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I think it's great, but honestly, placing it at 15€ would have made only a little difference to the consumer, who is already getting a lot for the value, and helped the railway operators a good deal. As a compromise the age of kids who can travel together with their parents for free could have been raised from 6 to 8 years.
Very important caveat for all of you who are thinking, “woo hoo, no need to buy that EuRail pass! Or to buy an expensive ICE ticket!” These tickets are good for all “Nah- und Regionalverkehr,” explicitly excluding ICE, IC, EC (international) and long-distance busses (like the one between Munich and Zürich) If the train number begins with RE or RB, you’re good, but of course, those are the slow ones that stop in every…
For all the Americans. Converting from euros to USD and liters to gallons, gas is roughly $12 a gallon at this moment.
Very important caveat for all of you who are thinking, “woo hoo, no need to buy that EuRail pass! Or to buy an expensive ICE ticket!” These tickets are good for all “Nah- und Regionalverkehr,” explicitly excluding ICE, IC, EC (international) and long-distance busses (like the one between Munich and Zürich) If the train number begins with RE or RB, you’re good, but of course, those are the slow ones that stop in every…
For all the Americans. Converting from euros to USD and liters to gallons, gas is roughly $12 a gallon at this moment.
A gallon is 3.785 litres, and the euro is roughly $1.05.
So 2 euros per litre = one gallon costs $8.
Im really curious to what extend this will affect how full/busy regional transit will be. I also wonder what happens to the people who control tickets fulltime. Their job seems pretty pointless when almost everyone has the ticket.
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Exactly the opposite. It should've been 0€, because then you: * don't have to sell tickets at all * don't have to check tickets in trains and reduce costs The overhead of selling tickets with the new price points might actually eat up all what's left of profits.
don't have to sell tickets at all The infrastructure for selling tickets is already in place, the marginal cost of selling one extra ticket type is essentially zero, don't have to check tickets in trains and reduce costs Assuming you have to have at least one person working on the train anyway, for safety reasons if nothing else, having them also check tickets doesn't cost extra.
That’s actually wrong, regional trains (where this ticket applies) usually have only the Lokführer driving the train, but no additional staff. Checking tickets is done purely by patrols checking trains randomly.
Wild - that gets me barely a days worth of tube travel in london (6.5 EUR a day)
I can't seem to find information on whether it is possible to purchase the ticket as a non German citizen.
I couldn't imagine why not. You just to to a ticket machine and buy it, no need for a passport or anything. Enjoy - Sylt is waiting for you, and you'll be there along with a million like-minded people!
For example, in Paris, some "all zones" tickets are only available to residents (pass Navigo). The Japanese "Japan Rail Pass" is only available to tourists, and the "Interrail" pass is complicated: you have to reside in Europe but you can only use it in your own country for a single round trip.
I can't seem to find information on whether it is possible to purchase the ticket as a non German citizen.
However, contrary to what is said multiple times in this thread, it is NOT transferable. You have to put your name on it and have some form of ID with you.
https://www.rnd.de/politik/9-euro-ticket-ab-wann-erhaeltlich...
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Very important caveat for all of you who are thinking, “woo hoo, no need to buy that EuRail pass! Or to buy an expensive ICE ticket!” These tickets are good for all “Nah- und Regionalverkehr,” explicitly excluding ICE, IC, EC (international) and long-distance busses (like the one between Munich and Zürich) If the train number begins with RE or RB, you’re good, but of course, those are the slow ones that stop in every…
For all the Americans. Converting from euros to USD and liters to gallons, gas is roughly $12 a gallon at this moment.