Uncertainty around the Deutschlandticket’s future funding remains
German Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport, Volker Wissing Shutterstock
Since the introduction of the Deutschlandticket, there have been an estimated additional 170,000 train passengers per day, commuter journeys train on weekdays have increased by 27.5 per cent, and the number of weekend trips has increased significantly. Despite this success, the future of the ticket’s funding is not yet certain.
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The 3 billion Euro cover only the shortfall in ticket sales relative to the 2022 ticket prices.
To my knowledge, no provisions were mode to cover extra costs for transporting the additional travellers. This is up to the Länder to fund.
What makes it worse is the distribution of proceeds, which apparently do not go to providers in proportion to the number of travellers they attract, but just to the places of resident of subscribers. This leaves no incentive to improve bottlenecks.