Deutsche Bahn hooks first corporate client for low-cost Deutschland ticket
Retail and tourism group REWE will offer its 150,000 employees the new Deutschland ticket for their public transport needs, Deutsche Bahn announced on Wednesday. REWE is the first corporate client to make use of the...Read more
Train hits people in Germany, two track workers dead
A German intercity train hit several people on Thursday morning, leaving two dead and several others injured. The fatal victims are track workers, according to preliminary findings by local policy. The incident happened near Cologne.Read more
German train traffic gradually resumes following nationwide morning strike
German regional trains resumed services at the end of Friday morning following a nationwide strike. The strike was called by union EVG earlier this week for the period after midnight until 11:00 in the morning....Read more
Deutsche Bahn reopens railway section damaged in 2021 flooding
Deutsche Bahn (DB) will reopen a section of the Eifel line in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate on Monday, where in the summer of 2021 massive flooding wreaked havoc on the regional rail infrastructure. DB...Read more
Strong demand for Germany’s 49-euro ticket following start of sale
The 49-euro Deutschland ticket granting access to virtually all forms of public transport for a month has sold 250.000 times via Deutsche Bahn alone in the first three days, the German Federal Ministry of Transport...Read more
Germany’s long-awaited 49-euro ticket on sale on Monday
The German new flat-fee public transport ticket is on sale since this Monday. The Deutschland ticket costs 49 euros per month and can be used in regional trains, commuter trains and other forms of local...Read more
Deutschland-ticket launch may affect Berlin’s 29-euro ticket
The long-awaited 49-euro Deutschland-ticket will be available for purchase from 3 April 2023 on, in preparation for its launch, scheduled for 1 May 2023. Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Berlin’s main public transport company has an additional...Read more
Germany announces start of 9-euro ticket successor campaign
The new ‘Deutschlandticket’, a flat-fee public transport card for regional trains and other forms of public transport, will be valid from May 1 onwards. Federal and local authorities have ironed out the final details of...Read more
National Express Group secures 1-billion-euro contract for German rail services
National Express Group’s German entity will operate two railway lines in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the next 10 years, the UK-based transport provider announced on Monday. The contract carries a value of...Read more
No joke: ‘Germany’s new 49-euro ticket to be ready by April 1’
State transport ministers in Germany have agreed that the Deutschland ticket, the successor of the successful 9-euro ticket, should be ready no later than April 1 2023. While positive news for most, it means a...Read more
Germany’s 9-euro ticket successor clears another hurdle
The German federal government and the federal states have reached an agreement on the outstanding financing issues for the so-called Deutschland ticket, the successor of the widely popular 9-euro ticket. The federal government seated in...Read more
Funds allocated for Germany’s 9-euro ticket successor ‘insufficient’
The 3 billion euros allocated by the German federal government and the federal states for the introduction of the so-called Deutschlandticket, the successor of the immensely popular 9-euro ticket, might not nearly be enough to...Read more
German government announces 9-euro ticket successor campaign
The German federal government will launch a new flat-fee public transport ticket as part of a major new relief package aimed at cushioning the effects of rising inflation and energy costs, which was announced over...Read more