The Deutschlandticket Sozial

The Deutschlandticket Sozial is a subscription ticket (Aboticket) than can be cancelled each month and is available for an introductory price of 39 euros per month. It is valid throughout Germany on all local transport services. It can be used from 1 December 2023.

As with the regular Deutschlandticket, the Deutschlandticket Sozial can be used throughout Germany:

• On all networks and with all local transport companies.
• On all buses, trams, city trains, underground trains and suburban trains, regional trains and regional expresses, for 2^nd. class tickets.

The Deutschlandticket Sozial is not valid on long-distance trains (ICE, IC or EC) or for private providers such as, e.g. FlixTrain.

The ticket costs 48 euros (53 euros as of January 2026) per month. It is valid from the first day of the month on which your subscription begins.

The ticket can be cancelled each month: when you no longer require it, the Deutschlandticket Sozial can be cancelled free of charge by the 10^th. of each month to the end of the month. If it is not cancelled, it is renewed on a monthly basis.

Example: If you no longer wish to use your Deutschlandticket Sozial from the month of March, you should cancel it by 10^th. February.

Those in receipt of:

• Citizens’ Income (Bürgergeld) according to SGB II (Unemployment Benefit II) and Income Support (Sozialgeld).
• Benefits according to SGB XII for old age provision and in the event of reduced earnings capacity as well as current subsistence payments outside institutions (Income support/”Sozialhilfe”).
• Standard benefits according to the Asylum Seekers’ Act.
• War Victims‘ Welfare Benefits under the Federal Victims’ Welfare Act (Bundesversorgungsgesetz).
• Housing benefit recipients under the Housing Benefit Act (WoGG)

If you are uncertain:

Ask directly at your local authority in your town or city. You will also receive the required proof of entitlement (carrier card) or information regarding the purchase of a Deutschlandticket Sozial.

You can purchase the Deutschlandticket Sozial subscription from us with this entitlement cad.

It is worth buying the Deutschlandticket Sozial if you travel frequently by bus and train with the VRR (Rhine Ruhr public transport association) in NRW or also throughout Germany.

At the beginning of October, we sent letters with information to all subscribers of the SozialTicket. An amendment request form was attached - this can be sent to us by post (if required, with new proof of entitlement), or easily by email as a photo to deutschlandticket@rheinbahn.de

No, this is a personal ticket and is not transferable. Kindly always have valid photographic ID with you in case your ticket is inspected.

Children up to the age of 6 can generally travel free of charge. Nobody else can travel free with your Deutschlandticket or Deutschlandticket Sozial.

The Deutschlandticket Sozial does not entitle you to take a bicycle free of charge. If you wish to travel regularly with a bicycle, you can buy the new monthly ticket for bicycles or the bicycle subscription ticket (Aboticket) for an additional 29 euros per month. This is valid in conjunction with the Deutschlandticket Sozial or another Aboticket.

If you only wish to travel occasionally with a bicycle, it is sufficient to have a bicycle ticket (FahrradTicket) for the VRR, which is valid for 24 hours.