Can you buy a 9-euro ticket in Germany?

For more about how to navigate public transport in Germany see Public Transport in Germany. A 9-euro monthly ticket bought in Berlin could be used on public transport there and anywhere else in Germany. If you were in Munich or Hamburg, the ticket you bought in Berlin was valid there as well.



In 2026, you can no longer buy the original 9-Euro-Ticket, as that was a limited-time promotional offer introduced by the German government during the summer of 2022 to combat rising energy costs. However, its massive success led to a permanent successor known as the Deutschland-Ticket (or D-Ticket). As of March 2026, this ticket typically costs 49 to 58 Euros per month (depending on recent price adjustments) and offers unlimited travel on all local and regional public transport throughout Germany, including buses, trams, subways (U-Bahn), and suburban trains (S-Bahn), as well as regional trains (RB/RE). It is important to remember that the D-Ticket is not valid on long-distance high-speed trains like the ICE, IC, or EC, nor on private providers like FlixTrain. The ticket is sold as a digital-only subscription that can be canceled monthly, making it extremely popular for both commuters and tourists who want to explore the country affordably without the hassle of navigating different regional tariff zones.

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Important! The 9 Euro ticket offer has ended as of 31 August 2022. However, there are still great deals on regional trains available, particularly if you're travelling within a single Bundesland.

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9-euro ticket wraps up after 52 million sales and 1 billion journeys per month. After more than 52 million ticket sales and an estimated 1 billion trips per month in June, July and August 2022, Germany's 9-euro ticket scheme has been declared a “complete success” by the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV).

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Anyone who likes a lie-in, or only uses bus & rail after 9am, the 9am monthly pass is an option. The 9am monthly pass is cheaper than the normal pass, because it cannot be used on Monday to Friday between 4am and 9am. At weekends and on bank holidays you can use the 9am monthly pass with no time restrictions.

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Who can buy and use the ticket? Anyone, including non-German residents and tourists.

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Other than those few limits, your nine-euro ticket entitled you to go anywhere in Germany, using public transport, as often as you wanted, for a calendar month. Children under six already traveled free.

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Germany's railways offered a month of unlimited rides for $9. Here's what happened. Green gods: Air quality improved by 6% over the first two months of the scheme, according to one study. Ride on: The tickets cost 9 euros (about $9) and give unlimited regional travel in Germany for one calendar month.

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The ticket is valid on all local and regional buses, trams, metros, S-Bahn trains, and local and regional trains (RB/RE) across the whole of Germany, except on some RE trains operated by DB Fernverkehr.

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From Baden-Württemberg, you can take the 49-euro ticket on the SBB trains from Zell im Wiesenthal to Basel Bad. The Swiss city is really gorgeous and impresses with a medieval old town, market square, town hall and cathedral.

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For more about how to navigate public transport in Germany see Public Transport in Germany. A 9-euro monthly ticket bought in Berlin could be used on public transport there and anywhere else in Germany. If you were in Munich or Hamburg, the ticket you bought in Berlin was valid there as well.

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The tickets were valid for June, July, or August 2022. The offer aimed at reducing energy use amid the 2021–2022 global energy crisis. Another aim was to ease the cost of living crisis. The 9-euro ticket was valid in the second class, throughout Germany for all local public transport and on regional trains.

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Or you can buy it from Deutsche Bahn, at their counters, at their ticket machines or via apps. What else do I have to do? Write your name on the ticket and always bring your ID with you. The 9 Euro Ticket is not transferable and it is not valid before it has your name written on it.

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