Schülerticket Hessen - The student flat rate for public transport

Eligible beneficiaries

• School students
• Apprentices
• Civil service trainiees in the lower and middle grade
• Persons in voluntary military service and voluntary federal civil service
• Adolescents and young adults completing a voluntary social or ecological year

College students
no

Proof of eligibility

Place of residence or school or training position in Hessen
yes

• Up to and including 17 years: Filled order form and
  • in the case of Hesse residents, proof of age
  • if resicence is outside Hesse: proof of attendance from the school or the training office
• From 18 years onwards: Filled order form and
  • proof of attendance from the school or the training office
  • the usage entitlement must be valid for at least six more months starting from the first valid day

Ticket

eTicket on smart card
yes

• Electronic ticket stored on the eTicket Hessen oder eTicket RheinMain
• The smart card contains the electronic ticket as well as first name and last name (masked), the month and year of birth, and the gender of the holder
• Saved data can be seen at various points of sale and ticket machines with the (((e-logo
• The RMV-App and most NFC-compatible Android smartphones can be used to read the eTicket using the “eTicket RheinMain” menu item
• The smart card is valid for 5 years and can be used for other eTickets after the school or training period
• Multiple tickets can be saved simultaneously or one after the other
• Holders of a smart card benefit from special offers by our partners in electro-mobility, car sharing and bicycle rental. For requirements concerning minimum age or possession of driver’s license, please refer to the usage conditions of the respective providers

Advanced booking
yes, up to 8 weeks in advance

Replacement in case of a loss
yes, charges of 10.00 euros

Holder may be accompanied by other persons 
no

Transferable 
no

Onward travel ticket
no

Use for First Class travel 
no, neither with supplementary tickets

Cross-network fare 
no

Use of means of transport

Regional trains and suburban trains (S-Bahn)
yes

Underground trains, trams, busses including fast and night busses
yes

Dial-a-ride cabs (Anruf-Sammel-Taxi/AST), AirLiner, etc. 
yes, in some cases with a supplement mit Zuschlag (1 supplement per person per journey)

Long-distance trains
no

Geographical validity

Federal State of Hesse
yes

Valid across the state borders of Hesse 

• On the borders of the NVV to
  • Warburg (North Rhine-Westphalia) on lines R17, RE11, 120, 140, W3 and W4
  • Hannoversch Münden (Lower Saxony) with the districts Bonafoth, Hedemünden, Laubach and Oberode plus the township of Staufenberg (Lower Saxony)
  • Gerstungen (Thuringia) on lines R6 and 260
• On the borders of the RMV
  • On lines RB29 and RB90 up to the "Diez Ost" station in the city of Diez (Rhineland-Palatinate)
  • Up to the "Niederlaasphe" station in the city of Bad Laasphe (North Rhine-Westphalia)
  • On line 77 to Geisa (Thuringia)
  • On lines X76, 201 and 275 into the district Münchenroth of the township of Diethardt
  • On lines 203, 204 and 275 into the township of Reckenroth
  • On line 191 into the township of Sauerthal
  • On line LM-33 into the township of Kaltenholzhausen
  • In the cross-network fare zones between VRN and RMV to
    • Hohensachsen and Lützelsachsen in the township of Weinheim
    • The town of Eberbach
    • The city of Worms (VRN tariff zone 43) in Rhineland-Palatinate
• And in Mainz (tariff zone 6500)

Validity period

Selection of starting date
yes, on the 1st day any calendar month for 12 successive months

Automatic renewal
In some cases - subscribed tickets will be automatically renewed for 12 additional months until the 18th birthday

Premature termination
yes, termination is possible at the end of any calendar month if notified at the latest by the 10th day of the respective calendar month Directly at a point of sale or In writing to the company that has issued the ticket

Terms of payment

One-time cash payment in advance
365.00 euros

Debit subscription

• One-time debit in advance: 365.00 euros
• 12 monthly debits of 31.00 euros each: 372.00 euros

Reimbursement by school route cost bearing authority
Persons whose ticket is issued or reimbursed by the school route cost bearing authority need not pay for the Schülerticket Hessen. The settlement and issue of student tickets in conjunction with the school route cost bearing authority (as per § 161 HSchG) are handled differently within the RMV. Please ask the relevant local education authority.

Other regulations

Data privacy protection
More information under Data protection information regarding the eTicket Hessen (only available in German)

Transportation and fare regulations

The following apply:

• In the RMV the im RMV die RMV Conditions of Carriage and the RMV Fare Regulations (only in German)
• The Common Fare Regulations for the Schülerticket Hessen (only in German)

Regulations for other transport companies in Hesse can be found

• On www.nvv.de/... for the NVV
• On www.vrn.de/... for the VRN