Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD)
Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
From the BZ editorial team
The federal and state governments finally agree on the Germany ticket.
“The Germany ticket will come now,” said Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) at a press conference after the federal-state meeting on Thursday.
This cleared the last hurdles for the introduction of a nationwide public transport ticket in the coming year.
The federal and state governments want to split the costs for half each, said Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD).
► It is already clear: The starting point for the 49-euro ticket is coming – as is often the case with buses and trains: late! The nationwide valid ticket was originally supposed to start on January 1st. Now the Germany ticket should be valid from April 1st.