Bundestag secures Deutschlandticket funding until 2030

The federal government and the states each commit €1.5 billion a year from 2026 to 2030 to compensate for lost revenue; the monthly price rises from €58 to €63 on 1 January 2026, and from 2027 a cost index (including wages and energy) is to determine price changes.

On 7 November 2025 the Bundestag, with the governing CDU/CSU and SPD (AfD and Left against, Greens abstaining), decided to secure funding for the Deutschlandticket from 2026 to 2030: the federal government and the states each pay €1.5 billion a year to compensate for lost revenue in local transport, the monthly price rises from €58 to €63 on 1 January 2026, and from 2027 it is to be set by a cost index (covering wages and energy, among other things). The government draft had only extended the ticket to the end of 2026; the Bundesrat had called for permanent funding until at least the end of 2030 without a higher burden on the states (report of 6 October 2025), and the Transport Committee extended the term to 2030 on 5 November 2025, as the transport ministers' conference had resolved on 18 September 2025. At the hearing on 6 October 2025 experts demanded clarity up to 2030 and carry-over of unspent federal funds, and according to VDV the federal-state coordination council decided to distribute ticket revenue by postcode, retroactively from September 2025 (stage 2 of revenue allocation). The Bundesverband SchienenNahverkehr (regional rail transport association) welcomes the planning certainty, while the rail passengers' association DBV criticises freezing the public shares at 2023 levels: from 2026 passengers would bear over 75% of the costs and the federal government and states together 22%. (LOK Report, 6 Oct to 8 Nov 2025)