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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
People standing on a station platform holding up signs that read " 9-Euro ticket"

Germany's 9-euro ticket isn't over

Germany's 9-euro ticket isn't over

While Germany's 9-euro ticket has run its course, its public appeal will remain.
DW Volos 2022 | Mathis Richtmann
Mathis Richtmann
Commentary
PoliticsAugust 31, 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
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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
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