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Over the summer of 2022, the ultra-cheap monthly pass gave Germans access to regional train, metro and bus services nationwide.

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Deutschlandticket / 49-Euro-Ticket

Truly revolutionary? Germany's €49 public transport ticket

Truly revolutionary? Germany's €49 public transport ticket

A new ticket allows travellers to use local and regional public transport for just €49. How radical is it really?
PoliticsApril 30, 202302:22 min
Commuters wait to board a train at Berlin Central Station.

Germany launches €49 monthly public transport ticket

Germany launches €49 monthly public transport ticket

The monthly ticket is meant to help ease the cost of living and promote public transport use. How revolutionary is it?
Cars and TransportationApril 4, 2023
Passengers boarding a German regional train

Activist fund pays fines for ticketless riders

Activist fund pays fines for ticketless riders

Germany's €9 monthly ticket is over, but activists are not giving up on hope of bringing it back.
PoliticsSeptember 5, 2022
Gas meter and hand holding two fifty euro notes

How Germany cushions energy price hikes and inflation

How Germany cushions energy price hikes and inflation

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed that people would "never walk alone" in the current energy crisis. Here's the plan.
PoliticsSeptember 5, 2022
A woman on a train platform holds up the €9 ticket, which allows travel on all local and regional transport in Germany for just €9 a month.

Did Germany's 9-euro train and bus ticket pay off?

Did Germany's 9-euro train and bus ticket pay off?

Germany's experiment with an ultracheap fare for local and regional public transit is coming to an end.
BusinessAugust 30, 2022
Baltic Sea beach with wicker beach chairs and lots of bathers

Germany: Tourism sector reviews the 9-euro ticket

Germany: Tourism sector reviews the 9-euro ticket

Three months of the 9-euro ticket are about to end. From the perspective of the tourism industry, the results are mixed.
TravelAugust 29, 202210 images
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Aerial view of people trying to get on a train in Germany after the 9€ ticket was introduced

Germany's 9-euro travel pass: Success or failure?

The phenomenally cheap 9-euro travel pass has been available for a month. Should the scheme continue?
TravelJuly 5, 2022