Germany gives green light to €49-a-month public transport ticket
by Philip Oltermann in Berlin from Environment | The Guardian on (#69XB2)
Plan for ticket covering regional rail, metro, trams and buses across country follows success of 9 scheme last year
A follow-up to Germany's immensely popular 9 (7.90) monthly public transport ticket scheme has been given the green light in the Bundestag, in a move aimed at getting passengers to switch to greener forms of transport.
Parliamentarians on Thursday voted to approve plans to introduce a 49-a-month ticket covering regional rail, metro, trams and bus travel across Germany.
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