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Posted 20 May 2022
€9 for one month of unlimited travel in June, July and August £7.62 in Germany via Deutsche Bahn
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Useful for anyone heading to Germany this summer. For €9, you can travel for one month on all means of local/regional public transport (such as RB, RE, U-Bahn, S-Bahn, bus and tram).
Tickets go on sale on Monday 23 May
Tickets go on sale on Monday 23 May
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sorted byif fully vaccinated in last 270 days then u can go without test or quarantine. If more than 270 days or not fully vaccinated then only if you are a German citizen; the spouse/partner/child under 18 of a German citizen; a resident of Germany; the spouse/partner/child under 18 of a resident of Germany; serve in an important role; or have an urgent need to travel and need to test.
Paypal.. no extra charges but exchange rate was: 1 GBP = 1.13007 EUR
Yeah, that'll be it. Nothing to do with the privatised rail operators paying eye watering salaries and bonuses to CEOs and dividends to shareholders.
Germany has one operator which gets grants from the government and in return caps fares to a decent level.
KER-CHING
Sunderland doesn't have an airport.
Do you think this isn't available from for example Dresden Airport to Görlitz? It's like 100 miles.
This need to be pointed out.
"The ticket is not valid on long-distance trains (e.g. IC, EC, ICE) or long-distance buses" (edited)
Yes as it's local transport
Ryanair published their captain salaries around europe and it's between £150-200k, with first officers typically being able to progress to captain after 3 years.
corporate.ryanair.com/new…ts/
There is no need to buy one now, simply get one from the ticket machine when you are in Germany. Its not going anywhere
Assume so, a few years ago we used a cheap 'Bavaria ticket' promotion covering 5 adults using non intercity trains to Salzburg from Munich. It was 20 euros.
That is not the reason; a billion plus quid in dividends to shareholders each year, and the several million each wages for the bosses plus bonus (obviously deserved for such a sterling service).
Good luck to the drivers I say, we all deserve a decent wage.
Most over 12s in Germany are practically fluent in English.
Nothing wrong with using public transport for that. That's what its there for.
If a train brakes down the Driver has to be able to fix it (if possible, or get rescued by another train if not)! Hence does in depth traction training. A bus driver just waits for the mechanic.
Also Train Drivers must know complex rules and procedures, and has up-to 1000+ passengers lives in their hands.
Just for the record, bus drivers don’t get paid enough, so give them more money. Its not a race to the bottom, otherwise we would all be on minimum wage except the fat cats and bosses
Strong opinions but little knowledge. Classic.
This is a German government programme costing a LOT of money in subsidies.
Don't expect Boris to be so generous.
And nothing wrong with a bit of Deutsch.
This won’t work, you’ll be fined on the spot.
Yeah, the free market economy is great until it isn't.
Well if you wish yo be pandantic...Newcastle International to Menorca.
A person from Sunderland wants to see the L1 play off final at Wembley this weekend. It was cheaper for him to fly Sunderland to Menorca then fly to London than buying a single train ticket.
Highly recommend a short trip to Podsdam just outside of Berlin. Airport to city just get a S Bahn ticket at airport. Berlin Welcome card good for museums if you have the time. (edited)
The average train driver's salary in the UK is £54k
I revise my £1.40 per journey down to £1.26 - this is for rail travel and based on 285m journeys
As you want to include tube drivers, thats an extra 1.35 billion journeys, utilising 3,000 drivers. Let's put them on £100k per year. You can do the math.
In a nutshell the rail network service could be a better experience for users and prices could be cheaper. The same applies to London underground network.
But the underlying issues are most certainly not the salaries drivers are being paid which was your original statement.
ps Are you a bus driver? (edited)
There are some people that sit in front of a computer each day and earn 6 figure salaries, others that do the same on £30k.
Anyway I'm off out very soon to pay £6 a pint, £12 for double Gin And Tonic, £30-£40 for some food and £12 odd to fill the boots of those overpaid tube drivers. If only they were earning the same as bus drivers, I could have another gulp of beer for the money saved.
Enjoy your weekend
Bus drivers get nowhere near 40K either. This is more the norm
It is a ridiculously low wage for what a bus driver does - and also they really do struggle to recruit at that wage, not surprisingly. (edited)
those low prices have to be subsidised by higher taxes so you end up subsidising a few people by the masses hardly fair!
In Scotland if you over 12 you get free bus rides. Don't really see the point as not like the kids are going to go to libraries and museums. My kid and his pals mainly just hop into town to get a burger and hang around the shops.
yes its possible. from munich to salzburg you can get a regoinal train RE with the operator Bayerische Regiobahn. Checked their site and they are advertising 9 euro tickets and looked at the route map and clearly shows you can take one of their trains to salzburg from munich. I think there are many of these hacks as many of the regional german trains spill over to the next country.
I didn't comment on train driver salaries champ. I presented a scenario that better explains why GB train prices are so high.
But as you seem to have a hang up about train drivers, I'll ask you this. What it the total value of the train tickets bought by every passenger carried by a driver in a year?
Is it more than £60k? More than £600k? Coser to £6m?
Tell me again the drivers' wages are the problem.