An unlimited public transport pass starts at 72,000 won a month in Germany… “Sold 3 million copies”

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Hundreds of people flocked to the customer center as shoppers rushed, and the German railway server was down.

(Berlin = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Yul = A pass that allows unlimited use of short-distance public transportation for 49 euros (about 72,000 won) per month has started across Germany.

While 3 million people had already bought and used tickets, the German railway server was down as people trying to buy tickets flocked together.

According to the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) on the 1st (local time), there are already 3 million people who have bought and started using the ‘Deutschland Pass’, which allows unlimited use of short-distance public transport throughout the Germany.

Among them, around 750,000 new customers have not used local government monthly commuter passes. VDV predicted that 11.3 million people who used monthly commuter tickets for all local governments would transfer to Deutschland tickets, and that 5.6 million new customers would be created.

It is estimated that buyers will flock to the German ticket because the average unlimited public transport ticket sold by the local government is 72 euros (106,000 won).

On the same day that German tickets were introduced, the German railway server went down from 10:00 am and was not restored until 4:00 pm as ticket buyers flocked to it.

Deutsche Bahn announced, “Currently, too many users are accessing the ticket purchase system at the same time,” and “Try again later.”

Hundreds of customers lined up at the Transportation Corporation customer center in Berlin, the German capital, unable to buy tickets by the 20th of last month, the deadline for online purchases. In addition, a large number of people who had already signed a purchase contract at the beginning of last month, but had not yet received their tickets by post, were standing in the same line.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tweeted on the same day: “I hope you can have a pleasant journey with your Deutschland ticket starting today. Thank you for your interest. This is an easy and cheap offer that makes short distance transport is attractive and helps us achieve our climate goals. help,” he said.

The Deutschland Ticket was introduced with the intention of getting people to give up their cars and switch to environmentally friendly public transport. Since local governments in Germany have been able to use short-distance public transport, which has been implemented according to individual fare systems, throughout the country, passengers with enough time can travel throughout the country by successively transferring to short-distance public transport with only Deutschland. ticket In addition, commuters who use trains to commute to other cities can save hundreds of euros in transport costs.

This ticket is the successor model to the 9 euro ticket (13,000 won) which sold 52 million tickets between June and August last year.

The German federal and state governments have decided to contribute 1.5 billion euros (2.212 trillion won) annually between this year and 2025 to support short-distance public transport. If the cost was more than this, the federal and state governments decided to pay half of the cost this year.

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