Berlin Day Ticket

[sonic2009]

Good evening all, going to Berlin in March 2021

Does anyone know if you can get a 1st Class day ticket for ABC? I bought a product for use in Hamburg in 2018 and was around €20

 

[Spoorslag '70]

Not as such, but you can get a "Übergangsfahrschein 1. Klasse Tageskarte" for €7,20 in addition to a normal ABC day ticket.

 

[sonic2009]

Not as such, but you can get a "Übergangsfahrschein 1. Klasse Tageskarte" for €7,20 in addition to a normal ABC day ticket.

Thanks, so that must be something like an upgrade ticket?

 

[Spoorslag '70]

That's what it is, yeah

 

[sonic2009]

Thank you,i have been trying to decide what to do, have you any recommendations? In Hamburg i went out into the countryside before returning into city, i thought about using RB22 to go round the outer loop.

 

[ivzem]

You can extend that using the RB20 and S8 (at Birkenwerder there's even a cross-platform interchange with both AC overhead and DC third rail trains using the same track). The U4 is also worthwhile in my opinion.

 

[Spoorslag '70]

The most interesting thing in Berlin must (in my eyes at least) be the Woltersdorf Tramway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woltersdorf_Tramway). Bus route 218 has (at least) one diagram with a vintage bus (mostly 1970-80s double deckers) in regular service, the ferries are also quite nice (e.g. F11 from S Wannsee to Kladow)

 

[rg177]

Looking back at my notes, within ABC, I travelled up to Oranienburg to catch the 805 bus to Wensickendorf to catch the RB27 back towards Berlin proper.

I also appear to have caught the RB25 to Werneuchen then the 908 bus service to Bernau. Avoids doubling back.

Both lines (at least in 2018) were operated by BR643 "Talent" DMUs of the Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB).

Personally though I bought a more expensive VBB ticket for all zones within the region, allowing for some proper cross-country adventuring. I think I paid something like 67EUR for the week. In particular there's a weird set of RB lines (RB73/74) radiating out of Pritzwalk operated by the Hanseatische Eisenbahn (HANS) with a motley set of DMUs at a pretty sporadic frequency. The whole thing felt very 1980s!

 

[sonic2009]

I've been looking at going to Frankfurt (Oder) and crossing the bridge into Poland

 

[johnnychips]

I've been looking at going to Frankfurt (Oder) and crossing the bridge into Poland

Yes I’ve done that. Frankfurt is a little run down, but pleasant enough. The station is a little walk out of town, but served by trams. You buy the ticket from a machine on the tram, which is a novelty. Over the border, Slubice is a pleasant enough small town with a plethora of cheap fag and booze shops. I went back to Berlin by taking the railcar to Konings Wusterhausen, then the S-Bahn. That is a very rural ride through forests, past lakes, and odd spots of derelict industry.

 

[sonic2009]

Yes I’ve done that. Frankfurt is a little run down, but pleasant enough. The station is a little walk out of town, but served by trams. You buy the ticket from a machine on the tram, which is a novelty. Over the border, Slubice is a pleasant enough small town with a plethora of cheap fag and booze shops. I went back to Berlin by taking the railcar to Konings Wusterhausen, then the S-Bahn. That is a very rural ride through forests, past lakes, and odd spots of derelict industry.

Interesting, I was looking today about going via Konings but couldn't see a route from there back to Berlin. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Planesandtrain]

I've been looking at going to Frankfurt (Oder) and crossing the bridge into Poland

You can get a day ticket for Brandenburg valid on everything which is 22 euros (or 70,50- for the week), covers you all the way to Stettin too (also valid on the city transport there), fantastic value. EDIT, already mentioned above.

 

[johnnychips]

Interesting, I was looking today about going via Konings but couldn't see a route from there back to Berlin. Any help would be appreciated.

Take the S46 and change at Berlin Adlershof to S9 for Hauptbahnhof. Takes just under an hour, seems to be every 20 minutes.

 

[darrenmcfc]

I've been looking at going to Frankfurt (Oder) and crossing the bridge into Poland

I did that last year too. As mentioned, a pleasant trip there (I took the RE1 train), quick tram trip from Frankfurt (Oder) station into the town and then a walk over the bridge over the river into Poland.

I paid €20 for that return journey, and while in Berlin I used the Welcome Card ticket for unlimited travel which included travel from the airport.

 

[darloscott]

If you're into visiting nice places then a trip out to Potsdam is well worth the short trip.

 

[ainsworth74]

Interesting, I was looking today about going via Konings but couldn't see a route from there back to Berlin. Any help would be appreciated.

When I did it we decided to pick somewhere that was at the edge of the ABC ticket validity to find our evening meal which just happened to be Konigs Wusterhausen (as an aside we ate here and I would happily recommend it). We used the RE2 there and back provided by ODEG on their Stadler KISS units. Direct from Berlin Hauptbahnhof calling at all the usual stations in the centre of Berlin for an RE service. Can't quite recall how long it took but it wasn't too lengthy.

 

[Jamesrob637]

If you're into visiting nice places then a trip out to Potsdam is well worth the short trip.

Second for Potsdam. Schloss Sanssouci and the Glienicker Brücke are both a must.

 

[ivzem]

Third for Potsdam (I'm obviously biased, living here). For interesting transport infrastructure, there's the half-abandoned station at Pirschheide, tram tracks through an old city gate at Nauener Tor, and the almost rapid transit-like sections via the Humboldtbrücke and between Waldstraße and Turmstraße

 

[duesselmartin]

Are VBB day tickets also valid in Frankfurt Oder trams?

 

[Jamesrob637]

Third for Potsdam (I'm obviously biased, living here). For interesting transport infrastructure, there's the half-abandoned station at Pirschheide, tram tracks through an old city gate at Nauener Tor, and the almost rapid transit-like sections via the Humboldtbrücke and between Waldstraße and Turmstraße

If you find yourself at Rehbrücke as I did many years ago, you can get the tram up to town.

 

[30907]

Are VBB day tickets also valid in Frankfurt Oder trams?

Yes, in Zones A,B,C (at a guess that's all of it).

 

[ivzem]

Are VBB day tickets also valid in Frankfurt Oder trams?

VBB tickets are valid pretty much everywhere in Brandenburg.

 

[duesselmartin]

Third for Potsdam (I'm obviously biased, living here). For interesting transport infrastructure, there's the half-abandoned station at Pirschheide, tram tracks through an old city gate at Nauener Tor, and the almost rapid transit-like sections via the Humboldtbrücke and between Waldstraße and Turmstraße

Pirschheide was the Hauptbahnhof in GDR days. Now it does have a derilict charme.
It used to have platforms in two levels. A sort of mini Berlin Hbf

 

[johnnychips]

A fourth vote for Potsdam and Sans Souci. I came across it by accident without reading the guidebook. It is stunning. You can walk through it from the main station in Potsdam, but there is another station at the other end, whose name escapes me, from where you can catch a train back to Potsdam or Berlin.

 

[Jamesrob637]

A fourth vote for Potsdam and Sans Souci. I came across it by accident without reading the guidebook. It is stunning. You can walk through it from the main station in Potsdam, but there is another station at the other end, whose name escapes me, from where you can catch a train back to Potsdam or Berlin.

Bahnhof Potsdam Park Sanssouci

 

[jumble]

The most interesting thing in Berlin must (in my eyes at least) be the Woltersdorf Tramway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woltersdorf_Tramway). Bus route 218 has (at least) one diagram with a vintage bus (mostly 1970-80s double deckers) in regular service, the ferries are also quite nice (e.g. F11 from S Wannsee to Kladow)

The Gotha trams are in lovely condition
I would add that there is a lovely brewery tap at the end of the line in Waltersdorf overlooking the lake
They did question my Mothers desire to have cold milk in her tea which was quite amusing
The area is not much changed from old school East Germany

 

[duesselmartin]

Bahnhof Potsdam Park Sanssouci

I believe that is the former imperial Kaiserbahnhof?

 

[30907]

I believe that is the former imperial Kaiserbahnhof?

Yes, and has been beautifully restored since I was last there, but that bit isn't normally open to the public - it's the/a DB Academy.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Are VBB day tickets also valid in Frankfurt Oder trams?

Yup, as well as being valid through to Szczecin unless something has changed. You can also get the Frankfurt (Oder) bus to Słubice across the town bridge.

IMO though, as a tourist, I'd recommend rather going to Kostrzyn nad Odrą over Słubice if you want to experience Poland. Kostrzyn has the ruins of the Old City, which was never rebuilt after being destroyed in the fight to cross the Oder, and it's a remarkably eerie experience. Kostrzyn also feels much more Polish than Słubice, probably because the town isn't exactly on the border.

 

[sonic2009]

Yup, as well as being valid through to Szczecin unless something has changed. You can also get the Frankfurt (Oder) bus to Słubice across the town bridge.

IMO though, as a tourist, I'd recommend rather going to Kostrzyn nad Odrą over Słubice if you want to experience Poland. Kostrzyn has the ruins of the Old City, which was never rebuilt after being destroyed in the fight to cross the Oder, and it's a remarkably eerie experience. Kostrzyn also feels much more Polish than Słubice, probably because the town isn't exactly on the border.

How can you get to Kostryn from Berlin?