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I'm also a big fan! > The ticket can be bought only throughout the summer months. The ticket is a new thing, by the way. The reason it's only available in "su

by ratww 4y ago

I'm also a big fan! > The ticket can be bought only throughout the summer months. The ticket is a new thing, by the way. The reason it's only available in "summer months" is because they haven't finished thinking about how it's gonna be after that. However the transport companies already manifested interest in continuing with the ticket for €69 [1]. Sure, not €9 but still progress. Some parties recently suggested €365 per year. Both are still a great price IMO considering I used to pay €40 a month (€63 in total, my company pays the rest), for a ticket that only covered Berlin! [1] https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbraucher/69-euro-ticket-103.html https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbraucher/69-euro-tic... [2] https://www.iamexpat.de/expat-info/german-expat-news/left-calls-nationwide-365-euro-ticket-follow-9-euro-ticket-2023 https://www.iamexpat.de/expat-info/german-expat-news/left-ca...

solarkraft 4y ago
I'm not sure I'd pay 70€ a month, but 30€/month would be attractive. 70€ or more would totally be attractive if the service was actually of good quality.
- ratww 4y ago
  Makes total sense to me. I personally would probably pay the €69 if my employer paid a part, since I already pay €40 / €63 for Berlin, which I consider a good deal. But for people that have a car and tourists €70 is indeed a bit steep.
djvdq 4y ago
€69 is still a great price. Before I started to work fully remotely I was driving by train to work I found that our local train carrier here in Poland (Koleje Dolnoslaskie) have something like this in offer. For 320 zł (~€67 back then, I’m not sure about current price) you can go wherever you want by their train. So basically covers entire Lower Silesian Voivodeship. What’s also great about them is that they are buying all railroads possible to put trains there and their goal is to: (1) all cities have train connection available and (2) they want it to be free somewhere in future. It’s already great and there are way more people travelling by train than it was about e.g. 10 years ago.

by ratww 4y ago

solarkraft 4y ago

I'm not sure I'd pay 70€ a month, but 30€/month would be attractive. 70€ or more would totally be attractive if the service was actually of good quality.

ratww 4y ago
Makes total sense to me. I personally would probably pay the €69 if my employer paid a part, since I already pay €40 / €63 for Berlin, which I consider a good deal. But for people that have a car and tourists €70 is indeed a bit steep.

djvdq 4y ago

€69 is still a great price. Before I started to work fully remotely I was driving by train to work I found that our local train carrier here in Poland (Koleje Dolnoslaskie) have something like this in offer. For 320 zł (~€67 back then, I’m not sure about current price) you can go wherever you want by their train. So basically covers entire Lower Silesian Voivodeship. What’s also great about them is that they are buying all railroads possible to put trains there and their goal is to: (1) all cities have train connection available and (2) they want it to be free somewhere in future. It’s already great and there are way more people travelling by train than it was about e.g. 10 years ago.