Group Weekend Ticket in Germany

Valid from 11 December 2016

Travelling to a German border region?

To travel to border stations in Germany, all you need is an inland Group Weekend Ticket (Skupinová víkendová jízdenka).

Where and how to purchase a Group Weekend Ticket (Skupinová víkendová jízdenka) for a trip to a German border region?

at a ticket counter

For a trip to Germany, the Group Weekend Ticket offers

it is possible to travel to the nearest border station using an inland Group Weekend Ticket (Skupinová víkendová jízdenka)

Terms and conditions for Group Weekend Tickets (Skupinová víkendová jízdenka) in Germany

The ticket can be used at no additional charge for travel by train to the following railway stations in Germany:

Bad Brambach
Furth im Wald
Johanngeorgenstadt
Klingenthal (following a forthcoming announcement)
Schirnding
Schöna
Zittau (from the direction of Liberec as well as from the direction of Rybniště)
Bärenstein (runs on Saturdays, Sundays and state holidays from 29 April until 1 October and 1 May)
Selb-Plössberg

JThe tickets are valid for these lines in Germany on all trains within the scope of regional transport (not valid in long-distance transport – EC, IC, EN and D). Passengers can use the ticket at no extra charge on selected bus connections operated by the bus carrier RBO (Regionalbus Ostbayern GmbH). These are the lines concerned: Nové Údolí – Waldkirechen, Freyung – Neuschönau, Neuschönau – Lusen and Neuschönau – Buchwald, and also rail carrier Ilztalbahn on the Passau – Waldkirchen – Freyung line.

Tickets purchased in the ČD e-shop are not valid abroad.

In such a case, you can transport a bicycle to Germany (only to/from the stations Schirnding, Bad Brambach and Selb-Plössberg) as oversized luggage using a MPS Länderbahn kolo/Fahrrad one-way travel document for a bicycle for CZK 50.

Dogs outside of a completely enclosed container can be transported on the selected route (only to the stations Schirnding, Bad Brambach and Selb-Plössberg) using a one-way MPS Länderbahn pes/Hund document for CZK 35.

More information about Group Weekend Ticket

Examples of use

From Pardubice to Schöna and return (from Děčín to Schöna on a regional train only) for just CZK 679.

Price examples

Type of ticket	Price in CZK
Group weekend ticket (all regions)	CZK 679
Group weekend region Ústí nad Labem ticket	CZK 279
Group weekend region South Bohemia ticket	CZK 259
Group weekend region Plzeň ticket	CZK 259
Group weekend region Karlovy Vary ticket	CZK 229
Group weekend region Liberec ticket	CZK 229