Overview
- Bavaria's transport ministry confirmed Wednesday that a stepwise, statewide In-/Out check-in/check-out system will begin rolling out in 2027.
- Passengers will use a smartphone app to 'swipe' at trip start and end, with the system tracking the route and calculating the fare after travel.
- The scheme is designed to let journeys cross regional transport-association (Verbund) borders without passengers needing local tariff knowledge.
- The state has paused plans for a single Bavarian tariff and is treating the national Deutschlandticket as its central tariff strategy, a move criticized by the Greens for leaving coverage gaps and weak occasional-user offers.
- The system already operates in parts of the Munich area and officials say the phased roll‑out will expand that technology to regions that currently lack full transport-association integration, which could improve convenience for occasional riders but will require work to close gaps in places such as Swabia and Lower Bavaria.