International discount card for railway staff
With the international discount card for railway staff (colloquially known as the FIP card in Germany ), certain railway employees receive reduced fares at the rail and shipping administrations within Europe specified in the validity area. "FIP" stands for Groupement pour les facilités de circulation internationales du personnel des chemins de fer ( German The Association for the international travel benefits of the railway personnel ). The English-language FIP International Reduced Rate card is also valid for employees of British railway companies.
With this card, employees of the railway administrations listed below receive discounted tickets on the route network of the other participating railway and shipping administrations. In conjunction with an international ticket booklet, there is also the option of receiving free rides on the other route networks. The discount card and the ticket booklet must be requested from the relevant railway administration staff.
Validity area
The international discount card for railway personnel is recognized by the following railway administrations:
- Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ)
- BLS AG (BLS)
- České dráhy as (CD)
- Société nationale des chemnins de fer luxembourgeois (CFL)
- Societatea Nationala de Transport Feroviar de Calatori "CFR Calatori" SA (CFR)
- Córas Iompair Éireann (Ireland) (CIE)
- CP Comboios de Portugal, EPE (CP)
- Deutsche Bahn AG (DB)
- Danske Statsbaner (DSB)
- Eurostar International Ltd. (EIL)
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA (FS Italiane)
- Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút (GySEV)
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz doo (HŽ)
- Koleje Wielkopolskie Sp. Zoo (KW)
- Magyar Államvasutak Zrt. (MAV)
- Railway of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MZ-T)
- Northern Ireland Railways (NIR)
- NV Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Norges Statsbaner (NSB)
- Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
- Hellenic Railways (OSE)
- Polskie Koleje Panstwowe (PKP)
- Rail Delivery Group
- Renfe (RENFE)
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF)
- Sté nationale des chemins de fer belges (NMBS / SNCB)
- National chemins de fer français (SNCF)
- Swiss private railways (SP)
- Slovenske železnice, doo (SŽ)
- THI Factory SA (THI)
- VR-Group Ltd (VR)
- Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine (ŽFBH)
- Željeznički prevoz Crne Gore AD (ŽPCG)
- Željeznice Republike Srpske AD (ŽRS)
- Železnice Srbije (ŽS)
- Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ZSR)
The following shipping companies also recognize the ID:
- Attica Group (Attica)
- Bodensee-Schiffsbetriebe GmbH (BSB)
- Stena Line Limited (SLL)
- Stena Line BV Hook of Holland – Harwich (StL)
However, there are no discounts in your own country.
Individual evidence
- ^ Association for international travel discounts for railway staff, FIP card
- ↑ FIP on UIC.org, accessed on August 30, 2013.
- ^ FIP International Reduced Rate card
- ↑ so entered in the DB variant
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
