Rheinland-Pfalz Ticket

As of Dec 12, they've changed the price structure on the Rheinland-Pfalz-Ticket. It's now €21 for the first person and €3 each for each additional person. So, for five people, it's €21 for the first person and €12 more for persons 2-5, €33 total. It's good for unlimited travel on all regional trains and most buses in Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland, which includes everything between the Rhein River and France almost down to Bonn (Bonn is actually included as a border station). As usual, someone must sign the RL-P-Ticket and be with the group at all times. You can get all of the schedules on the German Rail website. The RL-P-Ticket is valid from 9 AM workdays and all day weekend days. BTW, if you were staying in St. Goar rather than Bacharach, you could use a VRM (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel) Minigruppen Tageskarte for €20 for five people. The VRM extends down the Rhein to the border with NordRhein-Westfalen (just below Remagen), up the Mosel to Bullay (a little beyond Cochem) and up the Rhein to Oberwesel (last stop before Bacharach).

Here's a map of the rail lines for Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland (also covered by the R-P ticket.) You can travel to the "yellow-dot" cities just outside the region too - Bonn in the north, Wiesbaden to the east, and Karlsruhe to the south. www.vrminfo.de/fileadmin/data/pdf/2011/RPTicket-Karte.pdf

Here is another look at the track plan for validity of the RL-P Ticket. Note it is valid to Mannheim and Karlsruhe as well as on the route between them on the right bank of the Rhein.

THANK YOU!!! Those are exactly what I was lookin for. Christine