Many people have already bought a nine-euro ticket.
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From June 1st, the message will be “Please board”, because then the nine-euro ticket will be valid. The interest so far has been great. Deutsche Bahn sold around 200,000 tickets within a few hours on the first day of issue. A similar picture can be seen with the municipal transport companies. 18,000 tickets were requested from the Dortmund public transport company on the first day.
From June to August, people can use local public transport nationwide for nine euros a month. Traveling several hundred kilometers is possible if you don’t shy away from a challenge and have good staying power. For Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing, the ticket is therefore a “huge opportunity”. In this way, the providers could show what public transport can do.
At the same time, however, many fear that cheap tickets will cause trains to be even more crowded and delayed. Because the German rail network is already overloaded due to the many construction sites.
We are interested in your opinion: Is the nine-euro ticket a good initiative that might lure some people away from their cars and onto buses and trains in the long term? Can it contribute to the traffic turnaround? Will you be using the ticket and do you already have travel plans? Or will it just lead to frustration because of crowded trains and delays? Write us your opinion in five sentences [email protected]. We will publish selected articles with attribution on Thursday in print and online.
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