Use the DB online ticket correctly
For years, Deutsche Bahn (DB) has been offering its customers the option of taking the planned Book journeys from home on the Internet and even get the corresponding ticket at home to print out. The DB online ticket doesn't cost you a cent more than if you bought it from a machine.
What you need:
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- printer
How to order the online ticket
- Open your internet browser and enter "Bahn.de" in the address line. This takes you to the home page of German train.
- At the top left you now have the option of looking for a connection. All you have to do is enter where your journey should start and where it should end.
- Please also state the date and time of your trip here. As soon as you click on "Search", you will be shown a number of possible connections.
- Please decide on the most suitable travel connection for you. If you want to book a return journey, you can do so by clicking on "Add return journey" on the right. Otherwise click on "Book now".
- Now you will receive a little more information about the BahnCard and the savings that it can bring.
- If you continue here, you will come to a page where you can also reserve a seat.
- For delivery, please choose "Online ticket to print out yourself". After you have placed your order, you will receive your ticket to be printed out directly to the e-mail address provided. You can then open this with Adobe Acrobat Reader and then print it out on a DIN A4 sheet of paper.
- On the next page, some more information is requested. So you have to z. B. decide on a payment method, enter your personal data and choose an identification card. With this you then legitimize yourself on the train as the legal owner of the ticket. And you have already successfully completed the booking process.
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The most important information about the printed DB ticket
- Personal tickets: DB online tickets are personal tickets. This means that these are not transferable. The DB online tickets are only valid for the person named on the ticket.
- Ticket control: When starting your journey, please have your DB online ticket ready and the identification card you have chosen. During the ordering process, you can opt for a Bahncard, a credit or account card or an identity card.
- DB online ticket for children: There are no online tickets for children like this. If your child travels alone, you must have the ticket sent to you for a processing fee of € 3.50.
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