Bayern/Bavaria Ticket purchased is valid only for the itinerary mentioned?
I have purchased a Bayern Ticket to use in Munich for a day of travel from Munich Hbf to Neuschwanstein castle and back.
I missed ticking the "local transport" option while booking and have obtained a ticket without the buses included in the itinerary obtained. The Bayern ticket reads:
Gilt 1 Tag ab 09:00 Uhr bis 03:00 Uhr des Folgetages. Sa und So, am 15. August sowie an den in ganz Bayern gültigen gesetzlichen Wochenfeiertagen bereits ab 0:00 Uhr Gilt für beliebig viele Fahrten im Geltungsbereich in Nahverkehrszügen der DB AG (IRE, RE, RB, S) und der teilnehmenden Nichtbundeseigenen Eisenbahnen sowie in teilnehmenden Verkehrsverbünden
which translated as
Applies one day from 09:00 clock until 03:00 clock the following day. Sat and Sun , on August 15, as well as the valid throughout Bavaria legal Week holidays already from 0:00 Clock Valid for unlimited travel within the scope in local trains of the DB AG ( IRE , RE , RB , S ) and the participating non-federally owned railways and in participating transport associations"
Can I still go ahead and use this ticket for any trains/buses between Munich Hbf and Hohenschwangau outside this itinerary printed on the ticket or I am bound to it?
The Bayern ticket as I read applies to all public transport within Bavaria for the indicated time, but having an itinerary printed is getting me confused.
Best Answer
The exact validities of the BayernTicket are not well documented. The DB page (in German) says verbatim:
Mit dem Bayern-Ticket und dem Bayern-Ticket Nacht können Sie in allen Nahverkehrszügen aller Eisenbahnunternehmen und allen Verbundverkehrsmitteln (S-, U-, Straßenbahn, Bussen) mitfahren. Außerdem können Sie fast alle Linienbusse in Bayern nutzen. Zudem gilt Ihr Bayern-Ticket auch auf ausgewählten Strecken benachbarter Bundesländer und Österreichs – Details dazu finden Sie hier. [link removed]
This translates to:
You can travel with all regional trains of all railway companies and all transport associations (S-trains [suburban], undergrounds, trams, buses) with the Bayern-Ticket and the Bayern-Ticket Nacht. Furthermore, you can use almost all scheduled public buses in Bavaria. Moreover, your Bayern-Ticket is also valid on selected routes in neighbouring states and Austria — details can be found here. [link removed]
This seems to conflict with what it says on the ticket, don’t ask me why. A list of the buses you cannot use can be found here. The list is very short considering that you are allowed to use every other scheduled regional bus. It basically boils down to a few where an extra toll fee is required, that are operated by nominally private companies and a few other weirdities. Most importantly for a trip from Munich to Neuschwanstein: All buses that you will reasonably encounter on the way are covered.
The itinerary you got is just for your information. With a flatrate ticket like the BayernTicket, you can do anything. For example, rather than taking the route via Buchloe and Kaufbeuren to Füssen by train, you may choose to pass by Lake Starnberg to Weilheim by train and then do the rest of the trip to Neuschwanstein on a bus through the Pfaffenwinkel. You can also decide that the Allgäu is boring (no, don’t do that ;) ) and visit Salzburg, Nuremberg, Sonneberg in Thuringia or Aschaffenburg instead.
The most important things you need to be aware of: - Do not take long-distance trains (ICE, IC, EC, RJ) - Put all the travellers’ names on the ticket (otherwise it will be invalid).
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Does Bayern Ticket need validated?
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