“I’m still in favor of a cheap offer,” says DB works council member Heike Moll about a follow-up offer of the 9-euro ticket. It could take a month or two before there is a concrete idea.
The chairwoman of the general works council of the DB subsidiary Station & Service, Heike Moll, calls for a round table to plan a follow-up offer after the nine-euro ticket has expired. She rejects a direct continuation of the nine-euro ticket, Moll told the editorial network Germany (Tuesday editions): “First of all, we need a month or two so that we can sort and evaluate. What went well, where did problems arise?”
Moll said she was happy that people wanted to travel more by train again. “And I’m also in favor of a cheap offer.”
Successor to the 9-euro ticket: the crux of the matter is financing
To do this, everyone involved from the federal and state governments, railway companies and trade unions would have to sit down and “discuss what can be achieved”. “What can we offer without alienating travelers and without letting our colleagues walk on their gums? What do we need more staff and trains for – and who should pay for it?” the head of the works council told the RND.
DB Station & Service is responsible for around 5,400 stations in Germany: construction, operation and maintenance. The nine-euro ticket expires at the end of August. A successor plan has been discussed for weeks. The crux of the matter is funding.
See in the photo gallery: The heritage-protected funicular runs from the Schwarzatal to Lichtenhain. The flat route continues to Cursdorf, every half hour every day. The 9-euro ticket is valid on the Thuringian mountain railway.
Source: Stern
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