The price for the 49-euro ticket for local and regional transport should possibly be increased as early as next year. The reports the “Handelsblatt” . According to this, there is an amendment by the federal states to the federal draft law, which is to be discussed in the Bundesrat’s transport committee on Wednesday.
The federal states therefore want to anchor the following passage in the law: “The price is fixed annually in coordination with the federal and state governments.”
states want 49 – Euro – Ticket will probably be more expensive as early as 2024
The federal and state governments had agreed in December to offer a “Germany ticket” for 49 euros this year. In order to guarantee this price at the beginning, the federal and state governments each want to contribute 1.5 billion euros.
In the coming years, a joint decision will be made on how the ticket can be financed through sales and subsidies. According to the report, the countries write in the amendment that this includes the “possibility or the need to adjust the price”.
Should demand drop and neither the federal government nor the federal states be willing to subsidize more than the agreed 1.5 billion euros, the federal states want to compensate for the losses through price increases, according to the “Handelsblatt”.