We will be in Munich for 5 nights in December to visit the Christmas Markets. We would like to do a day trip to Regensburg and Nurnberg. With a Bayern ticket, can we get off in Regensburg for a few hours, then continue on to Nurnberg the same day with the same ticket?
Thanks for your help.
Yes, as long as Nuremberg is in the Bayern zone. Yesterday I went from Munich to Regensburg and then to Passau and then back to Munich all on the Bayern ticket, including the S bahn train from Hauptbanhof back to my hotel. It's a steal of a deal.
Yes, a Bayern ticket allows you to make unlimited journeys within Bavaria on the same day, as long as you stay off IC, EC, ICE or RJ express trains. It will also cover the Nuernberg and Munich U-Bahns, other city bus and tram services, and most country buses.
This scenario would not be practical in this case, since the Bayern-Ticket is cheaper, but if you bought a ticket from Munich to Nürnberg for a connection that has a stop in Regensburg, you can get off in Regensburg and spend as much time there as you want as long as you finish the journey by the end of the next day. For example, the RE that leaves the Starnbergerbhf (tracks 27-36) at 13:44 makes a stop in Regensburg.
You could also define a multi-train connection between Munich and Nürnberg with a change of trains in Regensburg, using the stopover function. With that ticket you could spend an indeterminate time in Regensburg. If you specified a stopover of 30 hours on the ticket you could always leave earlier.
