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France to launch €49 summer rail pass for young people(www.euronews.com)

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ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ@lemm.ee
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deutschlandticket ftw

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federalreverse-old@feddit.de
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The French can have a little France (as a treat)

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linucs@lemmy.ml
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Does anyone know if it’s only for French people? There’s nothing in the article about it.

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freebee@sh.itjust.works
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If they are literally mimicking the German ticket: it isn’t, anyone can buy it, resident or not.

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TJA!@sh.itjust.works
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But they clearly do not, as already can be seen by the limitation to young people

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wiz@lemm.ee
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most likely for residents

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IchLiebeKetchup@feddit.de
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now make an EU-49€-Ticket

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poVoq@slrpnk.netM
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The original plan was to make it valid both in France and Germany. Not sure what happened, but frankly the cost argument is ridiculous given how much money is spend on way worse transportation by the government otherwise.

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Vincent@feddit.nl
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Presumably they want to make them enthusiastic about rail travel, so having to suffer through DB would be counterproductive.

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TJA!@sh.itjust.works
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In Germany there is already a 49€ ticket for everyone. It was France who did not want it

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HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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European passenger rail is nation based, with very little cross-national compatibility. My guess is that DB didn’t want to deal with it.

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IchLiebeKetchup@feddit.de
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the rail companies can’t even bother to create a website to buy tickets all over Europe, so it would have been quite a surprise, if they managed to create a ticket together.

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WallEx@feddit.de
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There is indeed a euro-express (or something like that) and switzerland has special trains for that, so that their good ones aren’t ruined by German rails…

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noodlejetski@lemm.ee
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The scheme is expected to cost €49 per month and it will be available to around 700,000 young people under the age of 27 this July and August

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Obi@sopuli.xyz
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Fuck it’s official, I’m no longer young.

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