Germany ticket (Deutschlandticket)

Join the subscription

Would you like the Deutschlandticket as a chip card? Take out the subscription by the 10th of the previous month if you want to start in the following month.

Simply select the transport company in the VVO (click on the logo) and take out the Deutschlandticket subscription.

Join the subscription immediately

Would you like to subscribe to Deutschlandticket immediately? Then subscribe to the Deutschlandticket as a mobile phone ticket. You can do this at any time in the apps VVO mobil, DVB mobil or the DB Navigator.

You can choose whether you want to subscribe for the current month or for the following month.

 

The Deutschlandticket is valid throughout Germany on local public transport (ÖPNV).

Local transport includes all local trains (RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn or S-Bahn), trams, city and regional buses and most ferries - in large cities, of course, also underground trains.

Long-distance traffic

The Deutschlandticket is not valid on long-distance services such as ICE, IC, EC, Flixtrain or Flixbus.
 

Special means of transport in the VVO

The following regulations apply to special means of transport in the VVO (narrow-gauge railways, Dresden mountain railways, Kirnitzschtalbahn, Meißen city tour, Bad Schandau lift):  

• Further information

The Deutschlandticket is valid

• on the Kirnitzschtalbahn
• on the Stadtrundfahrt Meißen
• on the Weißeritztalbahn (with an additional 8 euro Historik surcharge) and
• on the Lößnitzgrundbahn (with an additional 8 euro Historik surcharge)

The Deutschlandticket is not valid

• on the Schwebebahn (Bergbahnen),
• on the Standseilbahn (Bergbahnen) sowie
• on the Aufzug Bad Schandau

No, it is not possible to use the ICE/IC trains between Dresden, Riesa and Leipzig with the Deutschlandticket.

Currently, only commuters with weekly, monthly or subscription monthly tickets with the validity "Verbundraum" can use the ICE and IC trains between Dresden and Riesa.

Contrary to initial publications, an additional ticket Deutschlandticket Plus ICE/IC Dresden - Riesa is not offered.

Yes, the Deutschlandticket is offered as a chip card or as a mobile phone ticket.

Yes. As the Deutschlandticket is personal, an official identification document must be presented at a checkpoint.

This can be a European or German ID card, passport, driving licence, residence permit, refugee ID card, travel document for foreigners or a child's passport.

Children and young people up to the age of 16 can alternatively show their student ID.

For example, troop identity cards, birth certificates and severely disabled persons' identity cards do not count as identity documents.

Children can buy a Deutschlandticket from their 6th birthday. Up to their 6th birthday, children travel free of charge.

In the VVO, children travel free of charge on buses and trains until they start school and do not need a ticket. Other age limits may apply in other transport associations.

The Deutschlandticket will be available as a subscription that can be cancelled monthly. If you do not cancel it, it will be valid indefinitely.

The Deutschlandticket is available as a digital subscription that can be cancelled monthly for 49 euros a month.

Join the subscription

Would you like the Deutschlandticket as a chip card? Take out the subscription by the 10th of the previous month if you want to start in the following month.

Simply select the transport company in the VVO (click on the logo) and take out the Deutschlandticket subscription.

Join the subscription immediately

Would you like to subscribe to Deutschlandticket immediately? Then subscribe to the Deutschlandticket as a mobile phone ticket. You can do this at any time in the apps VVO mobil, DVB mobil or the DB Navigator.

You can choose whether you want to subscribe for the current month or for the following month.

 

If you want to subscribe to the Deutschlandticket as a chip card, order it from a transport company by the 10th of the previous month if you want to travel in the following month.

• Subscribing (only in German)

If you would like to subscribe to the Deutschlandticket as a mobile phone ticket, you can do so at any time in the apps VVO mobil, DVB mobil or the DB Navigator. You can choose whether you want to subscribe for the current month or for the following month.

 

No, you cannot take a bicycle or dog with you on the Deutschlandticket. The local tariff regulations apply.

• Further information on bicycles, property and animals in the VVO
• Travelling with a bicycle or dog beyond the VVO
   

Deutschlandticket Plus (subscription)

In addition to the Deutschlandticket, the VVO also offers a supplementary ticket called "Plus Mitnahme" at a price of 10 euros in a monthly subscription.

With this ticket you can take a bicycle or a dog with you anywhere in the Upper Elbe transport network (VVO). In addition, this ticket allows you to take one additional adult and up to four schoolchildren up to their 15th birthday with you from Monday to Friday between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m. and all day on weekends and public holidays.

No. The Deutschlandticket is only valid for one person.
 

Deutschlandticket Plus Mitnahme (subscription)

In addition to the Deutschlandticket, the VVO also offers an additional ticket called "Plus Mitnahme" at a price of 10 euros per month.

With this ticket, you can take a bicycle or a dog as well as another adult and up to four schoolchildren up to their 15th birthday with you on the entire Upper Elbe transport network (VVO) between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m. from Monday to Friday and all day on weekends and public holidays.

No, the Deutschlandticket is not transferable, it is bound to one person.

No, the Deutschlandticket does not include the MOBI offers (MOBIbike and MOBIcar), which DVB subscription customers currently use at special conditions.

Deutschlandticket Plus MOBI (subscription)

In addition to the Deutschlandtickt, DVB offers a supplementary ticket "Plus MOBI". With this subscription, you can add the use of MOBIbikes and MOBIcars at a price of 7 euros per month.

The "Plus MOBI" subscription can only be applied for at DVB AG and only if you have already taken out the Deutschlandticket subscription with DVB.   

• Apply for the "Plus MOBI" subscription with DVB

No, the Deutschlandticket is only valid in 2nd class.

To transfer to 1st class within the VVO network area, use the day, week or month ticket for 1st class.

• Further information

Due to the high demand for the Deutschlandticket, the transport companies in the VVO are experiencing delays in sending out the chip cards.

Goodwill arrangement: travel with order confirmation

Passengers who ordered their ticket later and are still waiting for their chip card can temporarily use their order confirmation to travel on buses and trains in the VVO in July and August. The order confirmation can be printed out or shown on the mobile phone and is valid together with the ID card, passport or driving licence as a ticket in the VVO.

Yes, the Deutschlandticket will also be offered as a JobTicket at uniform conditions throughout Germany.

If your employer subsidises the Deutschlandticket (at least 25 per cent on the issue price per month and ticket), then the transport companies in the VVO also grant a discount of 5 per cent.

This means that as an employee you save at least 30 per cent compared to the actual price of 49 euros.

Employers in the VVO have the following options for offering the JobTicket to their employees:

• JobTicket as a Germany ticket
• JobTicket as a monthly subscription ticket

The employer will inform you about the change or the further procedure in the company.

You are the employer ...

... and have questions about concluding a JobTicket contract for your employees? Then please contact Mr Oliver Horeni (Tel.: 0351 852650).

Yes. The current (subscription) monthly or 9 o'clock (subscription) monthly tickets will continue to be offered.

Is the Deutschlandticket worth it for me or should I stick with my monthly travel pass?

For commuters who use more than one tariff zone in the VVO every day, the Deutschlandticket is usually worth it. If you have a monthly travel pass for one tariff zone, e.g. for the Dresden tariff zone, and take advantage of the benefits of monthly travel passes (e.g. taking bicycles/dogs or other people with you, as well as transferability), the monthly travel pass could remain the cheaper ticket for you.

In addition, one of the planned additional tickets (see point Validity) could be worthwhile for you.

The overview will help you compare the tickets:

• Overview comparison "Abonnement vs. Deutschlandticket" (PDF, 103 KB) - available in German only

If you are travelling with your bicycle beyond the VVO, you will need a local transport day ticket for bicycles (Deutschlandtarif) at a price of € 6.00 (as of 13 December 2020) in addition to the Deutschlandticket.

• Further information on taking bicycles on DB trains

If you travel with your dog beyond the VVO, larger dogs count as passengers and are charged like an adult person (booking under the term "dog" instead of a passenger. Small dogs (up to the size of a domestic cat) can travel free of charge in the transport container.

• Further information on taking dogs on DB trains

Yes, all tickets such as single tickets, day tickets, weekly tickets and (subscription) monthly tickets according to the VVO tariff as well as the education ticket and trainee ticket will continue to be offered.

No, passengers with the Deutschlandticket cannot make use of the customer guarantees that exist in the VVO due to the high discount. Passengers with the Deutschlandticket are entitled to the applicable European passenger rights.   

• Further information on customer guarantees in the VVO

The policy aims to offer the Deutschlandticket on a permanent basis. The introduction period for the Deutschlandticket is set for two years. After that, a decision will be made on how to proceed.