The Deutschland-Ticket is a personal season ticket valid throughout Germany and entitles the holder to unlimited use of all means of public transport. It is valid on regional trains (RE, RE, RB, S-Bahn) in 2nd car class. It is not valid on DB long-distance trains (IC, EC, ICE, ECE) and with other providers, such as FlixTrain.

The Deutschland-Ticket is available as a personal subscription at a price of 58,00 € per month.

The Deutschland-Ticket entitles you to use

• Regional trains (RE, IRE, RB, S-Bahn) in 2nd car class throughout Germany.
• Buses, streetcars and subway trains of the transport associations, state tariff companies or transport companies throughout Germany as well as ferry services, provided that these are part of the tariff of the transport association. The Deutschland-Ticket can also be used where association tariffs also apply in neighboring countries.

It is not valid on long-distance services operated by Deutsche Bahn (e.g. InterCity, ICE, EC) or other rail/ long-distance bus operators (e.g. FlixTrain/FlixBus).

The following applies in the RMV network area: A surcharge of 3,80 € must be paid for the AirLiner from Darmstadt to Frankfurt Airport. The surcharge tickets are available from the driving staff, the RMV advance sales offices of HEAG mobilo and in the HEAG mobilo app.

The sale of the Deutschland-Ticket takes place

• as a HandyTicket via the app RMVgo
• online via the RMV-TicketShop at www.rmv.de and
• by ordering with an order form at RMV sales outlets. Submission of the order form by the 10th of the month in order to be able to start in the following month.

The Deutschland-Ticket is only available as a personal subscription with monthly debit.

The purchase of a supplementary ticket for the transition to 1st class for the Deutschland-Ticket is possible according to the tariff regulations of the respective associations. In the RMV, a supplement to 1st class can only be purchased for journeys within the RMV area.

No IC surcharge can be purchased for the Deutschland-Ticket on RMV. The regulations on the IC surcharge can be found in the DB conditions of carriage.

The details of regulations for students and low-income earners are being clarified. We will inform you as soon as the results are available.

Customers who wish to purchase the Deutschland-Ticket must always be of full legal capacity.

As a parent, you can purchase a Deutschland-Ticket for your underage child. You can use the RMV-TicketShop or an order form for this. If you want to purchase the ticket via the RMVgo, you must use your meinRMV account and enter your child's name in the "Ticket holder" field during checkout. The subscription will be issued to the smartphone used for purchase. If your child has their own smartphone, you need to log in there with your account and purchase the subscription for your child. Your account must also remain logged in on your child's smartphone for continued use of the subscription

If you have handed in your order form at a DB sales office before the 10th of the month, you will receive your ticket in time for the beginning of the following month. If you still do not receive your ticket, please contact us by e-mail at abo-rmv@transdev.de. If you have handed in your order form at one of our local partners, here you will find your contact details.

A Schufa check is not carried out when purchasing a Deutschland-Ticket.

• When purchasing via the RMV TicketShop or the RMVgo app, the company Arvato conducts a credit check. This involves checking data from official insolvency publications and debtor registers of central enforcement courts. Information on non-contractual payment behavior based on judicial and extrajudicial collection measures is also included. In addition, Arvato uses personal data from inquiries by contractual partners and address service providers.
• When purchasing the Deutschland-Ticket at a sales office, the credit check depends on the decision of the respective company.

When purchasing, you must decide whether to use the Deutschland-Ticket in RMVgo or on the eTicket chip card. Unfortunately, it is not possible to transfer the season ticket from the chip card to RMVgo at a later date. If you wish to use your Deutschland-Ticket in RMVgo instead of the chip card in the future, you must first cancel your current subscription and then create a new subscription in RMVgo. If you do not cancel your Deutschland-Ticket subscription beforehand and purchase a new one in RMVgo, you will end up with two subscriptions.

If your Deutschland-Ticket is not visible in RMVgo under “My tickets”, please log out and log in again. You can find this function under the menu item “More” and then “My account”.

You can cancel the Deutschland-Ticket according to the tariff regulations by the 10th of any month, effective at the end of that month. Cancellation before the start of validity is not possible.

Deutschland-Ticket on a chip card:
If you purchased your Deutschland-Ticket on a chip card via the RMV-TicketShop, you can cancel it directly using the subscription cancellation form.

Purchase via the online portal of another contract partner or at an RMV sales office:
Please contact the responsible transport company or the RMV sales office directly. You can find contact information at the following link: simply select the desired city or district. Use the "Contact person" field to narrow your search to transport companies.

Deutschland-Ticket via RMVgo:
If you purchased your Deutschland-Ticket as a mobile ticket, you can cancel it directly in RMVgo: go to “My Tickets” then to “Deutschland-Ticket” and select “Cancel subscription”.
If the cancellation does not work in the app, please try logging out and logging in again. You will find this function under the menu item “More” and then “My Account”.

Here you can find the fare conditions for the Deutschland-Ticket.

*The Coordination Council of the Deutschland-Ticket decided on 07.10.2024 to increase the price of the D-Ticket by 9,00 € to 58,00 € euros per month as of 01.01.2025. Section 4, paragraph 1, sentence 1 of the tariff regulations for the D-Ticket was amended as follows The price for the Deutschland-Ticket subscription is 49,00 € until 31.12.2024 and 58,00 € euros per month from 01.01.2025 for monthly payment.

Yes! The statutory passenger rights in rail transport continue to apply.

The Deutschland-Ticket is issued personally for one user and is not transferable to other people.

• The Deutschland-Ticket does not include free transportation of bicycles and dogs nationwide. However, bicycles and dogs can be taken along free of charge within the RMV area. Outside the RMV area, the respective conditions of carriage of the transport associations, state tariff companies or transport companies apply.
• Children under the age of six continue to travel free of charge when accompanied. It is not possible to take persons six years and older free of charge.

Children under the age of six travel free of charge on public transport when accompanied and do not need a Deutschland-Ticket. Children over the age of six must purchase a ticket.

The Deutschland-Ticket is always valid for one person. Children under the age of six travel free of charge when accompanied.

With the Deutschland-Ticket, you can use RMV-OnDemand at a reduced rate. The basic fare does not apply, you only have to pay a comfort surcharge and the price per kilometer. To select the discounted fare in the app RMV@OnDemand, proceed as follows:

• When booking, tap the "1 passenger - edit" field and then tap the selected passenger.
• In this menu, you can select the discount reasons.
• You can find out the exact prices from the respective project partners (see under "Where can I ride the on-demand shuttle").

It is possible to switch to the Deutschland-Ticket within the deadlines without any cost disadvantages. To do this, please contact the company within RMV that issued your annual pass - for example VGF or Transdev. You will find your contractual partner in the documents you received with your season ticket.

Note: You can also find the company's contact details here: "Local contact"  then to "Select district/city"  and then "Select contact: Transport company".

If you have an annual ticket (without subscription) and would like to switch to the Deutschland-Ticket, you must cancel your annual ticket with the company from which you purchased the annual ticket. You will not recieve a price disadvantage if you can prove that you have a Deutschland-Ticket subscription or order the Deutschland-Ticket directly when you cancel your annual ticket early.

Annual ticket (without subscription) on a chip card:

• You will find your contract partner in the documents you received with your Annual Pass.
• Note: You can also find the company's contact details here: "Local contact" then to "Select district/city" and then "Select contact: Transport company".

Annual pass (without subscription) via the RMVgo app:

• Please contact your HandyTicket contract partner, Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund Servicegesellschaft mbH, directly. You are also welcome to enter your customer request.

Get more information about the Deutschland-Ticket Job.

Both products are still valid throughout Hesse.

The student council's contract with the RMV remains valid. 

However, those who use an RMV semester ticket can purchase an upgrade for the Deutschland-Ticket. The upgrade option for the Deutschland-Ticket has now been introduced at all participating universities. All students should have been informed about this by your university or AStA by now. Students only have to pay the difference between the price of their semester ticket and that of the Deutschland-Ticket. The responsible transport associations are responsible for handling this.

All information on the discounted Deutschland-Ticket for eligible persons is available at www.rmv.de/hessenpass-mobil.

If you receive citizen's benefit, housing benefit, welfare benefits or are an asylum seeker, you are entitled to the discounted Deutschland-Ticket with the Hessenpass mobil. In order to receive this ticket at the beginning of the month, the order form must be submitted together with the credentials (Hessenpass mobil) to the address stated on the order form or to a sales office by the 10th of the previous month.

• If you already have a Deutschland-Ticket subscription, you must cancel it in RMVgo by the 10th of the month with effect from the end of the month.
• To do this, go to “My tickets” then to “Ticket detail view” and then “Cancel subscription” in RMVgo. Your subscription will then be terminated at the end of the month and will not be renewed.

Note: The discounted Deutschland-Ticket with Hessenpass mobil is only available as an eTicket on a chip card and can be purchased online in the RMV-TicketShop or using the order form. Further information can be found on the “Hessenpass mobil” page.