20. April 2022 – 14:37 watch
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by Daniel Wustenberg
Across the country without changing trains. This is also possible with particularly long regional trains. Of the stern shows how you will soon be able to make the right journey with the nine-euro ticket.
Reading tip: 9-euro ticket: validity, duration, costs & trains – what you need to know about the cheap monthly ticket
Hamburg-Altona to Westerland
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The route from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland on Sylt is around 240 kilometers long. In just under three hours you can take the regional express from the Hanseatic city via Heide and Husum to Germany’s northernmost island without having to change trains. The spectacular trip over the Hindenburgdamm (photo) through the middle of the Wadden Sea is included.Falkenberg to Stralsund
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Stralsund train station (photo) is at the end of a nearly 400-kilometer regional express connection from Falkenberg in southern Brandenburg via Berlin and Greifswald. This journey takes around five hours.Cottbus to Wismar
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The private provider ODEG (photo) takes you from Cottbus via Lübben, Berlin and Schwerin to the Baltic Sea coast in Wismar. Around 370 kilometers in a good four hours.Nuremberg to Lindau
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The regional train travels from Nuremberg through charming landscapes via Augsburg and Immenstadt to Lindau on Lake Constance (photo). The journey time for the approximately 330 kilometers is about three and a half hours.Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Düsseldorf
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From central Germany to the west, the “Rhein-Hellweg-Express” travels almost 300 kilometers from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe via Hamm, Dortmund (photo), Essen and Duisburg to Düsseldorf. The connection, operated by the private operator National Express, takes around two and a half hours.Saarbrücken to Frankfurt (Main)
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The “Nahe-Express” from the provider Vlexx runs from Saarbrücken to Frankfurt am Main (photo) and takes about three hours for the 200 kilometers. Among other things, the multiple units drive on parts of the left Rhine route.Cologne to Minden
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The “Rhein-Weser-Express” operated by National Express (photo) takes passengers 280 kilometers across North Rhine-Westphalia from Cologne to Minden. The trains need about three hours and 45 minutes for the route, passing Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Bielefeld, among other places.Magdeburg to Cottbus
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In just under four hours, the regional train takes you from Magdeburg via Potsdam, Berlin and Frankfurt (Oder) to Cottbus (photo). The connection from Saxony-Anhalt to the southeast of Brandenburg is around 315 kilometers long.Rheine to Brunswick
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The double-deck trains of the Westfalenbahn (photo) run from the Ems to the Oker on the Rheine – Braunschweig connection. Among other things, the trains pass Osnabrück and Hanover on their 270-kilometer route. The journey time is about three hours.Nuremberg to Leipzig
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The Franken-Thüringen-Express takes passengers from Nuremberg to Leipzig without changing trains and crosses Thuringia with stops in Saalfeld, Jena and Naumburg, among others. The trains (photo) cover the distance of around 230 kilometers in around four hours.9-euro ticket for Germany: That’s the plan!
It’s supposed to start on June 1st: the nine-euro monthly ticket for buses and trains in Germany. The offer still has to be officially approved by the Bundestag and Bundesrat, but it is already clear: the offer should apply nationwide and not just in the individual regions of the transport associations. This is what the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund recently announced.
And the chairwoman of the transport committee in the Bundestag, Nyke Slawik, told the AFP news agency at the beginning of the week: “I am pleased that the nine-euro ticket (…) should probably be valid nationwide.”
Through the country without changing trains – conditions of the 9-euro ticket
Valid nationwide in June, July and August for nine euros each (if you already have a monthly ticket, the difference should be reimbursed) on the bus and train – for many people this could be an opportunity to take a holiday trip to the sea or to the mountains not to do by car this year – and possibly become a boomerang. The Pro Bahn passenger association fears problems with implementation. Spokesman Karl-Peter Naumann warned in the “Rheinische Post” that “overcrowded trains on routes popular with tourists” are to be expected.
Because: The ticket should not be valid on long-distance trains operated by Deutsche Bahn (including ICE and Intercity) and by other providers such as Flixtrain in the holiday areas.
It is limited to local public transport, i.e. to regional trains and regional express trains, to S-Bahn and U-Bahn trains, trams, regular buses and in some places (e.g. in Hamburg) also to ferries.
And yet: Many regional trains also cover considerable distances and thus allow travel to many corners of the republic without having to change trains (albeit slower).
In the photo series above you can see ten selected long regional train connections in Germany, which you can probably use from June for nine euros a month.
Note: This article first appeared on stern.de
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