Deutsche Bahn has announced that ticket prices for long-distance trains will increase when the rail provider implements its winter timetable on December 15, 2024.

DB announces ticket price hike

Deutsche Bahn has announced that it will raise certain ticket prices starting on December 15. The cost of a Flexpreis ticket will rise by an average of 5,9 percent and the cost of “Zeitkarten”, weekly or monthly tickets for public transport across a city or region, will rise by an average of 5,9 percent.

The cost of a BahnCard 100 subscription will rise by an average of 6,6 percent, but the cost of a BahnCard 50 and BahnCard 25 will remain the same.

The cost of Deutsche Bahn’s Sparpreis (21,99 euros) and Supersparpreis (17,99 euros) tickets for long-distance trains will also remain the same. The rail operator said that eight out of 10 Deutsche Bahn customers use the Sparpreis and Supersparpreis discounter tickets, which have to be booked well in advance of travel.

Deutschlandticket will cost 58 euros in 2025

Deutsche Bahn’s price hike announcement follows the decision from transport ministers to increase the cost of a Deutschlandticket from 49 euros to 58 euros per month from January 1, 2025. Initially launched in May 2023, the ticket allows holders unlimited access to public transport and regional trains across Germany.

"With this price, we will be able to keep the ticket attractive and put its financing on a more solid footing,” Transport Minister for North Rhine-Westphalia Oliver Kirschner (Greens) announced at the end of September.

If you would like to keep your Deutschlandticket for 2025, you do not currently need to do anything, just prepare for the fact that the monthly subscription payments that Deutsche Bahn takes from your bank account will increase from December 2024.

To find out more about how the Deutschlandticket will change in 2025, check our guide to Jobtickets, reductions and unsubscribing.

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