What is eezy.nrw?
eezy.nrw is your digital ticket where the price is calculated based on your journey. How does it work? Simply check in and out in the VRR app and your fare will be calculated across NRW!
Are you riding eezy?
Simply check in, get on, set off, arrive, check out - done. With eezy.nrw, buying your ticket is easier than ever before. In the end, you only pay for the linear kilometres and a basic price for the route you actually travelled.
Forget complicated fares or the burden of choosing the right ticket: even changing trains or means of transport is no problem.
You can forget about cash. Enter your means of payment when registering in the VRR app and you will be billed automatically after your journey. This way you're always cashless and relaxed when travelling.
The costs? Always fair with eezy.nrw. Thanks to the price cap, you never pay more than 63 euros per month - after that, you can travel for free throughout NRW for the rest of the month. Perfect for anyone who is flexible when travelling but doesn't want to take out a subscription.
Download the VRR app now and you're ready to go eezy.
FAQ
The most frequently asked questions about our eezy.nrw ticket
- Regardless of the route taken, eezy.nrw charges a base price (of €1.73 per journey started) and the direct air line (29 cents per kilometre of air line started) in the VRR.
- The base price of eezy.nrw is valid for seven hours. After that, it is charged again.
- The journey can be interrupted as often as desired during this time.
- Bicycle transport can be booked with eezy.nrw for €4.60 for 24 hours.
If your device's location services are activated and you are no longer in a public transport vehicle, the app will first ask if you would like to be checked out. A message appears again after 30 minutes. You will only be automatically checked out after 420 minutes and the journey tracked up to this point will be charged. In this case, you may need to contact the support team of your contracted transport company for a recalculation.
No, but you don't need to, as you simply check in at the start of your journey. Thanks to automatic tracking and billing, you always travel with the right ticket with eezy.nrw.
The basis for calculating the fare is the linear kilometres between the starting point and destination of the journey, i.e. the shortest distance. The price is calculated of a fixed basic price per journey plus a working price per linear kilometre.
You will not receive a digital ticket (travel authorisation) without a check-in. In the event of a ticket inspection, a penalty, i.e. an increased transport charge (EBE) of 60 euros, will be levied.
eezy.nrw is an electronic fare (eTarif) that you use with an app on your smartphone. The price of the digital ticket is made up of a basic price and a kilometre price and is calculated based on the distance as the crow flies between your start and destination. View the fare overview now!
No. With eezy.nrw, you will never pay more than the price of a comparable EinzelTicket (single ticket) for your journey in 2nd class.
From January 2026, the following will also apply: the price for accompanying children will also be capped at the corresponding EinzelTicket Kinder (single ticket for children). This cost protection also applies to transitional fares that may be used with VRR tickets in accordance with the VRR fare schedule.
Yes. For each 24-hour period, adults with eezy.nrw in the VRR never pay more than €28.90 per person for all journeys made in 2nd class, and children pay only €14.45. A 24-hour period begins with the first check-in and ends 24 hours later. If one of the journeys is not completed within the 24-hour period, it counts as the first journey of a new 24-hour period.
In addition, both adults and children never pay more than €63 per calendar month in 2nd class. The price cap per month corresponds to the current price of the DeutschlandTicket. Passengers are bound by the periods of the person carrying them.
When travelling with eezy.nrw in the VRR, the price caps per journey and 24 hours in 1st class increase by 50% in line with the fare calculation in 1st class. The price cap per calendar month does not apply in 1st class.
The following price caps apply to journeys across multiple transport networks with eezy.nrw:
- Per journey: Never more than the price of a single ticket for North Rhine-Westphalia (in 2nd class).
- Per 24 hours: Adults max. €30.20, children max. €17.60 (in 1st class +50% in each case).
- Per month: Monthly cap of €63 for 2nd class.
Accompanying persons are bound by the periods of the main person.