Talks for the successor to the nine-euro ticketFederal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) has shown himself to be open to a successor regulation for the nine-euro ticket in local transport and announced talks with the federal states about it. Approval for a nationwide standardized and permanently discounted local transport ticket was also expressed by the Association of Towns and Municipalities. The counties, on the other hand, reject a follow-up regulation for the nine-euro ticket. County council president Reinhard Sager told the Funke media group that he thinks nothing of "proposals to extend the nine-euro ticket and also of successor models such as a 365-euro annual ticket". With the nine-euro ticket, he said, "a lot of state money has been burned that could have been invested more effectively in frequency and equipment."

Source: The Munich Eye July 18, 2022 17:51 UTC