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BahnCard (German Bahn – Rail) is a discount subscription programme offered by Deutsche Bahn (DB), the German national railway company. Unlike airline loyalty programs, but similarly to the UK Railcard, the BahnCard entitles the passenger to a discount price and must be purchased prior to travel.
The code is set up as follows: X YYYY Z; where X denotes the Bundesbahndirektion (BD) in West Germany or Reichsbahndirektion (Rbd) in East Germany and prior to 1949, and YYYY is the code of the station itself, which can be up to four letters.
Deutschlandticket holders can also go to a number of border tariff stations outside Germany using their passes including; Tønder (Tønder Bahnhof ) in Denmark, Wissembourg (Gare de Wissembourg) in France, Basel in Switzerland and Świnoujście (Świnoujście Centrum ) in Poland.
Services on line 28 begin in the north of Germany, either in Hamburg, Stralsund or seasonally in Binz. The line runs via Leipzig, while the otherwise similar line 18 runs via Halle. Only a few stops are served between Hamburg and Berlin. After crossing Berlin, trains run via Leipzig and Erfurt.
In Germany, most long-distance train tickets include a "city ticket" valid on the public transit system of origin and destination. This is automatically included at no extra charge in all tickets purchased by BahnCard holders and is indicated on the ticket.
Germany is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Germany is 80. Urban rail in Germany includes rapid transit (known as U-Bahn), commuter rail (known as S-Bahn), Stadtbahn , trams and funiculars (e.g. in Dresden).
Deutsche Bahn is the second-largest transport company in Germany, after the German postal and logistics company Deutsche Post / DHL. DB provides both long-distance and regional transport, serving around 132 million long distance passengers and 1.6 billion regional passengers in 2022.
9-Euro-Tickets issued by Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg 9-Euro-Ticket issued by a Deutsche Bahn ticket vending machine. The 9-Euro-Ticket (German pronunciation: [ˌnɔʏ̯n ˈɔʏ̯ʁo ˈtɪkət]) was a German scheme through which passengers could travel for 9 euros (€) per month on local and regional transport in all of Germany.