Do I need payment card identification for DB paper tickets?
EDIT: Answers have pointed out my information is outdated. Please read the answers before concluding anything from my question!
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DB famously accept only payment cards, not passports or national ID cards, as identification on the train. Such identification is a requirement for online tickets. Do I need such identification for paper tickets?
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Your information appears to be outdated:
The following means of identification are accepted during ticket inspection:
German ID card
German passport
Children's passport
Electronic residence permit
Asylum registration confirmation (BüMA),
European ID card
International passport
BahnCard (in accordance with the Conditions of Carriage, valid only in conjunction with a photo ID, which may have to be presented on occasion).
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Do you need to print DB tickets?
You will receive the digital ticket as a PDF file after booking and additionally by e-mail. In the next step, you can save the digital ticket as an online ticket (PDF) on your mobile device or load it into the DB Navigator app as a mobile phone ticket. It is no longer necessary to print the ticket.How can I validate my DB ticket?
Travel without ticket checks.How do you use paper tickets?
After booking, you can download the ticket. To do so, open the DB Navigator app on your phone and select "Tickets". Swipe the screen downwards to refresh the view. The ticket will now be downloaded.FAQ: Bank Identification Numbers
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Answer 2
The question you are linking to is outdated. Since October 1st 2016, you can use any passport or a national id card from an EEA country as identification when travelling with an online ticket.
For paper tickets bought from a ticket counter or a ticket machine, it depends on the type of ticket. Most tickets are not bound to a specific person, and for these you do not need any id at all. There are however several kinds of daily passes, like e.g. the Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket, which are bound to a specific person or persons. With these tickets, you usually have to write the name of the passengers on the paper ticket, and the passengers must be able to present a valid id to the ticket inspector.
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