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The Deutschlandticket has brought the railway significantly more passengers on regional services. In June, there was an increase of 25 per cent, according to DB-Regio boss Evelyn Palla.

Following the introduction of the Deutschlandticket, the number of passengers on Deutsche Bahn's local trains has risen by around a quarter, according to DB-Regio boss Evelyn Palla.

In June, the number of passengers was 25 per cent higher than in April, Palla told the "Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland" (RND). The Deutschlandticket is "already a great success". Since 1 May, travellers have been able to use public transport throughout Germany for 49 euros a month.

Politicians and railways report hundreds of thousands of new customers since the introduction of the Deutschlandticket.

Longer distances with regional trains

Passengers on DB regional trains had also travelled "significantly longer distances", especially the excursion routes towards the sea and mountains were very popular during the holiday season. In some regions, "people travel as much as in the 9-euro summer", Palla told RND with reference to the discounted monthly ticket offered last year from June to August.

The monthly travel pass, which is valid throughout Germany, is "simple, inexpensive, ecologically sensible and digital", Palla continued.

She also appealed to the federal and state governments to keep the monthly price of 49 euros stable in the coming year. She added that DB Regio would like the price to "remain affordable" and give "many people access to daily mobility". Source: AFP Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

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[-] bluemix@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You forget the delays and cancellations

[-] SoaringDE@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tja. Network was overloaded before, so now it starts breaking. Luckily part of the problem are track works aimed at increasing capacity.

But you are right, there is lots to be done. Maybe the politicians will see the surge of travellers and finally take network extensions and increased fault resilliency seroious now.

[-] ConfidentLonely@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The delays and cancellations were already a big problem of the network. But its still a good thing that we now have such a thing like the Deutschland Ticket. It gives people that did not have the money the possibility to travel again and when the Goverment sees that Rail gets used much. There is hope that they will invest more in it

[-] LilDestructiveSheep@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Also local tickets for public transit decreased in expense. So a lot of people can now afford using local transports. I feel that because the busses are filled far more often.

But yeah. There you see where everyone slept on. Investing in a better network. Also a lot of people don't want to become a bus or train driver. It's a job where is a shift all the time in the year and people can be rude and so on.

But the other side is: it opens possiblities for a lot of people. Even getting a job across town.

[-] ConfidentLonely@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I fully agree on what you say!

The job possibility part is exactly what may benefit me soon, I applied for a job at DB because I wanted to do something that benefits the public transport system.

[-] LilDestructiveSheep@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's very nice. Applied years ago on two different jobs but got a nay unfortunately. The benefits are also pretty good.

Good luck on your career :)

[-] kilgore@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I use the public transit (now with my Deutschland Ticket!) for all my transit including work commuting. The serious delays or cancelations are rare. I'm always on time and seldomly put out by any construction or other delays.

I suppose when you take your car there is never any traffic or road construction and you always find parking immediately!

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