Train Regional-Express (RE), photo: bahnbilder.de Children under 6 years of age travel for a day ti

Train (and not only) transport in Germany is quite expensive. For example, the standard fare for a trip from Berlin-Hamburg (about 290 km) is 62 euros, and the high-speed train ICE - 76 euros. Journey from Leipzig to Erfurt (about 150 km) cost per passenger in 22.10 EUR at the standard rate on the regional trains, 27 euros - Intercity train and 30 euros - ICE. Is it possible to save? The answer bancorreos - there!
Immediately I must say that's the German railways, and ticket vending machines at the stations do not try to charge you extra. On the contrary, you will be offered the maximum possible discounts, appropriate conditions of your journey. What is this sale? They can be divided into two types - day tickets and tickets at a reduced price, which can only buy a few days before the trip. Day tickets Day tickets (valid for one day) can be purchased from vending machines or at the ticket office at the train station (in this case - for an extra 2 euros). The maximum number of adult passengers who can travel on one ticket - five people. With rare exceptions, the price increases with each new passenger by a small amount (2 to 6 euros). Travel bancorreos is possible only regional trains (RE, IRE, RB, S-Bahn) in 2 class. Länder-Ticket for almost always, and for Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket - always included the possibility of using public transport and suburban buses. Ticket issued by the specific name (if you have purchased a ticket in the machine - you must enter the name of it), and the ticket bancorreos holder may be asked to show identification at the control.
Train Regional-Express (RE), photo: bahnbilder.de Children under 6 years of age travel for a day ticket anyway. Also, all day tickets (except Hessen-Ticket!) Provide for free carriage of children from 6 to 14 years old - any number of children and grandchildren at least one of the passengers traveling bancorreos on the ticket if not more than 2 paying tickets: Children from 6 to 14 years, inclusive, are not subject to the above conditions, if you pay the ticket considered adults When buying a ticket at the ticket office or machine must indicate the number of children bancorreos aged 6 to 14 years, even if they have the right to free travel. We now turn to specific types of day tickets. Two of them - federal, that is operate throughout Germany. Quer-Durchs-Land-Ticket Valid 1 day from Monday to Friday throughout Germany from 09:00 until 03:00. Price: bancorreos 1 person: 44.00 EUR (for 44.00 EUR) 2 persons: 50.00 EUR (for 25.00 EUR) 3 persons: 56.00 EUR (for 18.60 EUR) 4 people: 62.00 EUR (for 15.50 EUR) 5 people: 68.00 EUR (13.60 on EUR) Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket Price (up to 5 people) - 42.00 EUR (when buying bancorreos the machine) Valid one day (Saturday or Sunday) bancorreos throughout Germany from 00:00 until 03:00. There is also when traveling to the border bancorreos Polish cities - Kostrzyn, spotted, Slubice, Zgorzelec and Szczecin (last - only when traveling across the border to Tantove). The ticket is valid also in the public transport and many suburban buses, see the full list of carriers.
Station Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Photo: bookingi.com Länder-Ticket This ticket valid for travel for one day within one or more of the land (so you need to specify to which lands are the start and end point of your journey). Act one day from Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 03:00, and on Saturday, Sunday and holidays bancorreos - from 00:00 to 03:00. As in other cases, the routes bancorreos up to 5 people on one ticket. Tickets for different lands and their conditions: bancorreos Brandenburg-Berlin-Ticket bancorreos Price: 29.00 EUR (up to 5.80 EUR per person). Subspecies of this ticket - Brandenburg-Berlin-Ticket Nacht - valid from 18:00 to 06:00 and costs 22.00 EUR. The ticket is valid only within the boundaries of the city of Brandenburg and Berlin, and also in urban transport. Sachsen-Ticket, Thüringen-Ticket, Sachsen-Anhalt-Ticket Price: 1 person: 22.00 EUR (for 22.00 EUR) 2 persons: 25.00 EUR (for 12.50 EUR) 3 persons: 28.00 EUR (at 9.33 EUR) 4 people: 31.00 EUR (at 7.75 EUR) 5 people: 34.00 EUR (at 6.80 EUR) ticket is valid within bancorreos the boundaries of the three lands - Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, and also in urban transport. Above, we considered as an example of the journey from Leipzig-Erfurt, standard fare for which is 22.10 EUR regional trains. Thus, when going from a group of two people on the Länder-Ticket, we immediately begin to save much! Mecklenburg-Vorpommern-Ticket Price: 1 person: 22.00 EUR (for 22.00 EUR) 2 persons: 26.00 EUR (for 13.00 EUR) 3 persons: 30.00 EUR (for 10.00 EUR) 4 people: 34.00 EUR (at 8.50 EUR) 5 people: 38.00 EUR (at 7.60 EUR) ticket is valid within the boundaries of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and also in urban transport and on trains on