The proposal follows a wildly successful '9-euro ticket', which was on offer in Germany for three months this summer as part of efforts to help people switch to environmentally friendly transport, reducing gasoline use and helping combat inflation.
Questions over financing for the ticket still have to be resolved. Germany’s federal government has offered to subsidise it with 1.5 million euros annually; states have expressed a willingness to do the same, pending an agreement on federal funding for regional train services.
Greenpeace criticised the plan, claiming that it was too expensive for many people at 49 euros.The environmental group claims its own research shows a ticket for 29 euros would allow double the number of users while requiring no additional subsidies compared to the more expensive proposal.
“The new ticket would be paperless and could be bought for a single month or as a rolling pass. Like the 9-euro ticket this summer, it won’t be valid for intercity trains.” Said Transport Minister Volker Wissing._AP news
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