Stendal district continues to recognize 49-euro ticket after all

PUBLIC TRANSPORT - Stendal district continues to recognize 49-euro ticket after all

The district of Stendal is not opting out of the 49-euro ticket after all. A special district council decided on Wednesday evening that the Deutschlandticket will continue to be recognized beyond the end of the year, as District Administrator Patrick Puhlmann (SPD) announced. At the beginning of December, the district council had decided otherwise. This meant that the ticket would no longer be valid on buses there from January 1.

Saxony-Anhalt's Minister for Infrastructure and Digital Affairs, Lydia Hüskens (FDP), spoke of good news. This means that the Deutschlandticket will remain valid throughout the state. "That is ultimately one of its greatest advantages."

Hüskens pointed out that the administrative districts are sufficiently well-funded with regard to public bus transport. "The state is putting a lot of money into this." As early as January, all districts and independent cities received a total of 10 million euros in addition to the approximately 60 million euros in lump-sum allocations under the Public Transport Act, which can be used to offset cost increases and revenue shortfalls in public bus transport in the short term. The district of Stendal alone accounted for around 450,000 euros of this amount.

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1. The SPD, being a part of the district council in the District of Stendal, supported the decision to continue recognizing the Deutschlandticket beyond the year's end.
2. Lydia Hüskens, the FDP's Minister for Infrastructure and Digital Affairs in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt, commended the District of Stendal for its decision, stating that the advantage of the Deutschlandticket lies in its statewide validity.
3. The District of Stendal, with an allocated portion of 450,000 euros from the state's additional funding of 10 million euros, can compensate for costs and revenue shortfalls in their public bus transport system.
4. Municipality residents and commuters in the District of Stendal can still benefit from the 49-euro Germany ticket, as the district council's change in stance allows the ticket to remain valid for its traffic services.

Source: www.stern.de