The Deutschlandticket is set to cost €66.90 from 2027, its third rise in three years
Bund, Länder and the transport industry decide today. If the reported figure holds, the ticket that launched at €49 will cost over a third more than when it began.
The Deutschlandticket, which covers local and regional buses and trains across Germany, will probably go up again next year, to €66.90 a month. The Rheinische Post reports the figure from the ticket's coordinating council, where the federal government, the states, local authorities and the transport industry sit together. The council is due to settle the price today. It would be the third increase: the ticket started at €49, went to €58 in 2025 and to €63 this year.
The price is now worked out from a cost index that includes staff, energy and running costs. About 14.5 million people use the ticket. The federal government and the states each put in €1.5 billion a year to limit the operators' losses. For a subscriber on a monthly plan, the rise would come to €3.90 a month, or €46.80 a year.
The environmental group BUND says it is unacceptable that the government found €2.5 billion of taxpayers' money for another fuel discount but cannot keep the ticket's price stable. People need to be able to plan for years ahead, said its transport head Jens Hilgenberg, if they are to change how they travel. Detlef Neuß, honorary chair of the passenger group Pro Bahn, said "that's enough for now". His group accepts the rise only "through gritted teeth", and he too pointed at the fuel discount: ticket holders should get a discount as well.
The transport operators' association VDV urged the council to agree today. Operators have to plan for the new price and tell customers in time.