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Season ticket list wanted?

Posted by (Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany) on

Would a list of season tickets (weekly/monthly) for major European public transportation systems be of interest for fellow forumites? The usual routine is: charge a lot on single tickets and offer cheap options for locals/long stays. So I have started compiling a list already. An entry would look like the one I'll post as a reply.
Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions?

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Michael: Ricks' book usually have a lot of information about tickets and short term passes. I don't need that information duplicated. I'd be interested, however, in any passes he doesn't discuss. For instance, when I went to Budapest, his book included passes up to a week. I was staying 10 days (with side trips). It turns out there are passes for 2 and 4 weeks and even longer, and these require a photo (shorter ones don't). I found the info elsewhere (including the Hungarian name for a "2 week pass," which I'm glad I had written down as the seller didn't speak English), but even then I didn't know how to buy the photo card and holder (luckily, the seller figured out that I'd need this help). In Prague, there are similar longer passes that Rick didn't mention, but these were all displayed by the ticket seller and didn't require a photo, so it was easy. In Amsterdam, he has info about single tickets and multi-day passes, as well as the Personal OV-Chipkaart that residents with bank accounts can get. But he didn't explain about the Anonymous OV-Chipkaart, which I found on TripAdvisor. It wouldn't be a good deal for most people, but it was great for me (it's valid anywhere in Holland, and although it costs 7.50 euros to purchase, the per-ride cost is about a euro). So, that's three cities (Budapest, Prague, and Amsterdam) where I know there are passes Rick didn't mention in his books, that I would have liked to know about. And for two of them, had I relied only on his book, I would have missed out on a good deal for me.

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This is what I compiled so far London http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14416.aspx weekly monthly weekly Travelcard (flexible) monthly Travelcard Zone 1 - 2 £29.20 £112.20 Zone 1 - 3 £34.20 £131.40 Zone 1 - 4 £41.80 £160.60 Zone 1 - 5 £49.80 £191.30 Paris http://www.ratp.fr/fr/ratp/c_21137/forfaits-navigo-mois-et-semaine/ weekly monthly Navigo semaine (calendar week Mo-Sun only) Navigo mois(calendar months 1st-31st only) zones 1 - 2 €19,15 €62,90 zones 1 - 3 €24,85 €81,50 zones 1 - 4 €30,25 €99,60 zones 1 - 5 €33,90 €111,50 Lyon http://www.tcl.fr/Tarifs-et-abonnements/S-abonner weekly monthly pass hebdo pass partout €16,60 €55,00 Toulouse http://www.tisseo.fr/les-tarifs/la-gamme weekly (flexible) monthly (flexible) €13,30 €43,80 Wien http://www.wienerlinien.at/eportal/ep/channelView.do/pageTypeId/9083/channelId/-31756 weekly monthly Wochenkarte (calendar week Mo-Sun only) Monatskarte (calendar months 1st-31st only) €15,00 €45,00 *transferable except those bought at the online shop Roma http://www.atac.roma.it/index.asp?lingua=ENG weekly weekly CIS (Carta Integrata Settimanale) Integrato Mensile Ordinario (Im)personale €16,00 €30,00 €46,00 (transferable version) Milano http://www.atm-mi.it/it/ViaggiaConNoi/Abbonamenti/Pagine/Abbonamentiurbani.aspx weekly (calendar week) monthly (calendar month)
Abbonamento settimanale Abbonamento mensile €11,30 €30,00

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Berlin http://www.bvg.de/index.php/en/17183/name/Weekly%2C+Monthly+and+Annual+Tickets.html weekly (flexible) monthly (both flexible and calendar month versions) VBB Eco Ticket 7-day VBB Eco Ticket monthly Berlin AB €27,20 €74,00 Berlin ABC €33,50 €91,00 Berlin ABC +1 county €39,60 €120,00 Hamburg http://www.hvv.de/en/tickets/weekly-monthly-tickets/standard-season-tickets/ weekly (flexible) monthly (flexible) 2 zones €15,50 €58,90 4 zones €24,75 €94,05 6 zones €37,25 €141,55 München http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/static_languages/en/home/tickets/ticketoffers/isarcard/index.html weekly (calendar week Mo-Sun only) monthly (calendar months 1st-31st only) IsarCard weekly IsarCard monthly 4 circles €17,60 €64,20 8 circles €28,50 €104,00 12 circles €39,10 Madrid weekly monthly Tourist Travel Pass Travel Card zones A €33,40 €51,30 zones B1 €59,80 zones B2 €67,60 zones B3 €77,00 Barcelona http://www.tmb.cat/en/bitllets-i-tarifes 50 journeys in 30 consecutive days monthly (flexible) 1 zone €37,00 €50,00 2 zones €62,15 €73,5
3 zones €87,20 €99,5 there is a transferable 70 journey within 30 consecutive ticket as well

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Moskva Metro http://engl.mosmetro.ru/pages/page_0.php?id_page=8 20 rides 60 rides rubles520 rubles1245 Metro travel card (calendar months) rubles1230 30 days smart card (flexible) rubles1710 the huge Metro system does not know zones, one ride is from entering the system until leaving it Bus/Trolleybus/Tram http://www.mosgortrans.ru/?id=516 20 rides 60 rides rubles375 rubles750 30 days smart card (flexible) rubles840 combined ticket for all 4 modes of public transport (max 70 rides on metro) for 1 calendar month rubles2380 Sankt Peterburg Metro http://www.metro.spb.ru/pricetickets.html 20 rides 50 rides rubles400 rubles950 Metro travel card (calendar months) rubles1195 the huge Metro system does not know zones, one ride is from entering the system until leaving it Budapest http://www.bkv.hu/en/travel_cards http://www.bkv.hu/en/14_day_and_monthly_passes weekly (flexible) monthly (flexible) 7-day travel card Monthly Budapest pass Budapest area forint4600 forint9,800 14 day pass available as well Praha http://www.dpp.cz/en/fares-in-prague/ monthly (calendar month) Praha area korun550 Bruxelles/Brussels Amsterdam http://en.gvb.nl/service_en_verkoop/reisproducten/Pages/Reisproducten.aspx weekly (flexible) monthly (flexible) GVB only €31.00? €81.00 Warszawa 3 days (flexible) monthly (flexible) Zone 1 zloty24,00 zloty90,00
Zone 1 - 2 zloty38,00 zloty156,00 Athina http://www.amel.gr/index.php?id=374&L=1 weekly (flexible) monthly (flexible) €14,00 €45

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