Deutsche Bahn revolutionizes ticket sales: easier to other European countries!

Deutsche Bahn revolutionizes ticket sales: easier to other European countries!

Deutsche Bahn has announced that it is to make it clear from the autumn 2025 of the booking of international train tickets. Travelers are said to be able to book cross -border trips in Europe as easily as national trips. The first step in this direction provides for the integration of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Other partner railways have been planned for the coming months, and an almost nationwide integration will be sought by the end of 2026. This reports Travelvor9 .

The planned connection to the European interface OSDM (Open Sales and Distribution Model) is intended to standardize the currently fragmented booking system. In the future, travelers can book international trips via Bahn.de or the DB Navigator in one step, even if neither the starting nor the destination station in Germany is. This change aims to significantly facilitate the booking process for cross -border train trips. Currently, travelers often have to buy several tickets for a trip, which is cumbersome. In the future, such multiple bookings should only be necessary in exceptional cases, as Tagesschau reports.

advantages for travelers

A central advantage of this new regulation is uniform passenger rights that will result from integration into a common booking system. Currently travelers often lose their right to replacement in separately booked tickets if they miss their connection due to late trains. This will be a thing of the past with the new solution.

In addition, Deutsche Bahn plans a price and offer offensive in summer. From mid-June, the super saving price for short routes will be reduced from 9.99 to 6.99 euros. In addition, young travelers under the age of 27 benefit from cheaper BahnCard 50 tariffs, and by the end of September, BahnCard users can take a traveler at the discount price. FLEXPRISE BUBGER can look forward to a 20 percent discount from mid-June to the end of July if you book your tickets more than 28 days in advance.

EU standard and concerns

parallel to the efforts of Deutsche Bahn, the EU is working on a reform of ticket sales in rail traffic. A legislative proposal for a central system is intended to standardize ticket sales. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen underlines that the goal is that Europeans can acquire a single ticket via a platform. However, Michael Peterson from Deutsche Bahn expresses concerns about possible new standards that could be prescribed by the EU. These could bring additional costs and time expenditure, which could make it difficult to implement the OSDM system.