Rules for using the Regional Day Tickets in Germany [Länder-Tickets] say they can be used from 9am on Mon-Fri. Does this mean that you cannot use it to ride on a train that leaves at 8:58am? Realizing the importance of rules in Germany, I'm guessing that the rule applies to the time the train leaves the station where you board--and not to the time when the tickets are checked.
Posted by
Green Bay
21163 posts
If the train leaves at 8:58, you are in violation, but there may be ways around this. For instance. there is an 8:55 Meridian train from Munich Hbf to Salzburg. Although you can't ride that one with a Bayern Ticket, you can buy a single ride S-bahn ticket to Munich Ostbahnhof. The train leaves the Ostbahnhof at 9:05, so now it is OK for a Bayern ticket. So look at buying a ticket to as far as the train goes to get to 9 am, then the laender ticket kicks in.
Posted by
Rick Steves' Europe
16895 posts
Sam's advice sounds like your best bet, if you'd rather not depart an hour later.
Posted by
OP
2 posts
Thank you! A good idea and good advice.
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19274 posts
I think Sam's response might have been vague.
You don't have to take the S-Bahn to Ost to catch the regional train to Salzburg at 9:06. With the MVV 1 zone ticket, at 2,60€, you can board any train to Ostbahnhof, including the RE that leaves the Hbf at 8:55. At Ost, you don't change trains, just tickets.
Going the other direction, to Füssen, the RE that leaves the Hbf at 8:53, gets to Pasing at 8:59 and leaves at 9:00. Same thing. You can buy an MVV ticket to Pasing at 2,60€ and get on the RE at the Hbf. At Pasing, you don't change trains, just tickets.