[AGF Aarhus]

Important announcement from the German railways here regarding tickets and passes for the WC (sorry, it's in German and they don't have an English page up yet):

http://www.db.de/site/bahn/de/reisen.../fifa__wm.html

Basically, they will sell individual one way tickets between host cities for 54, 74 or 90 Euro depending on the distance (notice that the prices coincide with the years Germany won the WC). This offer is only valid if you have a ticket for a game in the city you are travelling to, though.

Additionally, you will be able to buy a pass good for unlimited travel on the entire network for 349 Euro (second class) and 549 Euro (first class) for the duration of the tournament.

Your game ticket can also be used as a pass on local mass transit on the day of the match.

Here's where it gets confusing. The website says that these tickets will be on sale from 11 December to 11 July, but my newspaper this morning says that they will only be on sale until 31 March. Who is correct, I don't know, but I tend to believe the newspaper because it makes no sense to sell tickets after the final has already been played.

This means that if you want cheap rail tickets you probably need to buy them before 31 March. Also keep in mind that most rail offers in Germany are limited in number on a first come first served basis. There is nothing to suggest this on the website, but I would not be surprised if they limit the number of cheap tickets and passes. So again, buying early is a good idea.

[BuffloSoldier]

The "all you can ride" option--does that include outside of Germany?

[AGF Aarhus]

Originally Posted by BuffloSoldier

The "all you can ride" option--does that include outside of Germany?

"Die nicht übertragbare Netzkarte gilt deutschlandweit vom 7. Juni bis zum 11. Juli 2006 im gesamten Nah- und Fernverkehr der DB"

Only good on the DB network, so only in Germany.

[BuffloSoldier]

Damn. Oh well.

[Ultra Peanut]

Originally Posted by AGF Aarhus

Additionally, you will be able to buy a pass good for unlimited travel on the entire network for 349 Euro (second class) and 549 Euro (first class) for the duration of the tournament.

I wasn't aware of such an option--certainly answers the question I had about buying a five day pass and trying to decide when to activate it and when to buy seperate tickets. Even for those like me who're just going for the group stage, this will be a good deal. Thanks!

[goussoccer]

OK...FIFA will only deliver tickets to German addresses as I understand it, otherwise you pick them up at the venue. So how the heck can we buy these passes, dependent upon us having a ticket, if we aren't going to get the tickets until June?

I do like the unlimited pass deal though. Hope we get a chance to buy that early.

[AGF Aarhus]

Originally Posted by goussoccer

OK...FIFA will only deliver tickets to German addresses as I understand it, otherwise you pick them up at the venue. So how the heck can we buy these passes, dependent upon us having a ticket, if we aren't going to get the tickets until June?

I do like the unlimited pass deal though. Hope we get a chance to buy that early.

Just a hunch, but I'm guessing that the DB will let you buy as many train tickets as you want, but if you get on the train without a game ticket the conductor will tell you that your ticket is no good.

As far as I can tell, the unlimited pass is good whether you have tickets or not,though.

I'll post more info as it becomes (hopefully in English) available.

[Bigdog]

Originally Posted by AGF Aarhus

Just a hunch, but I'm guessing that the DB will let you buy as many train tickets as you want, but if you get on the train without a game ticket the conductor will tell you that your ticket is no good.

As far as I can tell, the unlimited pass is good whether you have tickets or not,though.

I'll post more info as it becomes (hopefully in English) available.

Those prices for the passes are wicked! and very similiar to what it would would of cost for a 10 day travel pass previously.

We will need to know if there will be options for outside of Germany available on top of that price.

Thanks for the tip!

[striker]

Originally Posted by AGF Aarhus

Important announcement from the German railways here regarding tickets and passes for the WC (sorry, it's in German and they don't have an English page up yet):

http://www.db.de/site/bahn/de/reisen.../fifa__wm.html

Basically, they will sell individual one way tickets between host cities for 54, 74 or 90 Euro depending on the distance (notice that the prices coincide with the years Germany won the WC). This offer is only valid if you have a ticket for a game in the city you are travelling to, though.

Additionally, you will be able to buy a pass good for unlimited travel on the entire network for 349 Euro (second class) and 549 Euro (first class) for the duration of the tournament.

Your game ticket can also be used as a pass on local mass transit on the day of the match.

Here's where it gets confusing. The website says that these tickets will be on sale from 11 December to 11 July, but my newspaper this morning says that they will only be on sale until 31 March. Who is correct, I don't know, but I tend to believe the newspaper because it makes no sense to sell tickets after the final has already been played.

This means that if you want cheap rail tickets you probably need to buy them before 31 March. Also keep in mind that most rail offers in Germany are limited in number on a first come first served basis. There is nothing to suggest this on the website, but I would not be surprised if they limit the number of cheap tickets and passes. So again, buying early is a good idea.

Are these prices particularly good? How much would I have to pay for the various options listed above if I were to pay regular fare? Thanks.

[REVS FAN 1]

Originally Posted by Bigdog

Those prices for the passes are wicked! and very similiar to what it would would of cost for a 10 day travel pass previously.

We will need to know if there will be options for outside of Germany available on top of that price.

Thanks for the tip!

No doubt! Now I just have to learn how to read German so I can buy a couple of these unlimited passes

Even if we have to get seperate tickets to leave Germany it's still worth it!

Thanks again AGF