The Deutschland-Ticket relieves most subscribers of the Hamburger Verkehrsbund (HVV) considerably, but some will have to pay even more in the future than before. According to the HVV, a full-time ticket for two tariff zones currently costs EUR 60.40 per month – including the option of taking one person and up to three children with you on weekends and public holidays in the entire HVV network free of charge. This is no longer possible with the new Germany ticket for 49 euros. If HVV customers want to continue using this option, they will have to pay an additional 15 euros per month in future. This means that their monthly tickets will no longer cost EUR 60.40 as before, but EUR 64.00 per month in the future.
A spokesman for the traffic authority pointed out that the two-tariff zone ticket is only valid for a very small area and that the actually relevant product is the “Hamburg AB” subscription, which is valid throughout Hamburg and costs 96.90 euros. It is also important: “The option to take children with you at the weekend will certainly become less important because the student tickets in Hamburg will be very cheap in the future at 19 euros or will be offered free of charge for families who receive transfer payments,” said the spokesman for the transport authority.
According to HVV information, a good 29,000 women and men are currently using a full-time ticket for two fare zones. In total, there are around 657,000 subscription cards in Hamburg, including the special tariffs for senior citizens, pupils and students. An HVV spokesman conceded that there are certainly families who can get by with the small area of validity during the week, who use the carriage regulation at the weekend and do not want to drive throughout Germany. “Even in these cases, a surcharge of 3.60 euros for the network-wide validity should be perceived as very cheap by the majority,” said the spokesman.
Advance sales for the 49-euro ticket will start in Hamburg next Monday. From 1 May, Deutschlandticket subscribers can use all local and regional public transport. There are other benefits for employees, students, trainees and recipients of social benefits. Around 96,000 companies with 240,000 employees have the opportunity to offer their employees a professional ticket. Depending on the employer’s subsidy, the employees then travel on buses and trains for 34.30 or 25 euros a month.
With official proof, recipients of social security benefits can buy the Deutschlandticket for 19 euros. Children from low-income families travel for free. “This is applied social policy, a boost for climate protection and a boost for the mobility turnaround,” said Tjarks at the presentation of the new tariff system, which the federal and state governments will subsidize with three billion euros until 2025.
