Overview

• Since the January increase to €58, Deutschlandticket subscriptions have fallen by over one million to around 13.4 million, a decline of about 6 percent.
• Greens parliamentary leader Katharina Dröge is calling for a permanent return to the €49 flat fare to maintain affordability for young and low-income riders.
• Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder has proposed indexing the ticket price to the inflation rate to create an automatic adjustment mechanism.
• Public transport industry executives warn that the current €3 billion annual subsidy will not cover rising operational costs beyond 2025 and are urging secure long-term financing.
• Subscriptions among young people aged 14 to 29 have dropped by more than 36 percent, and jobticket registrations are down about 16 percent following the fare hike.