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[–] bernieecclestoned 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Interrail or eurail has been around for decades

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interrail allows you to train everywhere in Europe EXCEPT your home country.

It's clearly meant to be used for traveling and not regularly.

On the other hand, a pass like that is meant for people that use train regularly in their home country.

It's two very different products.

[–] bernieecclestoned 1 points 1 year ago

I know, the commenter above was talking about a EU wide ticket...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having public transport available without having to worry about buying a ticket just because of the subscription you already have anyway is far better than interrail

This ticket is not for long distance travel but for shorter distances - it will be an extension to interrail and not a replacement

[–] bernieecclestoned 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Could lead to a pseudo-standard that could result in an eu-wide ticket of such type in the long run

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and that's contradicting my point how?

In Germany the ticket is only for regional trains - if you want to go from Berlin to Munich you'll have to pay money to get there in 4 hours or spend the whole day travelling in 12+ hours

how would that be an alternative to interrail?

[–] bernieecclestoned -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What did you mean by an EU wide ticket?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EU wide for regional transport

[–] bernieecclestoned -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's for member states to implement, not the EU then. EU wide would mean freedom of movement, and if you couldn't get over a border with an EU wide ticket, it'd be shit.