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#2The 9 Euro ticket has been fantastic. Sadly, it is over at the end of this month :/ Wish it stuck around longer.
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#3I used the ticket as a cheap way to travel from Austria to Poland via Germany this summer. Overall the experience was great. Using the DB app you just apply the "Regional trains only" setting and it will plan you an itinerary, telling you what stops to switch trains and what platform number to go to.
Ours was 5 trains over the course of 10 hours (Munich to Berlin). Every train was on time. Surprisingly every train was a different model. Most resembled US light rail trains. The Munich train was insanely packed even though we arrived 15 minutes early. The rest we managed to find seats. The vibration and noise were almost non-existent.
Would recommend.
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#4I was in Germany earlier this month, and made good use of the ticket going around quite a bit of Germany.
The best part about it as a frugal traveller is not having to think about ticket prices (a local metro ride could cost something like 2 EUR) and buying them. It's quite liberating, and I'd pay (the rumoured) 69 EUR if they brought it back again next year.
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#5The 9 Euro ticket has been fantastic. Sadly, it is over at the end of this month :/ Wish it stuck around longer.
To me it's very frustrating that (as it looks like) the ticket will run out this month.
It was one of the best ideas the German government has had in years. This month I've used the ticket a ton, both in rural areas and cities.
It felt like an incredible improvement in the quality of life. It also reduced car traffic by IIRC 2%. While that sounds like a small number, given that the goal is for Europe to go carbon neutral by 2050, this is an instant win. We only need to pass a law to make the subsidies permanent.
I'd even say that, at an annual €10 billion, it's a pretty good deal for the state.
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#6The 9 Euro ticket has been fantastic. Sadly, it is over at the end of this month :/ Wish it stuck around longer.
To me it's very frustrating that (as it looks like) the ticket will run out this month. It was one of the best ideas the German government has had in years. This month I've used the ticket a ton, both in rural areas and cities. It felt like an incredible improvement in the quality of life. It also reduced car traffic by IIRC 2%. While that sounds like a small number, given that the goal is for Europe to go carbon neu…
But why tax everyone to subsidise the trains for the ones that use them? Even more so for tourists that barely pay taxes here and would have paid the full price anyway.
With the normal ticket prices people pay for that they use, which sounds more fair to me.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
To me it's very frustrating that (as it looks like) the ticket will run out this month. It was one of the best ideas the German government has had in years. This month I've used the ticket a ton, both in rural areas and cities. It felt like an incredible improvement in the quality of life. It also reduced car traffic by IIRC 2%. While that sounds like a small number, given that the goal is for Europe to go carbon neu…
But why tax everyone to subsidise the trains for the ones that use them? Even more so for tourists that barely pay taxes here and would have paid the full price anyway. With the normal ticket prices people pay for that they use, which sounds more fair to me.
Because we want to encourage people to take the train and discourage them using cars.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
To me it's very frustrating that (as it looks like) the ticket will run out this month. It was one of the best ideas the German government has had in years. This month I've used the ticket a ton, both in rural areas and cities. It felt like an incredible improvement in the quality of life. It also reduced car traffic by IIRC 2%. While that sounds like a small number, given that the goal is for Europe to go carbon neu…
But why tax everyone to subsidise the trains for the ones that use them? Even more so for tourists that barely pay taxes here and would have paid the full price anyway. With the normal ticket prices people pay for that they use, which sounds more fair to me.
That is the basic idea of taxes: to redistribute money. The problem was a bit different though: people that need trains (like disabled people) were pushed out of trains and trams by tourists with bikes. I still really enjoyed not having to care about tickets as well.
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#9.... I'm not an economist, but isn't this counter productive? By making it cheaper people will consume it more. No?
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#10.... I'm not an economist, but isn't this counter productive? By making it cheaper people will consume it more. No?
If that thing is good, that's good.
Less sarcastically - this initiative was launched to reduce the fuel usage of German citizens because fuel prices are exploding and reserves are running low. Trains are operated electrically and can use alternate energy sources.
So yes - people were using the train more: Either as an alternative to their personal vehicle (for commuting, visiting friends, going shopping), or as an alternative to taking a plane (going on a holiday, even within Germany).