The Deutschland-Ticket - cheap travel throughout Germany
The Deutschland-Ticket gives you unlimited travel across Germany for just €49 a month!
With this monthly travel pass, you can travel on all regional and local trains, buses, trams and underground trains.
Why is this offer available? How does it work? Where is it valid? How can I cancel it?
Find out in our FAQ!
Deutschland-Ticket at a glance
- The Deutschlandticket or D-Ticket costs €49/month.
- It entitles you to unlimited travel on local public transport.
- It is valid throughout Germany.
- D-Tickets can be cancelled from one month to the next.
A Deutschland-Ticket for students in 2024?
The 16 German states have agreed to create a Deutschlandticket for students!
A monthly ticket for the 3 million students at €29.40 per month.
Students will be able to use it for local public transport from the 2024 summer semester.
FAQ - D-Ticket
In the summer of 2022, Germany introduced a low-cost rail pass: the €9 ticket. The aim was to help Germans cope with rising fuel, energy and food prices. The initiative was introduced for a short period: 3 months.
Between 1 June and 31 August 2022, 52 million tickets were sold. And 1 in 5 were new customers who had never used public transport before.
The use of local and regional transport has benefited both the German public purse and the climate. That's why, at the end of the summer, the question arose as to whether a permanent season ticket should be introduced.
After months of discussion, the federal government, the federal states and the transport companies came to an agreement. They created the Deutschland-Ticket.
This affordable season ticket came into force on 1 May 2023.
The Deutschland-Ticket, also known as the D-Ticket, costs €49 per month or €588 per year.
Please note that a Deutschlandticket is always valid for one calendar month (January, February…). For example if you buy a ticket on the 10th of a month, it will be valid until the end of that same month. Unlike other types of monthly passes, it will not be valid until the 10th of the following month.
You always have to pay the same amount no matter when you buy the ticket, e.g. someone who buys the ticket on the 1st of the month has to pay €49. Someone who buys the ticket on the 10th of the month will be charged the same amount, even though they have less time to use it.
The Deutschlandticket is only available on a subscription basis. If you do not cancel your subscription by the 10th of a month the contract will be automatically renewed for the following month.
Payment is automatically debited from your bank account at the beginning of each month.
Please note!
The Deutschland-Ticket is personal. Only you can use it.
Children under the age of 6 do not need their own ticket and travel free of charge.
Bicycles and dogs cannot be carried on this ticket.
If you want to take a bicycle with you, you will need to buy an extra ticket, a "Fahrradtageskarte” (Bicycle day ticket). And it must be stored in the spaces reserved in the carriages by the regional railway companies.
The Deutschland-Ticket can be used on regional trains and buses (SPNV) and on local public transport (ÖPNV) throughout Germany.
This means that a ticket bought in Freiburg can also be used on the Berlin underground, on the ferries in Hamburg or on a regional train in Munich.
The Deutschlandticket is only valid for journeys in second class.
Attention!
The €49 monthly ticket is not valid on long-distance trains such as the ICE (Intercity Express). It is also not valid on IC (Intercity) and EC (Eurocity) trains.
If you use the Deutschlandticket to travel from Frankfurt am Main to Dresden, for example, you will have to be patient. You will need time and several changes.
If you live in Germany, the Deutschland-Ticket is competitive.
A public transport ticket in Germany costs an average of €70 per month as a subscription.
In Munich it is €65.90, in Stuttgart €68, in Hamburg €69, in Berlin €71.40 and in Cologne as much as €80.80.
With the Deutschlandticket, you pay less than you would for a normal season ticket and, best of all, it is valid throughout Germany!
And the Deutschlandticket can also be worthwhile for a holiday in Germany. You can travel cheaply from city to city on regional trains.
The Deutschland-Ticket has been on sale since May 1, 2023. It will initially be available until May 2025.
The completely digital monthly travel pass can be purchased on the Deutsche Bahn website. It is also available from the DB Navigator application and from regional and local transport companies.
The transport ministers of the German states have agreed to keep the price of the Deutschland-Ticket at 49 euros per month until the end of 2024.
Attention!
Unlike the old 9-Euro-Ticket, the Deutschland-Ticket is a subscription that automatically renews at the end of each month. But unlike many other subscriptions, you can cancel it from month to month.
You can cancel your Deutschland-Ticket by the 10th of the previous month at the latest. After this date, the subscription will be automatically renewed.
For example, if you do not want to renew your Deutschlandticket for December, cancel it before 10 November.
If you buy the ticket after the 10th of the month, the contract is automatically extended for the following month, as the cancellation period for that month has already expired. You will therefore be charged for two calendar months, even if you no longer need the ticket for the second month.
There are two ways to cancel your subscription if you bought your ticket from Deutsche Bahn:
- via the customer area;
- via this online form.
Please note
You must indicate the subscription number and not the order number. Otherwise, Deutsche Bahn will not consider your cancellation request.
No.
The Deutschland-Ticket is not valid for a cross-border journeys.
But there are exceptions. For example, some community stations close to the border can be reached.
For example, the Deutschlandticket can be used from Lauterbourg and Wissembourg in France to Germany and back.
You can also use the D-Ticket to travel to Salzburg and Kufstein in Austria and Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
Yes, the Deutschlandticket can be used during EURO 2024.
The price remains €49 per month.
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