Tickets for regional trains in Germany
Schönes Wochenende and Quer-durchs-Land Tickets
£42
The Schönes Wochenend Ticket is a weekend pass valid for unlimited second class travel on all IRE, RE, RB, SE and S-Bahn local trains throughout Germany from 00.00 Saturday or Sunday to 03:00 the following day for up to five people travelling together, or parents or grandparents travelling with any number of children under 15 years of age. Also valid to the first station in the Czech Republic, and to Szczecin, Kostrzyn, Zgorzelec and border stations with Poland.
The size of the group is noted at the first inspection and cannot be changed. Also valid on "private" railways and on many public transport networks most notably in Frankfurt am Main.
The Quer-durchs-Land Ticket is a Monday to Friday version, with similar conditions, except that it is valid for one day from 9am and the first person pays full price and upto four people can travel in addition at a much reduced price.
£44, each extra person £7
Ländertickets
German Länder (states or regions) each have day rail passes with similar conditions. These Tageskarte are valid on all regional trains (IRE, RE, RB, S-Bahn, including non-DB operators) in second class on Mondays to Fridays from 09:00 to 03:00 next day and all day from midnight to midnight Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Tickets are not valid on long-distance services such as ICE, InterConnex or on tourist railways such as HSB, Zugspitzbahn, Oberweissbacher Bergbahn and other East German narrow gauge steam lines.
Most Länder have a single person ticket and some form of group ticket valid for up to five people travelling together, or two parents or grandparents travelling with unlimited children or grandchildren under 15 years of age. Some Länder also have a night ticket (Nacht Ticket) valid for up to five people travelling together from 6pm to 6am the following morning.
Please see details below for each Länder
Baden-Württemberg-Ticket
Covers a large area of south-west Germany based on Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Stuttgart and Ulm, including to Basel SBB and Lindau. A map of the area covered is available here. Second class tickets are for one person with upto four additional person travelling at a reduced rate. First class tickets are available for one person only.
Second class £23, each extra person £4
First class £28
Nacht Ticket £20, each extra person £4
Covers a large area of south-east Germany. As well as regional trains the Bayern ticket is also valid on public transport in Munich (MVV) and Nuremberg (VGN). Valid to Salzburg, Kufstein, Kempten-Reutte in Tirol, Garmish Partenkirchen and Ulm. A map of the area covered is available here. Second class tickets are for one person with upto four additional person travelling at a reduced rate. First class tickets are available for one person only.
One person second class £23, each extra person £4
First class £33
Nacht Ticket £23, each extra person £2
Bayern-Böhem Ticket
Covers both Bavaria and the Bohemia region in the Czech Republic. A map of the area covered is available here.
1 passenger £26, each extra person £4.50
Covers a wide area circling and including Berlin incuding towns outside Brandenburg including Neubrandenburg, Dessau, Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Szczecin and Kostryzyn. Valid on IC and EC trains from Berlin to Prenzlau, Cottbus, Forst and Szczecin. Valid on trams in Szczecin. A map of the area covered is available here. All Brandenburg-Berlin Tickets are valid for 1-5 passengers.
Second class £30, first class £48
Nacht Ticket £23, first class £42
Covers the area along the north coast east of Hamburg, including Schwanheide-Hamburg, on the inner zones of the Hamburg HVV network, and Herrnberg-Luübeck/Travemünde Stand. Not valid on narrow gauge steam trains. Also valid Grambow to Szczecin in Poland. A map of the area covered is available here.
Second class £23, each extra person £4
First class £32, Two passengers £45, each extra person £4
Covers an area from Hamburg and the north coast to well south of Hannover. Valid in Bremen and on all HVV (Hamburg) Services. A map of the area covered is available here.
Second class £23, each extra person £4
Nordrhein-Westfalen (SchönerTag Ticket NRW)
Covers a very large area of the industrial heartland of Germany, including Aachen, Bonn, Köln, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Siegen, Bielefed, Osnabrück and Münster. Includes the Wuppertal Schwebebahn! A map of the area covered is available here.
Second class £29, 2-5 passengers £39
Rheinland-Pfalz Ticket and Saarland Ticket
Both tickets cover both Länder, around Saarbrücken and Mannheim in western Germany. Valid on Regio-Linie buses. A map of the area covered is available here.
Second class £23, each extra person £4
Nacht Ticket £21, each extra person £4
Sachsen Ticket, Sachsen-Anhalt and ThüringenTicket
All three tickets cover all three Länder, plus a little of Brandenburg, Hessena and Bayern. A map of the area covered is available here.
Second class £23, each extra person £3
Sachsen-Böhem Ticket
Covers cross-border lines in southern Bohemia (Czech Republic), southern Sachsen and southern Thüringen on DB Regio, Vogtlandbahn, Lausitzbahn, SBE, City Bahn Chemnitz and CD R, Sp and OS services. A map of the area covered is available here.
Second class £26, each extra person £3.50
This ticket covers the area from Hamburg to the Danish border, including the whole of the Hamburg HVV Zones A and B. This ticket is also valid on Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. A map of the area covered is available here.
1 passenger £28, each extra person £3
The Saar-Elsass Ticket has been issued as a joint initiative of the Deutschen Bahn AG, the French Railway TER-SNCF, and Saarland and the region of Alasace Ministry of Economic Affairs. The ticket allows a singular return journey between any stations within Saarland and Strasbourg (across the Hanweiler boarder) on all local trains in standard class.
Weekdays: 1 passenger £35, each extra person £16.50
Weekends: 1-5 passengers £35
All ticket prices listed above are subject to currency fluctuations. These prices include our cover charge.
