So to lay this out.....lot of hype by Germans to get this 49-Euro a month train/bus ticket in place. If you live in Hamburg, Frankfurt or Stuttgart....maximum interest is going on. If you live in some rural region....marginal to zero interest.
Early this AM....N-TV had a piece and talked one big detail of the ticket (yet to happen, and probably won't happen in January or February of 2023)....who will foot the 'bill'?
Deutsche Bahn (who runs the national network) has come up to say that there's a ton of cash missing from their 'bucket' to run the normal network of trains....if you go to a 49-Euro monthly fee. So they want the fed folks to ante up some serious cash. Minimum? 1.65 Billion Euro.
If the fed folks refuse this? The Bahn folks say they will start to trim services....probably starting in the rural regions because it simply costs more to run a network with few passengers.
This ticket turning into a serious money issue? I'd suggest that. Here's the other factor as well....how long can you go with a 49-Euro monthly ticket? A year max? I'm likely to predict the ticket going to 55-Euro per month by the end of 2024.
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