Showing posts with label public transport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public transport. Show all posts

Monday, May 31, 2010

public transport in Berlin

Here are a few hints, I looked up today, and that may be valid for a couple of weeks or months.
No warranties at all!!!
In case of doubt or for further information, pls refer to the BVG Tickets+Fares home page: www.bvg.de/index.php/en/ / Tickets+Fares !
  • There are 3 "tariff zones" in Berlin. For simplicity assume, you will always only be traveling within zones A and B aka "A+B" aka "AB".
  • Single trip tickets "A+B" cost EUR 2.10. 4-trip tickets (or any kind of "n-trip tickets") are not cheaper than single trip tickets, but you have less hastle with 4-trip tickets.
  • Single trip tickets are valid for 2 hours, they are strictly "one direction only", at least certainly no loops involved.
  • A "day pass Berlin AB" costs EUR 6.10, obviously it's worth going for a day pass, if you think, you would need at least 3 tickets per day.
  • There is a "Berlin WelcomeCard (5 days)" (basically a 5-days-ticket to "Berlin AB" plus a few vouchers, whose usefullness I cannot assign a proper value to so far) for EUR 29.90. (There exist a few variations of that as well ..., have a look here, if you want so!)
  • A simple regular 7-days-pass costs EUR 26.20. (I rather recommend that one, if you don't stay longer than 5 days.)
  • I also recommend you get tickets at a vending machine or at "info points" like at Tegel Airport, not on the bus.
  • Ticket machines usually accept cash and  Maestro cards, no credit cards at all.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

traveling on public transport using an iPhone

In Hamburg (Germany) you can use mobil.hvv.de, in Berlin (Germany) you can use mobil.bvg.de.
For Berlin there also exists a very nice iPhone app by the name of fahrinfo, which I really make use of a lot.