The advance sale of the Deutschlandticket began on Monday at the Saxon transport companies. In the Dresden region, the ticket is available from Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe, DB Regio, Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Regionalbus Oberlausitz and Verkehrsgesellschaft Hoyerswerda. Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe has announced that orders will be placed online via the subscription portals of the respective companies. In the course of the month, the sales functions in the apps as well as the mobile Internet page for the upgrade to the semester ticket are to be activated.
In the course of intensive coordination with the twelve transport companies, some adjustments have been made to the planned range. There will be contrary to the decision of the association meeting no additional ticket for local transport between Dresden and Riesa. The Deutschlandticket is basically only valid for local traffic, therefore the use of ICE and IC/EC trains is not possible. For long-distance trains, however, monthly tickets for the entire interconnected area can be purchased at the VVO tariff in the future.
