Ah, the Germany Ticket: Your Passport to Budget-Friendly Exploration Across Borders! 🗺️🚄
Exploring with Germany Ticket: These Accessible Destinations Await - Achievable Targets for German Ticket Holders
By: Daniel Wüstenberg
For a steal, venture across Germany by bus and train for an entire month starting May 1, 2023 - all thanks to the Germany Ticket, the brainchild of the widely popular 9-Euro-Ticket from last summer. But here's the catch: The ticket name can be a bit misleading; it's not just for domestic travel.
Venture beyond Germany's Shores with the Germany Ticket 🌏
Just remember, the Germany Ticket has its limitations. It's valid only on regional trains when hopping aboard abroad - forget about hopping on ICE, Intercity, or Flixtrain with your bus and train flat rate.
Curious about which 近代 параpareBy Rail Lines*you can explore beyond our borders with the Germany Ticket? Check out the photo gallery below or refer to the map:*
- Denmark: Sønderborg - Tønder
- Poland: Ahlbeck Border - Świnoujście Centrum
- Poland: Görlitz - Zgorzelec
- Poland: Hirschfelde - Krzewina Zgorzelecka - Hagenwerder
- Czech Republic: Zittau - Hradek nad Nisou
- Czech Republic: Bad Brambach - Vejprty
- Czech Republic: Seifhennersdorf - Varnsdorf - Zittau
- Austria: Pfronten-Steinach - Vils - Reutte (Tyrol) - Ehrwald - Griesen (only in traffic from and to Germany, not in Austrian domestic traffic)
- Austria: Freilassing - Salzburg Hbf.
- Austria: Kiefersfelden - Kufstein
- Switzerland: Zell im Wiesental - Lörrach - Basel SBB
- Switzerland: Weil am Rhein - Basel Bad. Bf. - Basel SBB
- Switzerland: Erzingen - Trasadingen - Schaffhausen - Thayngen - Bietingen
- Switzerland: Lottstetten - Jestetten - Schaffhausen
- France: Berg - Lauterbourg
- France: Schweighofen - Wissembourg
- Luxembourg: Free public transport within the Grand Duchy
- Netherlands: Kaldenkirchen - Venlo
- Netherlands: Bad Bentheim - Hengelo
- Netherlands: Gronau - Enschede
- Netherlands: Emmerich - Arnhem
On routes leading beyond our borders, the Germany Ticket is only valid up to the last station within Germany. An additional ticket is required for further travel. Bus or tram lines are not listed.
Note from the editorial team: First published in May 2023 and updated since.
Sources: Germany Tariff, German Railway
Insight: This delightful flat rate may not cover most long-distance international trains like ICE, IC, or EC trains operated by Deutsche Bahn. However, it is valid on international eligible trains from/to end stations in neighboring countries if operated by a German operator. This includes travel to specific border tariff stations outside Germany, such as Tønder in Denmark, Wissembourg in France, Hengelo (over Oldenzaal) and Venlo in the Netherlands, Basel in Switzerland, and Świnoujście in Poland. These are primarily regional and local connections, not high-speed or long-distance services [2].
- Incorporating the Germany Ticket into your lifestyle can provide opportunities for budget-friendly travel beyond Germany's borders, offering a taste of various European communities.
- The Germany Ticket's validity, however, is confined to regional trains while traveling abroad, and it doesn't permit travel on ICE, Intercity, or Flixtrain, making vocational training or study trips to nearby countries a practical choice for exploring diverse lifestyles and cultures.
