The Deutschland ticket costs 49 Euro a month and is only available as a subscription cancellable on a monthly basis.

The GVH is offering the Deutschland ticket with immediate effect by apply for subscription (available in German only). If you apply for the ticket by the 20th of a month, you can travel with it in the following month already.

Orders must be placed by the 20th of the previous month for the following month. (Example: For use from 01 October, an order must be placed by 20 September).

You can order the Deutschland ticket using apply for subscription (only available in German). The ticket is issued digitally via the Mein GVH app.

The details of functioning of the order are as follows:

• Conveniently order the Deutschland ticket using apply for subscription (only available in German).
• If not already done, download the Mein GVH app using the App Store (iOS) or Google Play Store (Android).
• Register on the Mein GVH app with the email given while ordering the Deutschland ticket.
• Log into the Mein GVH app. Your ticket will then be shown to you in the Mein GVH app at the latest 48 hours before the first day of validity.

Important: Please use the same email address for ordering and registration on the app so that we can assign your ticket.

You will find the step-by-step instructions here. (Available in German only.)

You can order the Deutschland ticket using apply for subscription (available in German only) on gvh.de. An existing GVH subscription can also be cancelled directly in the ordering process if desired. The ticket is issued digitally using the Mein GVH app. If you apply for the ticket by the 20th of a month, you can travel with it in the following month already.

The details of functioning of the order are as follows:

• Conveniently order the Deutschland ticket using apply for subscription (available in German only). Tick mark “Ich möchte mein bestehendes Abonnement kündigen” in the order process and enter your subscription number in the empty field.
• If not already done, download the Mein GVH app using the App Store (iOS) or Google Play Store (Android).
• Register on the Mein GVH app with the email given while ordering the Deutschland ticket.
• Log into the Mein GVH app. Your ticket will then be shown to you in the Mein GVH app at the latest 48 hours before the first day of validity

Important: Please use the same email address for ordering and registration on the app so that we can assign your ticket.

You will find the step-by-step instructions here. (Available in German only.)

You will find detailed, step-by-step instructions here. (Available in German only.) It explains how to order the Deutschland ticket and register on the Mein GVH app.

No. The Deutschland ticket can at present be ordered exclusively digitally through apply for subscription (available in German only) and can be used only with a Smartphone. Our GVH Customer Centre colleagues will be glad to help you with the ordering.

Those who have a Deutschland ticket can use all the offerings of public transportation across Germany. These include buses, trams, and regional trains throughout Germany, on-demand transportations such as sprinti in GVH and some of the ferries. It is applicable only to participating companies. Long-distance trains such as IC, ICE, and Flixtrain as well as purely tourist transportation such as cable cars cannot be used if they are not a part of the public transport. However, the Deutschland ticket is valid in IC/ICE on the Bremen main station – Norddeich Mole/Emden Außenhafen route.

The Deutschland ticket is also expected to be available as a smart card from the GVH during the first half of 2024.

In order to participate in the direct debit procedure for the Deutschlandticket subscription, the account holder must have a German SEPA bank account and be resident or ordinarily resident in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The previous subscription offerings in GVH, with the well-known rule on additional person (GVH subscribers can bring one adult and up to three children along with them for free, Mondays to Fridays after 07:00 p.m., and full days on weekends and holidays, instead of a person, you can as well take along a dog), will continue to be available. The Deutschland ticket does not offer this option. Hence, there is an additional offer for Euro 12 a month (valid only in GVH region in the ABC zones), which will enable the rule on additional persons in connection with a Deutschland ticket of GVH or another service provider. This is a single-sale ticket that is always valid for one calendar month (from 01 to the end of the month) and must be purchased anew each month. It is therefore not available as a subscription.

The Deutschland ticket is a subscription cancellable by the month. The corresponding tickets in subscription are always issued digitally on the Mein GVH app for a calendar month.

It may be that the email address provided when placing the order cannot be assigned to a corresponding account in the Mein GVH App. Therefore, make sure that you have registered in the Mein GVH App with the email address you provided when placing your order. You can find instructions here (available in German only).

The Deutschland ticket is displayed in the Mein GVH app ten days before the end of the month for the following month. If you have taken out your subscription valid as of 01 June, the ticket valid as of 01 July will usually be displayed in the app on 21 June.

No, the Deutschland ticket is valid exclusively in Germany (except for a few border transportations).

No, taking a cycle along with you is not possible anywhere on the Deutschland ticket. The respective provisions of the transport company or association are applicable for taking along a cycle with you. For example, there are times in GVH, when a cycle can be taken with you without another ticket (available in German only). Then this rule is applicable within the GVH even for those with the Deutschland ticket.

The respective provisions of the transport company or association in which you are travelling are applicable for taking along a dog / animal with you.

The following applies to the GVH (zones ABC): If you wish to transport an animal, you will need a valid Single ticket for children or Day ticket for children. You can also take a dog with you if you have an additional, transferable Monthlypass for one zone (B or C), regardless of the  zone(s) you cross.

As a rule, you can take live pets with you free of charge if they are no larger than a domestic cat and are transported in sealed containers the size of hand luggage.

You can transport dogs free of charge if they are a police dog, a guide dog for blind persons, a guide dog for disabled persons or a therapy dog and you can prove that you need to take the dog with you.

No, the Deutschland ticket cannot be transferred to another person, it is personalised. Accompanying persons always require their own ticket.

The BahnCard 100 is considered equivalent to the Deutschland ticket in local transport from 01.05.2023. Therefore, BahnCard 100 holders do not need an additional ticket.

The BahnCard 25 and BahnCard 50 are not considered for Deutschland ticket and they also do not serve as a ticket in the context of Deutschland ticket.

No, you cannot take along any other persons with you on the Deutschland ticket. Any accompanying persons must obtain their own ticket unless they are children below 6 years of age. The GVH does offer a separate ticket for 12 euros per month, which includes the usual rules of GVH on additional persons for journeys exclusively within the GVH zone (ABC zones). This is a single-sale ticket that is valid from the 1st of the month until the end of the month and must be purchased again each month. It is therefore not available on a subscription basis. The ticket is only valid together with a valid Deutschland ticket (whether from the GVH or another seller). It is available via the Mein GVH app or at the GVH Customer Centre.

The Deutschland ticket entitles you for the use of 2nd class only GVH offers an upgrade for a price of 70,80 Euro with the Monthly ticket 1st class surcharge for Deutschland ticket. This ticket is available in the Mein GVH app or in the GVH Customer Centre. It can be used in the 1st class within the fare zones ABC in GVH in conjunction with a Deutschland ticket bought from GVH or another service provider. The surcharge ticket is not available in subscription. It has to be purchased again every month. An additional one-way or day ticket, 6-person one-way or day ticket, or group day-ticket of the zones to be travelled in conjunction with a Deutschland ticket also entitles you to the use of 1st class in GVH for the duration of up to one day. The option of a surcharge for use of 1st Class across Germany is not offered at present.

Four prerequisites must be fulfilled:

• You have a Smartphone or Tablet (at least iOS V14.5 or Android 8 Oreo) on which, you can use the Mein GVH app.
• You have completed at least 16 years of age.
• You have a personal email address, which you use for ordering the Deutschland ticket using apply for subscription as well as your registration on the Mein GVH app. The email address shall be required for the proper assignment of your Deutschland ticket.
• As the contracting partner, you are an adult, are resident in Germany and possess a european bank account, which is approved for a SEPA direct debit.

Yes, that can be done. The order for the Deutschland ticket through "apply for subscription" must always be placed by an adult (at least 18 years old, for example, a guardian), so that full legal capacity is guaranteed.

You can then declare in the “Nutzer:in” field under personal data that the ticket holder is not the contracting partner and tick: “Fahrkarte ist für eine andere Person”. Enter that person’s data, to whom the ticket should be issued. It is important here that the email address of the user has to match with the email address in the "Mein GVH app" so that the ticket can be shown. If there is a different user for a Deutschlandticket product for which proof of eligibility is required (e.g. Deutschlandticket Hannover social), the proof of eligibility of the user must be uploaded in the order process.

If the alternative user is older than 16 years of age, you can register independently in the "My GVH App" with the e-mail address given when ordering online via ‘Abo beantragen’, and use the ticket.

If the deviating user is under 16 years of age, a parent or guardian can register in the "My GVH App" and place the online order. Please make sure that you use the same e-mail address for both the order and the registration. Please also ensure that you use an email address that you have not already used for another order (e.g., for yourself).

In principle, it is possible to change an e-mail address subsequently. However, as your email address must be identical when ordering and registering, it is not sufficient to change the e-mail address independently in the Mein GVH App, it must match the e-mail address when ordering. Therefore, please contact your colleagues at the GVH Customer Centre via email to info@gvh.de to change data. Please also note that the change will take about two working days.

No, the Deutschland ticket is a personalised ticket and therefore, can be used exclusively by one person. Taking along additional persons is also not possible with a simple Deutschland ticket. It is of course possible to continue with your existing subscription if you prefer. Then you don’t have to do anything; your subscription shall continue with the current conditions.

The Deutschland ticket is not available as a monthly ticket in individual sale, but only with subscription. However, if at any time you should not wish to continue using the Deutschland ticket, you have the option to cancel your subscription monthly.

If you already have a Deutschland ticket subscription with another service provider and would now like to switch to GVH, you should cancel your existing subscription. It is necessary to follow the respective specific termination periods or modalities. The Deutschland ticket can then be purchased from GVH as Described.

The Deutschland ticket is also available as Job-ticket. As an additional discount provider, the Hannover Region also offers a “Deutschland ticket Hannover Job” for Euro 365 a year as well as the “Deutschland ticket Hannover Job-ticket 100” through the GVH. With the relevant contributions from the employer and discounts of GVH, employees can even travel at zero cost with this variant. Both the offers are directed at employees with place of work in Hannover region. Employees, please directly contact your employer for the current status.

You can find more information about the Deutschland ticket as a jobticket here.

If you have got the Region-S card from Hannover region, the Deutschland ticket is useful for you also at a discount. Apart from the Day ticket S (children) and the Monthly pass S, now there is also the “Deutschland ticket Hannover social” with a validity across Germany at Euro 30.40 per month in subscription, i.e., Euro 365 a year for you.

You can now order it through apply for subscription. If you apply for the ticket by the 10th of a month, you can travel with it in the following month already. A relevant proof of the person for whom the Deutschlandticket is (photo / scanned copy of personal Region-S card), must be uploaded at the time of ordering.

The Day ticket S, Day ticket S children, and monthly pass S for Region-S card holders will continue to be offered.

The Deutschland ticket is also available for holders of the Lower Saxony volunteer pass living in the Hannover region for a price of 30.40 Euro per month in subscription, i.e., 365 Euro a year. A relevant proof (photo / scanned copy of personal volunteer pass) must be uploaded at the time of ordering.

You can now order it through apply for subscription. If you apply for the ticket by the 10th of a month, you can travel with it in the following month already.

If you have a valid Semester ticket GVH, then you now have the option to be able to use the local transport all over Germany with an upgrade. You can now order it through apply for subscription. A relevant proof (photo / scanned copy of the latest personal enrolment certificate) must be uploaded at the time of ordering.

No, an extra Deutschland ticket for children is not on the cards right now. However, the standard tickets of the respective transport associations will continue to be offered so that other locally valid tickets other than the Deutschland ticket can also be purchased. Children under 6 years of age always accompany free of charge.

More discounts in conjunction with the Deutschland ticket, for example, for school students or senior citizens are not planned at present.