"We had hoped for more funding from the federal government in order to keep the price lower, he added, while still stressing that compared to most monthly passes, the Deutschlandticket can still be considered affordable."
""The Deutschlandticket is becoming more expensive once again and once again being used as a political football, VCD chief Kerstin Haarmann said in a statement. "Yet it remains a central co"
Germany's 16 federal states agreed to increase the monthly Deutschlandticket price from €58 to €63 beginning January 2026. The ticket continues to allow unlimited local and regional bus and train travel nationwide, excluding long-distance ICE trains. Federal and state governments will each contribute €1.5 billion per year to finance the program through 2030. The decision was described as unanimous by Bavaria's transport minister and characterized as a compromise by Baden-Württemberg's transport minister, who said more federal funding had been hoped for. The mobility association VCD warned the price rise could trigger widespread cancellations.
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