Overview
- Testberichte.de compared single, day, short-trip and monthly tickets across 42 major German cities and placed Berlin last overall on cost.
- Berlin’s day ticket is €10.60 and its short-trip fare is €2.60, both leading the field, while a standard single ride is €3.80 against a national average of €3.47.
- Dresden ranks among the priciest networks with a €9.00 day ticket and a €3.40 single fare, after roughly 65% price growth over a decade and a 24-place slide in the ranking.
- Berlin and Dresden charge €2.40 to bring a dog or bicycle, far above the reported average of €0.90, whereas some cities allow such trips at no extra cost.
- Berlin maintains free travel for school students, a benefit shared by only a few cities such as Hamburg and Schwerin, even as overall tariffs rise.