Across the country ticket
The Quer-durch-Land-Ticket (QdL-Ticket) is a ticket introduced in 2009 - special offer from DB Regio AG . It enables nationwide journeys on regional trains on any day of the week.
development
In 1995, Deutsche Bahn created a special offer exclusively for local trains for the first time with the Schöne-Wochen-Ticket (SWT). It could be used nationwide, but was only valid on weekends. A few years later, the somewhat cheaper regional tickets were introduced, but they are only issued for one or more neighboring federal states. The QdL ticket closed the gap between the SWT valid nationwide, but only on weekends, and the regionally limited country tickets, which are also valid during the week. However, the QdL ticket is only recognized in local trains, while the SWT and the regional tickets were or are also valid in many public transport. The QdL ticket was initially available during a pilot phase from August 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010. Since December 13, 2010, Deutsche Bahn has been offering it again with changed conditions.
Conditions and prices
validity
The QdL ticket is valid throughout Germany Monday to Friday on a selected day from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. the following day and Saturday or Sunday, on national holidays as well as on December 24 and 31, from 12 a.m. to 3 a.m. the following day on all local trains (RB , RE, IRE) and S-Bahn trains of the DB and the local trains of other participating railways in 2nd carriage class .
General conditions
The ticket can be purchased a maximum of six months in advance; the date of use must be specified at the time of purchase; it cannot be exchanged. It entitles single travelers as well as up to four additionally booked persons to any number of trips together with local trains throughout Germany on the booked day. Travelers can pause or change trains as often as they like and travel as far as they want. The QdL ticket is personal and non-transferable. It is only valid if the first and last name of all travelers are entered in the columns provided on the ticket with a ballpoint pen and this can be shown at the ticket inspection in conjunction with valid, official photo identification (identity card or passport). When purchasing an online ticket, the names must be given when booking.
Children between 6 and 14 years of age count as adults, your own children or grandchildren up to 14 years of age can be taken with you without credit (in this case, however, a maximum of two adults applies). A bicycle ticket for local transport is generally required for bicycles . In Hesse , Rhineland-Palatinate , Saarland , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, it is free of charge. If you take dogs with you, a credit regulation applies to the number of participants.
price
The QdL ticket costs 44 euros for one traveler, 6.50 euros for each additional person, a maximum of five travelers can travel with one ticket. With every person traveling, the average fare per person decreases. Up to two adults per ticket can bring any number of their own children and grandchildren up to and including 14 years of age free of charge.
| traveler | Price 2009/10 (test phase) |
Price 2011/12 | Prize 2013 | Price 2014–2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | € 34 | € 42 | € 44 | € 44 |
| 2 | 39 € (34 + 5) | 48 € (42 + 6) | 50 € (44 + 6) | 52 € (44 + 8) |
| 3 | 44 € (34 + 5 + 5) | 54 € (42 + 6 + 6) | 56 € (44 + 6 + 6) | 60 € (44 + 8 + 8) |
| 4th | 49 € (34 + 5 + 5 + 5) | 60 € (42 + 6 + 6 + 6) | 62 € (44 + 6 + 6 + 6) | 68 € (44 + 8 + 8 + 8) |
| 5 | 54 € (34 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5) | 66 € (42 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6) | 68 € (44 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6) | 76 € (44 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8) |
Availability of tickets
The QdL ticket is available free of charge at stationary and mobile ticket machines of the DB, as an online ticket via the Internet and in DB service stores. For personal purchases in travel centers and travel agencies with a DB license, a processing fee of € 2 applies, regardless of the number of travelers. It can be ordered by telephone via the DB service hotline, a flat shipping fee of currently 4.90 € applies. The QdL ticket is also available from ticket machines of private railways in Germany, which are members of the tariff association of federal and non-federal railways in Germany (TBNE). Regardless of the TBNE membership, some transport companies that recognize the QdL ticket in their means of transport also sell the same.
Cooperations
As part of a promotion, the QdL ticket was also sold in all Postbank finance centers from June 4 to July 14, 2012 at partially discounted prices (42 euros for one or two people, i.e. no savings for one passenger, 6 euros savings for two passengers, as well as for 48 euros for three to five people, i.e. with a saving of 6 to 18 euros). The possible travel period was from June 4th to November 30th, 2012.