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German Rail Pass

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GERMAN RAIL PASS
conditions and general information 2010

1 ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS

German Rail Passes may be issued to anyone permanently residing outside Europe, the Russian Federation and Turkey. Residents of overseas territorial regions or territories of European States are eligible. U.S. and Canadian military personnel stationed in Europe are considered to be American and Canadian residents respectively and are entitled to buy a German Rail Pass.

2 THE GERMAN RAIL PASS OFFER

General description of the product
The German Rail Pass is a pass which, depending on the category and validity chosen, gives the customer the right to travel throughout Germany in trains operated by DB.
There are “Twin” and “Youth” versions of the basic German Rail Pass. For specific conditions see the following section.
All German Rail Passes are "flexi" passes which entitle the holder to a specified number of days of travel within a period of 1 month. The tickets used for these products are printed with a calendar.

German Rail Passes also entitle the holder to free travel or price reductions (BONUSES) on the lines of our bonus partners in Germany (see Annex B). All passes are subject to the conditions of use as set out in Article 8. Passholders may benefit from bonuses during the validity period of the pass once the pass has been validated.

The German Rail Pass range:

German Rail Pass for a “flexible” number of travel days to be chosen within 1 month, available for both 1st AND 2nd class. Children between 6 and up to including 11 on the first day of validity of the pass pay half the price:
3 days
4 days
5 days
6 days
7 days
8 days
9 days
10 days

German Rail Twin Pass for a “flexible” number of travel days to be chosen within 1 month, available for both 1st AND 2nd class for a party of 2 travellers travelling together. Depending on the issuance the names and passport numbers of the two persons are either printed on the pass or on a separate control voucher. There is only one pass issued:
3 days
4 days
5 days
6 days
7 days
8 days
9 days
10 days


German Rail Youth Pass for a “flexible” number of travel days to be chosen within 1 month, available only for 2nd class and only for young people not having reached the age of 26 on the first day of validity of the Youth Pass:
3 days
4 days
5 days
6 days
7 days
8 days
9 days
10 days


3 PURCHASE OF A GERMAN RAIL PASS

The German Rail Pass may be purchased maximum six months before the first day of validity.

4 VALIDATION OF PASSES

The holder him/herself chooses the day on which the validity of the pass will begin. This date together with the last date of validity, is entered on the pass either by the Issuing Office, or by a DB station window, before the passenger takes the train for the first time. An inspector on international trains may also validate a pass when the holder of the German Rail Pass arrives in Germany in a train from abroad. In that case, the starting date for validity to be shown on the pass is the date on which it is inspected.

The passenger is not allowed to validate his/her pass by him/herself.

In the following, a “validated pass”, is understood to be a pass showing:
• the first and last day of the validity period,
• the number of the passport (or travel document substituting a passport)
• the stamp of the station which validated the pass if it was originally issued with an open date.

The pass must be validated in blue or black ink using a fountain or ballpoint pen.

The passenger may not begin his first journey before 00:00h (0:00am) on the first day of validity of his pass. The last journey must end at the latest at 24h00h (12:00pm) of the last day of validity of the pass. The date and time taken into account are those stated in the official timetables for arrival at the destination station.

A passenger whose pass has not been validated and who has not entered the date
of travel in the box provided on the calendar on his/her pass before beginning his
journey, must pay a fine equal to € 50.



5 USING THE PASS

The German Rail Pass entitles the holder to travel throughout Germany on trains operated by DB.
All German Rail Passes, with the exception of the “Youth” offer (see Article 4) may be issued for travelling in 1st or 2nd class. A pass issued for 1st class allows free travel also in 2nd class.

All German Rail Passes and Twin Passes issued for 2nd class and the Youth Passes are valid for travel in 2nd class only. If a holder wants to travel in a higher class, he/she must pay the difference between the price of a 1st class ticket and that of a 2nd class ticket at the full fare for the journey concerned before the trip starts.
Holders of German Rail Passes may choose the days of travel at their own convenience. The passholder must enter the date of each travel day on the pass before boarding the first train of that day. This date must be entered by the traveller in unerasable blue or black ink or with an unerasable blue or black ballpoint pen in the corresponding box on the calendar. Dates must be inserted in sequential order in the following manner, for example: May 27 = 27. 05
Passholders can travel from midnight until midnight on the selected day. If the trip starts on board a direct overnight train departing after 19:00h (7:00pm), the next day’s date must be entered; travel between 19:00h (7:00pm) and 24:00h (12:00pm) on the day of departure is then included. However travel can never begin before 00:00h (0:00am) on the first day of validity and must be completed at the latest by 24:00h (12:00pm) on the last day of validity.

Use of high speed and quality trains / Excluded trains

The German Rail Pass exempts the holder from paying a surcharge on German high speed and quality day trains such as ICE*, IC or EC. Passholders have free access to these trains, reservations are however recommended during peak travel times.
*) Exception: ICE Sprinter trains with compulsory reservation and supplement for special on-board service.
The German Rail Pass offer is not valid on DB Autozug (Car carrying trains), chartered trains, private steam trains, narrow-gauge railways and museum railways.

Payment of additional charges

The holder must pay other charges and supplements, in particular, those levied for:
o seat reservations (sometimes including services routinely offered and/or compulsory)
o the use of overnight accommodation, f.ex. on City Night Line trains (sleeperettes, couchettes, berths),
o other services offered on board trains (meals, beverages, etc.).

With regard to the transport of luggage, holders of a German Rail Pass are subject to the
same conditions as holders of ordinary tickets.



GERMAN RAIL PASS AID OFFICES

GERMANY

Reisezentrum Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Mon-Sun: 06.00am – 10.00pm

EurAide Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Reisezentrum (lower level)(
Mon-Fri : 11.00 am – 07.00 pm
(in summer extended hours; closed
January and February)

Reisezentrum Berlin Südkreuz
Mon-Fri : 06.00am – 10.00pm
Sat+Sun: : 07.00am – 09.00pm

Reisezentrum Berlin Zoologischer Garten
Mon-Fri : 06.00am – 10.00pm
Sat+Sun: : 07.00am – 09.00pm

Reisezentrum Flughafen Berlin Schönefeld (Berlin Schoenefeld Airport)
Mon-Fri : 05.30am – 09.00pm
Sat/Sun : 08.30am – 09.00pm

Reisezentrum Bonn Hbf
Mon-Fri :06.30am – 09.00pm
Sat/Sun :08.00am – 08.00pm

Reisezentrum Köln Hbf (Cologne)
Mon-Fri : 06.00am - 10.00pm
Sat/Sun: : 07.00am – 09.00pm

Reisezentrum Köln/Bonn Flughafen (Cologne/Bonn Airport)
Terminal 2
Mon-Fri : 08.30am – 08.00pm
Sat/Sun: : 10.00am – 06.00pm

Reisezentrum Düsseldorf Hbf
Mon-Sun : 05.45am - 11.00pm

Reisezentrum Düsseldorf Flughafen (Duesseldorf Airport)
Mon-Sun : 06.45am – 10.15pm

Reisezentrum Dresden Hbf
Mon-Fri : 05.45am - 09.00pm
Sat-Sun : 07.00am – 09.00pm

Reisezentrum Frankfurt am Main Hbf
(Frankfurt Central Station)
Mon-Sun : 06.00am – 10.00pm
Sat+Sun : 07.00am – 10.00pm

Reisezentrum Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof AND Regiobahnhof
(Frankfurt Airport)
Mon-Sun: 06.00am - 10.00pm

Reisezentrum Hamburg Hbf
Mon-Fri : 06.00am – 09.30pm
Sat+Sun : 08.00am – 09.00pm

Reisezentrum Hannover Hbf
Mon-Fri : 06.00am – 09.30pm
Sat+Sun : 08.00am – 09.30pm

Reisezentrum Heidelberg Hbf
Mon-Fri : 07.00am - 08.00pm
Sat+Sun : 09.00am – 07.00pm

Reisezentrum Kaiserslautern Hbf
Mon-Fri : 07.00am – 07.00pm
Sat+Sun : 10.00am – 04.00pm

Reisezentrum Lahr (Schwarzwald)
Mon-Fri : 07.30am – 05.30pm

Reisezentrum Leipzig Hbf
Mon-Fri : 06.00am - 10.00pm
Sat+Sun : 07.00am – 10.00pm

Reisezentrum München Hbf (Munich)
Mon-Fri : 07.00am – 09.00pm

EurAide München Hbf (Munich)
Reisezentrum
Mon-Fri : 11.00 am – 07.00 pm
(in summer extended hours; closed
January and February)

Reisezentrum München Flughafen (Munich Airport)
Mon-Sun : 07.30am – 10.00pm

Reisezentrum Stuttgart Hbf
Mon-Sun : 06.00am – 10.00pm

GREAT BRITAIN
German Rail
UK Booking Centre
Surbiton KT6 6UB
Phone : 08702 43 53 63
Mon-Fri :09.00am – 05.00pm
Sat+Sun :09.00am – 01.00pm

FRANCE

Deutsche Bahn France
Voyages & Tourisme, S.a.r.l.
20, rue Laffitte
75009 Paris
train@dbfrance.fr

SWITZERLAND

Reisezentrum Basel Bad Bf
Mon-Fri: 06.15am – 08.00pm
Sat+Sun: 07.50am – 07.00pm

Opening hours and contact addresses may change without prior notice.


GERMAN RAIL PASS BONUSES

FREE TRANSPORTATION
German Rail Pass holders are granted free transportation on boats of the Köln-Düsseldorfer Rheinschiffahrt AG (KD Rhine Line):

• on the river Rhine between Cologne and Mainz
• on the river Moselle between Koblenz and Cochem

except on boats making cruises of several days between Basel and Rotterdam or between Koblenz and Trier.

Köln-Düsseldorfer Rheinschifffahrt AG
Frankenwerft 35
50667 Köln
Germany
www.k-d.de

DISCOUNTS
German Rail Pass holders are granted the following discounts:


Lake of Constance
• 50% reduction on all steamer routes operated by Bodenseeschifffahrtsbetriebe (BSB):


Europabus routes operated by Deutsche Touring GmbH
• 20% reduction on the “Romantic Road” route, Frankfurt am Main-Würzburg-Rothenburg o.d.T.-Füssen (seasonal traffic).

It is strongly advised to reserve seats about two working days in advance on-line at: www.romanticroadcoach.de or by addressing to:

Deutsche Touring GmbH
Am Römerhof 17
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Tel: ++ 49 69 790 30
Fax: ++ 49 69 790 32 19
www.deutsche-touring.com

For more information please contact www.romanticroad.de

Expressbus service Nürnberg – Praha and v.v. (Czech Republic)

This Expressbus runs 6 times a day with a travel time of 3 hours 50 min.

German Rail Pass holders need to buy a special ticket and a reservation. Special tickets and service supplements are available at the ticket windows of Prague or Nürnberg. In Czech Republic the special ticket and reservation are issued separately while in Germany the special ticket includes the reservation.


Bayerische Zugspitzbahn

• 10% reduction on round trip tickets

www.zugspitze.de