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We call them Regionalbahnen -- if you want to get an understanding of speed and price, go to https://www.bahn.com/en https://www.bahn.com/en and click on "Furth
by dj_mc_merlin 4y ago
We call them Regionalbahnen -- if you want to get an understanding of speed and price, go to https://www.bahn.com/en https://www.bahn.com/en and click on "Further Options" and select only Regionalbahnen (you'll have to click the "From" or "To" box first). They are quite slow, but more importantly during the last 9 euro ticket they were so overcrowded as to be unusable (.. well, obviously not since there's a reason they were overcrowded, but you get me..).
edit: in the English version the correct thing to tick is "Types of Transport" > "Regional services, other trains", after you click the "Further Options" button.
edit2: w.r.t
> monthly pass to the suburbs upstate where my in-laws live (a 50 min ride)
This is usually covered by S-Bahnen in Germany, and those are usually under the same ticket as the underground. In most places ~it's around 80ish for such a monthly ticket.~ (edit3: this last part about the price is wrong, see below.)
- rerx 4y ago> In most places it's around 80ish for such a monthly ticket. Sure about that? A one-month ticket just for the city of Cologne (1 Million people) is 109.70 Euros. A regular one-month ticket that would include surrounding towns as far away as Bonn (30 minutes) costs 259.30 Euros [VRS level 4]. If you want to reach Düsseldorf (40 minutes) or Aachen (50 minutes), that's 351.40 Euros [VRS level 7]. Of course it's a bit cheaper if you get a yearly pass and much cheaper if your employer chips in, but the 49 Euro ticket will be a _huge_ improvement. And NYC doesn't sound all that bad in comparison to the regular rates of today.
- dj_mc_merlin 4y agoHuh, you are right. Sorry, I was basing it on my own experiences, but I forgot I'm no longer covered under the youth laws and that was a long time ago. I will update.