. Children over the age of six require their own ticket.

Dog transport is always free of charge in the VRR area and in NRW. In other regions, there may be different regulations for taking dogs with you. Please enquire in advance depending on the route you are travelling.

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

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 46 (Kevelaer - Airport Weeze - Goch - Kranenburg - Nijmegen)
• SB 58 (Emmerich Bf - Nijmegen HAN)
• Bus route 29 (Neukirchen - Vl. Vluyner Südring - Straelen - Venlo)
• Bus route 60 (Kleve Bf - Millingen de Gelderse Poort)
• Bus route 91 (Emmerich Bf - 's-Heerenberg Molenpoort)

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

The NRW semester ticket, valid throughout the state, will remain available to students.

Since the summer semester of 2024, students in North Rhine-Westphalia have been able to use the discounted Deutschlandsemesterticket to travel throughout Germany on public transport buses and trains. The universities/colleges decide which ticket is issued at the university or technical college.

With the launch of the DeutschlandTicket, the “DeutschlandTicket Job” model will also be introduced: if an employer subsidizes 25 percent or more of the issue price of 63 euros, transport companies will grant a five percent discount on the issue price. For customers, this results in a final price of only €44.10 per month or less. Interested employers can contact their respective transport company.

The DeutschlandTicket Sozial has been available in the VRR since December 1, 2023. The price for eligible persons is €53 per month. 

Since August 1, 2023, there has been a Germany Ticket for schoolchildren in North Rhine-Westphalia. The price for the Germany Ticket School is 43 euros per month. You can find out whether your school authority or school participates in this program from your transport company. For everyone else, the SchokoTicket remains available.

eezy.nrw is your digital ticket, where the price is calculated based on your journey. Once you reach the monthly price cap of €63, you can travel throughout North Rhine-Westphalia for free for the rest of the month.

Please contact your transport company.

Any transport regulations included in your existing season ticket cannot be transferred when switching to the DeutschlandTicket. Alternatively, you can continue with your existing season ticket.

You can find all the answers to the questions about 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 transport in North Rhine-Westphalia. This service also applies to people travelling on NRW local transport with a Deutschlandticket. The NRW mobility guarantee only applies to journeys within the North Rhine-Westphalian network and community tariffs and the NRW tariff.