Germany’s €9 train tickets scheme ‘saved 1.8m tons of CO2 emissions’

A fifth of the 52m tickets sold were bought by people who did not ordinarily use public transport

Germany's three-month experiment with 9 tickets for a month's unlimited travel on regional train networks, trams and buses saved about 1.8m tons of CO₂ emissions, it has been claimed.

Since its introduction on 1 June to cut fuel consumption and relieve a cost of living crisis, about 52m tickets have been sold, a fifth of these to people who did not ordinarily use public transport. The scheme is due to end on Wednesday.