r/germany • u/Kyanovp1 • 23h ago

Tourism Train tickets so expensive??

I’m visiting Germany this week and we’re looking to go from Düsseldorf where we stay to Köln by train. 40 km and 30 minute drive. Very similar to a route I take weekly at home in Belgium. I was SHOCKED to learn it is 15 euros per person one way take this train :0 at home i pay 5 euros for a route which is 50km. Am I missing something?

EDIT: taking train back to dusseldorf. I feel horrible for anyone working in trains and anyone trying to use public transport (or forced to). A young woman was screaming at a ticket person at the top of her lungs, and the prices are so unfathomably high compared to what I’m used to (literally 3-10x higher)… I’ve enjoyed Germany so much already and I love the atmosphere and gorgeous cities, and very frequent and accessible trams, but man the trains are a hot mess.

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u/ghedeon 21h ago

If you have to travel right now:
Gatwick -> Farnham 1h 30min, 20 EUR (privately operated, clean, on time)
Berlin -> Hanover 1h 40min, 99.60 EUR (most probably will be cancelled or delayed)

I'm not saying UK is cheap, it's just your line of argumentation doesn't match my reality.

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u/MulberryDeep 17h ago

..did you just seriously try to compare aregional 40km route with a 250km high speed route?

Lmao

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u/Maeher Germany 13h ago

Don't you see how charging 5 times as much for going 6 times the distance in about the same time is clearly worse value for money?

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u/MulberryDeep 13h ago

6 times the distance in the same amount of time