Hesse senior citizen ticket

Beneficiaries

Senior citizens above the age of 65 years

Proof of entitlement

Yes

• Proof of age must be provided once before purchasing the ticket. This can be done, for example, by producing an ID card or the passport.
• If you already have a chip card registered on "meinRMV" which includes the proof of entitlement for "65-plus", you can buy the Hesse senior citizen ticket without further verification.

Ticket

Guarantee of mobility

Yes, the guarantee of mobility applies for holders of personal RMV annual passes

eTicket on chip-card

Yes

Advance booking

Yes, up to 8 weeks in advance

Replacement if the ticket is lost

Yes, for a fee of 10 euros

Option of taking other persons along

no

Transferability

no

Use of 1st class

No, not even with single supplements or season ticket supplements

Transitional tariff

No

Use of means of transport

Regional trains and S-Bahn (suburban trains)

Yes

Underground trains, trams, buses including express and night buses

yes

Call and collect taxis (AST), Express bus etc.

Yes, partly with supplement (1 supplement per person and journey)

Use of IC

no

Regional validity

State of Hesse

Valid beyond the state borders of Hesse

• at the borders of NVV (North Hesse transport association) services up to 
  • Warburg (North Rhine-Westphalia) on routes R17, RE11, 120, 140, W3 and W4
  • Hann. Münden (Lower Saxony) along with the Bonaforth, Hedemünden, Laubach and Oberode quarters as well as in the Staufenberg municipality (Lower Saxony)
  • Gerstungen (Thuringia) on routes R6 and 260
• at the borders of RMV services 
  • on the routes RB 29 and RB 90 up to “Diez Ost” station in Diez (Rhineland-Palatinate)
  • up to “Niederlaasphe” station in Bad Laasphe (North Rhine-Westphalia)
  • on route 77 to Geisa (Thuringia)
  • on routes X76, 201 and 275 in the Münchenroth district of the Diethardt municipality
  • on routes 203, 204 and 275 in the Reckenroth municipality
  • on route 191 in the Sauerthal municipality
  • on route LM-33 in the Kaltenholzausen municipality
  • in the transition tariff zones between VRN and RMV up to 
    • Hohensachsen and Lützelsachsen in Weinheim
    • the city of Eberbach
    • centre of Worms (VRN zone 43) in Rhineland-Palatinate (not directly from Mainz)
• as well as in Mainz (tariff zone 6500)

Period of validity

Starting date can be selected

Yes, from the 1st of any calendar month for 12 consecutive months

Automatic renewal

In some cases - in case of subscription, automatic validity renewal by 12 more months. In case of direct purchase without subscription, there will be no automatic renewal at the end of 12 months.

Possibility of early termination

Yes, you can find the details in General tariff regulations for the Hesse senior citizen ticket (only in german)

• directly at a sales point or
• by writing to the company, which issued the ticket

Terms of payment

One-time cash payment in advance

379.00 euros

Direct debit for subscription

• One-time direct debit in advance: 379.00 euros
• 12 monthly direct debits of 32.20 euros: 386.40 euros

Beneficiaries

Senior citizens above the age of 65 years

Proof of entitlement

Yes

• A proof of age must be provided once before purchasing the ticket. This can be done, for example, by producing an ID card or the passport.
• If you already have a chip-card registered on "meinRMV" which includes the proof of entitlement for "65-plus", you can buy the Hesse senior citizen ticket without further verification.

Ticket

Guarantee of mobility

Yes, the guarantee of mobility applies for holders of personal RMV annual passes

eTicket on chip-card

Yes

Advance booking

Yes, up to 8 weeks in advance

Replacement if the ticket is lost

Yes, for a fee of 10 euros

Taking along other persons possible

Yes, the RMV regulation for taking along another person is applicable here, even in the 1st class and it shall not require a supplement ticket

Transferability

no

Use of 1st class

Yes

Transitional tariff

No

Use of means of transport

Regional trains and S-Bahn (suburban trains)

Yes

Underground trains, trams, buses including express and night buses

Yes

Call and collect taxis (AST), Express bus etc.

Yes, partly with supplement (1 supplement per person and journey)

Use of IC

no

Regional validity

State of Hesse

Valid beyond the state borders of Hesse

• at the borders of NVV (North Hesse transport association) services up to 
  • Warburg (North Rhine-Westphalia) on routes R17, RE11, 120, 140, W3 and W4
  • in the area Hallenberg-Braunshausen ((North Rhine-Westphalia) on line 528
  • Hann. Münden (Lower Saxony) along with the Bonaforth, Hedemünden, Laubach and Oberode quarters as well as in the Staufenberg municipality (Lower Saxony)
  • Gerstungen (Thuringia) on routes R6 and 260
• at the borders of RMV 
  • on the routes RB 29 and RB 90 up to "Diez Ost" station in Diez (Rhineland-Palatinate)
  • up to "Niederlaasphe" station in Bad Laasphe (North Rhine-Westphalia)
  • on route 77 to Geisa (Thuringia)
  • on routes X76, 201 and 275 in the Münchenroth district of the Diethardt municipality
  • on routes 203, 204 and 275 in the Reckenroth municipality
  • on route 191 in the Sauerthal municipality
  • on route LM-33 in the Kaltenholzausen municipality
  • in the transition tariff zones between VRN and RMV up to 
    • Hohensachsen and Lützelsachsen in Weinheim
    • the city of Eberbach
    • centre of Worms (VRN zone 43) in Rhineland-Palatinate
• as well as in Mainz (tariff zone 6500)

Period of validity

Starting date can be selected

Yes, from the 1st of any calendar month for 12 consecutive months

Automatic renewal

To some extent - in case of subscription, automatic validity renewal by 12 more months. In case of direct purchase without subscription, there will be no automatic renewal at the end of 12 months.

Possibility of early termination

Yes, you can find the details in General tariff regulations for the Hesse senior citizen ticket (only in German)

• directly at a sales point or
• by writing to the company, which issued the ticket

Terms of payment

One-time cash payment in advance

649.00 euros

Direct debit for subscription

• One-time direct debit in advance: 649.00 euros
• 12 monthly direct debits of 55.05 euros: 660.60 euros