The local transport ticket has been available for purchase for a month now. Time for an interim balance: success or flop? The FDP politician has a clear opinion on this.
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing sees the Deutschlandticket, which was launched a month ago, as a great achievement. “After the ticket started on May 1, we have very pleasing sales figures and can say: The Deutschland Ticket is already a huge success,” said the FDP politician today before a meeting with his counterparts from the other EU countries. States in Luxembourg. It has become the defining public transport ticket in Germany within a short period of time.
Around ten million people bought the Deutschlandticket last month, as the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) announced on Wednesday. Among them are around 700,000 people who “have generally not used local public transport so far”.
According to this, 4.3 million buyers used public transport before the Deutschlandticket was launched on May 1, but without using a subscription. According to the VDV, the other five million customers switched from their previous subscriptions to the Deutschlandticket.
Source: Stern
