Schoolchildren and trainees in the VVO

Monthly passes at the reduced price are available for pupils until 15th birthday inclusive, and to the following:

1. Schoolchildren and students at public, state approved or state recognised private, general education schools, vocational schools, special schools, second-chance institutions, universities, colleges, universities of applied sciences, academies, except for administration academies, administration colleges and state adult education


2. Individuals attending private schools or other educational institutions who do not fall within 1 above, providing they are free from their compulsory vocational school training obligation due to attending these schools or other educational institutions, or providing their attendance at such schools or other private educational institutions is eligible for funding under the Federal Education and Training Assistance Act


3. Individuals who are doing courses at an adult education centre or other further education institution in order to retrospectively gain the certificate of secondary education or general certificate of secondary education


4. Individuals who have a vocational training contract in the sense of the Vocational Training Act or have some other contractual relationship in the sense of Art. 26 of the Vocational Training Act, and individuals who are being trained in an institution outside any company-based vocational training in the sense of Art. 43 Para. 2 Vocational Training Act, and Art. 36 Para. 2 Handicrafts Act


5. Individuals attending a state approved vocational training course


6. Interns and volunteers, providing the fulfilment of an internship or voluntary service is intended before, during or after a state regulated education or a course at a college under the rules applying to the education and course


7. Civil service candidates in the simple and middle service, and interns and individuals who first need to attend an administration course in order to qualify for admission as civil service candidates in the simple and middle service, providing their fares are not being reimbursed by the administration


8. Anyone participating in a voluntary, social or ecological year, the Federal Volunteer Service, or similar social services

With a reduced weekly pass you can travel for one week from the first day of use. The ticket is available from ticket machines, any service centre, and on regional buses.

As at: 1 April 2024

• About tariff zones and the boundary area

Note

Children up to their first day of school and severely disabled persons are transported free of charge in accordance with the provisions of the Social Code Book IX (Sozialgesetzbuch - Neuntes Buch - SGB IX). Pupils up to their 15th birthday can take advantage of the reduced fares with a customer card. 

1 or borderzone only according to fare regulations
3 according to ticket imprint
9 only valid with customer card

With a reduced monthly pass you can travel for one month from the first day of use. The ticket is available from ticket machines, any service centre, and on regional buses.

As at: 1 April 2024

• About tariff zones and the boundary area

Note

Children up to their first day of school and severely disabled persons are transported free of charge in accordance with the provisions of the Social Code Book IX (Sozialgesetzbuch - Neuntes Buch - SGB IX). Pupils up to their 15th birthday can take advantage of the reduced fares with a customer card. 

1 or borderzone only according to fare regulations
3 according to ticket imprint
9 only valid with customer card

Cycles, cycle trailers and dogs

When a monthly or a Monthly subscriptionis used, within the zonal and time restrictions you may also bring a cycle, cycle trailer or dog, free of charge.

• Further information on carriage of cycles, objects and animals

Schoolchildren travel more cheaply with the reduced Abo-monthly pass. The Abo-monthly pass is valid in the calendar month printed on it.

As at: 1 April 2024

• About tariff zones and the boundary area

Note

Children up to their first day of school and severely disabled persons are transported free of charge in accordance with the provisions of the Social Code Book IX (Sozialgesetzbuch - Neuntes Buch - SGB IX). Pupils up to their 15th birthday can take advantage of the reduced fares with a customer card. 

1 or borderzone only according to fare regulations
3 according to ticket imprint
9 only valid with customer card

Cycles, cycle trailers and dogs

When a monthly or a Monthly subscriptionis used, within the zonal and time restrictions you may also bring a cycle, cycle trailer or dog, free of charge.

• Further information on carriage of cycles, objects and animals

As at: 1 April 2024

• About tariff zones and the boundary area

Note

Children up to their first day of school and severely disabled persons are transported free of charge in accordance with the provisions of the Social Code Book IX (Sozialgesetzbuch - Neuntes Buch - SGB IX). Pupils up to their 15th birthday can take advantage of the reduced fares with a customer card. 

9 only valid with customer card
10 valid for pupils of general schools and vocational schools without dual training as well as participants in voluntary services

Cycles, cycle trailers and dogs

When a monthly or a Monthly subscriptionis used, within the zonal and time restrictions you may also bring a cycle, cycle trailer or dog, free of charge.

• Further information on carriage of cycles, objects and animals

Pupils, trainees and people doing voluntary service can only use the BildungsTicket (subscription), the AzubiTicket Sachsen (subscription) and reduced weekly, (subscription) monthly tickets with a valid customer card. As soon as you take out a subscription, you will receive both the ticket and a customer card by post.

Fill out the customer card completely, attach a passport photo and - if you are 15 years or older - get a stamp (confirmation) from your school or a transport company (with presentation of the training contract). Confirmation from the training company is not permitted.

The customer card is valid at the longest until the proven end of the training, but for a maximum of 3 years starting from the first confirmed day of validity. In the case of pupils whose customer card is only confirmed until the end of the school year, it is valid until the end of the subsequent Saxon school holidays.

For paper tickets, enter the first and last name in the field provided.

Order a customer pass

• online via the order form (only in German)

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• at the service points of the transport companies in the VVO,
• by ordering from the InfoHotline on 0351 8526555 or
• at the VVO-Infomobil.

About becoming Abo-customer

Taking out a subscription is very easy. With some transport companies, you can simply take out and manage a subscription online.   

Use a subscription application in *.pdf format, then fill it out directly on your PC, print it out, sign where indicated and hand it in at one of the service points near you (by the 10th of the previous month at the latest) or send it to the address given on the application.

• Service centres close to you

It is very easy to get an Abo-pass. Just fill in the appropriate form on the computer, print it out, and hand it in to your local service centre (by the 10th of the preceding month at the latest), or send it to the address indicated on the form.

Do you want to change your Abo-pass application? If so, please use the same form.

• Transport company Abo-pass forms
• Service centre addresses

You can buy a subscription pass from the following VVO transport companies: