Hello,
We are planning to get the 49 Euro Deutschland Ticket for unlimited transportation for a month on regional trains and buses. Does anyone know if it includes ferries/boats on the Mosel and Rhine rivers? If not,how does one get tickets for the boats? We are going to Germany in September.
Posted by
Paradise
7072 posts
The €49 D-Ticket does not include cruise boats but does include some ferries.
...how does one get tickets for the boats?
For ferries, just walk up, show your D-Ticket, and if it's not accepted, pay the foot-passenger fee. It's about €2 each for the ferry crossings one way. Day Cruise prices vary depending on distance traveled. The most scenic segment (Rüdesheim or Bingen to St. Goar or St. Goarshausen) is roughly €20-€25...
Bingen-Rüdesheimer Cruises: €24 each.
https://www.bingen-ruedesheimer.de/linienfahrten/linie/loreley-cruise
KD Cruises: 20% discount at the Kiosk if you show the train ticket you used to reach the boarding town.
https://www.k-d.com/fileadmin/KD_Fahrplaene/KD_Fahrplan_intern_2024_web.pdf
I'm not certain that the D-Ticket earns you the cruise discount, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
Posted by
OP
35 posts
This is very helpful! Thank you!
Posted by
Bavaria
2480 posts
The Deutschlandticket includes all public Rhine ferries of the Rhine-Moselle transport association (VRM), i.e.: Linz-Krip, Remagen-Erpel, St. Goar-St. Goarshausen, Boppard-Filsen, Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein, Kaub (cf. https://www.vrminfo.de/fahrkarten/tickets/deutschlandticket/). It is not valid on tourist boats.
Posted by
Paradise
7072 posts
Oh, thanks for that, sla019. I must have wrongly assumed that the other ferry operators were on the same page with Bingen-Rüdesheimer (which will not accept it for theirs.)
https://www.bingen-ruedesheimer.de/rheinfaehren/personenfaehre/
I'll correct my previous post.
Posted by
Bavaria
2480 posts
Update 05/09/2024:
According to reports in the local press, the operators of the Boppard-Filsen and St. Goar - St. Goarshausen Rhine ferries have left the VRM because the reimbursements they received from the VRM for the DT for 2023 were nowhere near enough to cover the costs. I am afraid there will be more trouble with smaller carriers in the coming weeks.
Posted by
Alsenborn, Germany
1488 posts
Also note the Deutschland Pass does not cover the ferries if you drive on, only walking/bicycle.