What is replacing the 9-Euro-Ticket?

The ticket will be sold as a monthly subscription. THE German chancellor, Mr Olaf Scholz, and the state heads of government have agreed to introduce a monthly €49 ticket for regional public transport across Germany, as a successor to the widely popular 9-euro ticket introduced between June and August.



The 9-Euro-Ticket in Germany was officially replaced by the Deutschland-Ticket (D-Ticket). While the 9-Euro-Ticket was a temporary measure in the summer of 2022, the Deutschland-Ticket is a permanent subscription-based offer that launched in May 2023. As of January 2026, the price of the Deutschland-Ticket is €63 per month (an increase from the initial €49 and the 2025 price of €58). This ticket allows for unlimited travel on all local and regional public transport throughout Germany, including buses, trams, U-Bahns, S-Bahns, and regional trains (RB/RE). It is specifically not valid on long-distance high-speed trains like the ICE, IC, or EC. The ticket is digital-only and sold as a flexible monthly subscription that can be cancelled by the 10th day of the month. Its success has been so significant that other countries, like Portugal with its "Passe Ferroviário Nacional," have introduced similar regional rail passes to encourage sustainable travel and provide financial relief to commuters.

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The €49 ticket, also known as the “Deutschlandticket”, is a monthly subscription ticket that gives you access to all public transport throughout Germany (excluding ICE, IC or EC trains).

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Introduced in the spring of 2023, the Deutschland-Ticket offers unlimited travel anywhere in the country using local and regional public transit for only 49 Euros a month. The ticket is available to tourists and non-residents so I decided to try it out on a trip to Munich.

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Even if you have a Deutschland ticket (Germany's 49 euro ticket) that will only get you as far as the border, so you'd still have to buy train tickets from the border to Prague.

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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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The 9-euro ticket was not valid on long-distance trains (EC, IC, high-speed ICE) or long-distance buses. Nor was it valid for first-class on regional trains (RB, RE), or for a bike or a dog on systems that normally charge for that. A separate ticket was required.

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For only €9 (US$ 9), anyone who purchases this ticket can travel as many times as they want on all forms of public transport throughout Germany, including buses, U-Bahns, S-Bahns, trams and local and regional trains for one calendar month.

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On which trains is the 9-Euro Ticket not valid? In principle, the 9-Euro Ticket is only valid on local public transport: i.e. on buses, S-Bahn trains, underground trains, trams and regional trains (RB and RE).

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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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The easiest and most comfortable way to buy the travel pass is to use the hvv mobile app, the hvv switch app or the hvv or DB online shops. Advance bookings will be available via the online shop and the hvv app from 20 May.

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