The 9-euro ticket is to have a successor. So much is already clear, but the details are still open. There are first ideas about the price, as well as about the validity. Now the negotiations about the successor traded as a climate ticket are entering the next round. But new problems are already emerging.
Agreement is needed: successor to the 9-euro ticket is likely to be delayed
The 9-euro ticket is coming back – at least in part, the The price of the successor will differ significantly from the original. The transport ministers are currently meeting to clarify exactly how the successor plan will proceed. Already at the beginning of the two-day meeting, some details were leaked, but they still leave many questions unanswered.
The big problem is that the details have to be tied down as quickly as possible. Then already from January 1, 2023 should the 9-euro ticket successor actually go to the start. This However, the goal is already “very ambitious”, it says from the circle of transport ministers of the federal states (source: ZDF). An agreement must be reached in order to be able to keep the appointment.
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing, on the other hand, is currently still optimistic. One should “not give up this goal so quickly,” said the FDP politician. But where is the point of contention anyway? As usual, the money is to blame. Wissing has so far insisted that public transport is a state matter, so the funds planned so far for the 9-euro ticket successor should be enough.
The transport ministers of the federal states, on the other hand, are of the opinion that a new cheap ticket only makes sense if the infrastructure is up to it. More federal funding is needed for this. “At the conference of transport ministers, we will also deal with the urgently needed increase in regionalization funds and a Federal co-financing for the cost explosion in energy prices deal with,” says Maike Schaefer, Senator for Transport from Bremen and Chairwoman of the Conference of Transport Ministers.
The successor will not be as easy as the original 9-euro ticket – and not as cheap either:
49 per month for a year: is that still a cheap ticket?
It is also unclear what the new ticket will cost. The countries should majority Target 49 euros per month. However, the climate ticket at this price would only be available as an annual subscription. That would in all likelihood come 588 euros per year together – not a trace of flexibility.
Some countries want to charge 69 euros and offer a cheaper version, a social ticket, for 29 euros per month. Pupils and seniors should also be able to use it. The captivating The simplicity of the 9-euro ticket should therefore be off the table. The next few days will show us whether and how the Ministerial Conference can clarify this question.