Germany gives green light to new €49-a-month public transport ticket

Plan for ticket covering regional rail, metro, trams and buses across country follows success of €9 scheme last year

A follow-up to Germany’s immensely popular €9 (£7.90) monthly public transport ticket scheme has been given the green light in the Bundestag, in a move aimed at getting passengers to switch to greener forms of transport.

Parliamentarians on Thursday voted to approve plans to introduce a €49-a-month ticket covering regional rail, metro, trams and bus travel across Germany.