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I was just there over this weekend, they sold us those 9 eur train tickets saying you can use it for any train anywhere. Then we board the first train that Appl
by enlyth 4y ago
I was just there over this weekend, they sold us those 9 eur train tickets saying you can use it for any train anywhere. Then we board the first train that Apple Maps suggested and the first thing we hear from the announcer "9 eur tickets are not valid on this train".
- jonnybgood 4y agoThe 9 euro ticket is only for local and regional trains. However, you can just get about anywhere taking only local and regional trains, but it'll be a very long day.
- notpushkin 4y agoSome more discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31445822 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31445822
- iforgotpassword 4y agoWas it a white one (with a red strip)? Afaik these are the only ones you can't take.
- WHA8m 4y agowould be interesting to hear from a foreign how '9 euro ticket' sounds to you. Any opinions on that?
- enlyth 4y agoIt was a nice option to have, because normally it seems we would've paid like 50 euros or something to get around for three days. But it was weird that the tickets reset on the 1st of the month, so we had to buy two of them because of unlucky timing.
- 3D30497420 4y agoWas the train from BER? I'm pretty sure any train from BER airport would be covered under the 9-euro ticket. The trains not covered under the ticket are primarily ICE (inter-city high speed) and anything operated by another company (e.g. FlixTrain).
- mqus 4y agoICs to Dresden/Rostock also go from there.
- enlyth 4y agoYes from BER, it was an IC, but we didn't actually need to go to another city, it just happened to stop near where we were going in Berlin and be the fastest way to get there (first option that navigation apps suggested). Ended up fine, just got on some slower train that was fine for those tickets.