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This is really interesting. It might draw a lot of tourism because it’s so easy to get around. It’s not even about the money. It’s about the stress-free way of traveling.

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Nothing about traveling with D-Ticket is stress free. Public transportation in Germany is not as good as some might believe.

Last week I was on vacation. We missed a train because the previous was delayed. We then had to take a taxi because the last bus departed at 17:00 (sic) and we arrived at 17:30.

I rural Germany, you need a car to get anywhere. Especially at night (aka after 17:00).

most lines in Germany and other European countries are intended for commuters, not for the casual tourist, which is a pity, as only public transport is the solution to the traffic problems

Which traffic problems? People get around. It is a bit sad though, that people have to subsidize the luxury 49,- ticket for the special people in cities, while they themselves would not use it, but hey, getting free stuff on the back of others is always great. Love it!

It's actually not that easy to get the ticket. The ticket is not just a ticket that you can but at a machine whenever you want, it's actually a subscription that at the moment can only be started at the beginning of the month and the request must be received something like 4 days before the end of the month, otherwise you slip to the next month. I'm not sure if there are additional conditions not covered here but I can imagine there are are lots of other quirks.

Some of this is wrong: It can be started anytime and it is then prorated. Pretty sweet. In the HVV Switch app it's also a process of under one minute (if you already have an account). Haven't tried it in other apps.

You can get it any time in the DB Navigator App

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