Contrary to previous assumptions, the 9-euro ticket is not (!) valid on all local trains. The details. Update: A funny photo montage shows in which trains the 9-euro ticket is (not) valid.
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Attention: 9-euro ticket is not valid on all local trains
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There are definitely 1000 reasons why you have to be annoyed about the train. But as of today, there are 1001 reasons. Because for many weeks, Bahn AG has been emphasizing that you can travel throughout Germany with the 9-euro ticket: “For 9 euros, you can travel throughout Germany for a month in June, July or August on local transport.” But now
tweets
Bahn AG’s revocation: “The 9-euro ticket is not valid on trains operated by DB Fernverkehr AG (e.g. IC, EC, ICE), even if other local transport tickets are valid on long-distance trains.”
The 9-euro ticket is not valid on trains operated by DB Fernverkehr AG (e.g. IC, EC, ICE), even if other local transport tickets are valid on long-distance trains. /be
— Deutsche Bahn passenger transport (@DB_Bahn) May 24, 2022
In other words: It is not decisive for the validity of the 9-euro ticket whether you actually use a local train/RE train. What matters is who operates this train. If the local train is operated by DB Fernverkehr AG, you are not allowed to travel on it with the 9-euro ticket. Deutsche Bahn would only accept the 9-euro ticket on these routes if the countries paid extra for it, as Spiegel reports. So far, however, the federal states and the railways have not agreed on this.
But it gets even worse: You cannot exclude such trains from the search either in the DB Navigator app or on bahn.de. Only when the app or the railway website has provided you with your route description will you be shown whether the 9-euro ticket is not valid on a local train. It will look like it does on that
Screenshot
you can see:
The train
put it this way:
“The fact that the connections are not displayed in the travel information cannot be set. The affected connections will then be informed that the 9 euro ticket is not valid.
It cannot be set that the connections are not displayed in the travel information. The affected connections will then have a notice that the 9 euro ticket is not valid. /ki
— Deutsche Bahn passenger transport (@DB_Bahn) May 25, 2022
A Twitter user commented on the Bahn tweet: “Sorry, you still don’t seem to understand that nobody outside the bubble knows the difference between DB FV and DB Regio. Especially those who are supposed to lure the ticket. That’s going to be a lot There’s frustration. You can’t just blame politics for that.”
Sorry, you still don’t seem to understand that nobody outside the bubble knows the difference between DB FV and DB Regio. And in particular those who are supposed to be attracted by the ticket. That will cause a lot of frustration. You can’t blame politics alone.
— danimo@chaos.social (@danimo) May 25, 2022
Update 30.5.:
A traffic researcher
has published this overview of
on which trains the 9-euro ticket is (not) valid:
9-euro ticket now available: The most important information at a glance
